formation familiarity

[lfckickass]

hi guys. i bought fm2013 a few days ago and i gotta say im hooked already! its amazing! love the interaction - well done SI!

i need some help though - how do you increase the squad familiarity with the tactics and formations you are using? i have set my training to be highly intensive on "team cohesion" but after 4 game months of playing with liverpool (who ive got to top of the league) my squad is still "awkward" with my tactics.

please help!

 

[Raikan007]

hey bud,

team cohesion is the way to do it, are you perhaps changing your mentality/formation/width/pressing etc every game (as you should be doing on this FM)

oh, and welcome to the Base

 

[lfckickass]

hey! thanks for the welcome! tbh i'm not changing anything from game to game, except for my starting 11. i know this game is supposed to be more difficult but im finding my team is just trouncing everyone without my needing to tinker - "if it ain't broke..." how long did it take for ur squad to get familiar with your tactics?

 

[Raikan007]

hey! thanks for the welcome! tbh i'm not changing anything from game to game, except for my starting 11. i know this game is supposed to be more difficult but im finding my team is just trouncing everyone without my needing to tinker - "if it ain't broke..." how long did it take for ur squad to get familiar with your tactics?

they are still not 100% fluid yet either, formation changes very often so that bar increases/decreases each game pretty much and I am in March already..

yours sounds like something is wrong though.. send a SS of your tactic screen with all the fluidity bars so we can take a look

 

[lfckickass]

hm ok then. i'm at work at the moment but i don't have my laptop, when i get home this evening i'll post some ss's. who have u taken over?

 

[Scotty98TR]

I thought that 'team cohesion' is basically teamwork last year - how the players settle in and get to know each other.
Shouldn't you set the training to 'tactics'?

 

[lfckickass]

hm thanks for that scotty, i'll give that a go

raikan007 - i'm pressing f12 to save a screenshot but i cannot paste it in to paint. how can i send a screenshot?

 

[barter]

have exactly the same problem...thought it was a bug tbh but can't find any info about it

 

[lfckickass]

have exactly the same problem...thought it was a bug tbh but can't find any info about it

i googled "football manager 2013 training" and found this link really helpful: Guide to Training in Football Manager 2013 | Unigamesity

helps makes things v clear. basically setting general training to "tactics" helps them understand your formation but be careful - if you focus too much on this your players' personall attributes drop as they arent focusing on attacking/defending/ball control etc. as is typical of this fm, it's all about finding the right balance

 

[barter]

ah thanks - had it set to tactics

 

[raidazri90]

hello raikan..i have started with my man utd. i'm using ur goals and galore tactics which has been phenomenal in the last fm 12. may i know how to speed up the tactic familiarity? i have been charged for 4 weeks but from what i saw, there's no improvement on the tactic familiarity. i set general training to tactics in heavy intensity while using match prep as def. positioning. any idea to increase the tactic bar?