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This is my step-by-step guide to 'Formations, maths and opponent instructions'. I have found no step by step easy to understand guide on this, so i will create one. I will be looking at tighter marking, closing down, tackling and show onto foot. This is to help me and other new people to the game. I will update this for any formation v formation that i may come across in my game, with easy to use language and given examples, following my game. I just hope my efforts will reward me to change from not understanding, to total understanding.
Every season, i will jot down all my players height, speed and strength and here are the reasons as to why with regards to the opponent instructions;
442 v 442
Me being 'Mile Oak' may really struggle in this friendly against Boston United. Due to fitness levels, i had to select the following 2 cb's (spd=average of acc and pace; s=strength; d=dribble, b=bravery, c=crossing and h=height)
D Marsden-spd6 s5 h6
A Stott-spd4.5 s6 h6.4
Now their 2 cf;
Danny Davidson-spd 10 s11 h6.3 d7 b5 c4
Miles Hunter-spd11.5 s2 h5.11 d6 b6 c4
Now thats the stats, stcl v cbcr and stcr v cdcl is who is opposite each other. Now using the following, using each instruction and question as a point (answers to 'yes'=1 point;
Tighter marking (tm)-Am i taller? Am i stronger? Am i faster? 3 points total
Closing down (cd)-Is my speed 10+? Is his dribble under 10 and Is his speed 9 or under (The reason speed is asked differently is because for your player, closing down should be a quick thing to do so your player must be at least half decent speed to utilise the closing down effectively; and for opponent for if and when he is past you, its way too late if your slightly faster then him as your player is facing the other way, this is why i am using 10+, meaning if he has the ability to run fast at the goal or not). 3 points total
Tackling (t)-9 or below=hard, 10-14=medium and 15+=hard.
Show onto foot (sof)-'weaker foot' seems like a trick if you ask me, you should look at opponents crossing compared to their speed. Only use weaker foot on opponent players where crossing and speed is the same and on opponent goalie.
So we can only do player on player during match, so you cant do that bit yet, but you can compare the 2 players Marsden v Hunter for now on the following;
tm-2/3 points, cd=1/3 points. Now how does mean, well per point is how much aggressive i feel you should be. So tight marking got 2 points so should be at an average (no specific instructions) and closing down only had one point so is set to as 'never'. Tackling as bravery is 6 for hunter, then it should be on hard, so your guy can 'scare' him. With Sof, now if you compare Hunters speed and cossing, it shows that his running is more of a threat, so play him more towards the wing ie his position being slightly left ie stcl, so play him on his left foot, so his pace is not a direct threat, when he is crossing.
The other example is Stott v Davidson;
tm-0/3 cd-1/3 t-hard (bravery is 5) sof-right (he is slightly positioned right and as his pace is better then his crossing). So dont mark Davidson at all or close him down or quite simply, he will skin you and dominate you fall stop. At least you can focus on the other guy more.
Sounds bizarre i know, that Davidson is a much better player then my defenders so if i were Boston manager and had Davidson tight marking the defence, he could beat them in the air, bully them of the ball and lose his marker by him tight marking them.
As this is a 442 v 442, you should focus on the following match-ups, using the same methods;
opponents Gk=Average speed, strength and height for your both strikers;
opp dr v lm
dl v rm
dcr v stcl
dcl v stcr
mr v dl
ml v dr
mcl v mcr
mcr v mcl
stcr v dcl
stcl v dcr
Also the following player match ups to determine your opponent instructions rm v lb, lm v rb, rb v lm and lb v rm. yes all of them, to fully test this philosophy. With their goalkeeper, work out your average speed, stength and height for your attacking 2 against their gk. Gk cant dribble or cross, so thats 1 point already for closing down and also put show onto weaker foot.
If i am using subs, then only then i have another look at the opponent subs who has taken their place. This is a long process after all lol, i dont want to spend any more time looking at every player that the opponent subs. I usually sub around 60 minutes., so i compare the players then on opponent instructions.
This guide proberbly is rubbish and i am fairly new to the game and it hasnt been tested yet, but it will be tomorrow. Its just an idea i had to calculate opponent instructions in a specific way and i hope i am right. If this guide is half decent, then any match i play with formations that havent been matched eg 442 v 541 or 451 v 433 etc etc. this is the 442 v 442 guide. This may be the longest out of them all i dont know yet. I be testing these philosophies this week to see if this step by step guide is worth carrying on with or not. Gulp.
---------- Post added at 02:46 AM ---------- Previous post was yesterday at 09:59 AM ----------
Well just played Boston and only lost 1-0 after frustrating them after 0-0 at half time. I was actually predicting to lose 5-0 or so as their players were much fitter then my players at the start and much better in quality. They had many shots, but i reckon that by spending 30 odd minutes on opponent instructions, despite being bored of it, im glad i did it. Mostly pushing their players out wide as their pace was more of a problem. So far so good in my eyes, though its early days. I have only played one game after all lol. Im going for a break. Then i will continue. Any other formations, i will do a guide like i did above. I hope my philosophy works-fingers crossed.
Every season, i will jot down all my players height, speed and strength and here are the reasons as to why with regards to the opponent instructions;
442 v 442
Me being 'Mile Oak' may really struggle in this friendly against Boston United. Due to fitness levels, i had to select the following 2 cb's (spd=average of acc and pace; s=strength; d=dribble, b=bravery, c=crossing and h=height)
D Marsden-spd6 s5 h6
A Stott-spd4.5 s6 h6.4
Now their 2 cf;
Danny Davidson-spd 10 s11 h6.3 d7 b5 c4
Miles Hunter-spd11.5 s2 h5.11 d6 b6 c4
Now thats the stats, stcl v cbcr and stcr v cdcl is who is opposite each other. Now using the following, using each instruction and question as a point (answers to 'yes'=1 point;
Tighter marking (tm)-Am i taller? Am i stronger? Am i faster? 3 points total
Closing down (cd)-Is my speed 10+? Is his dribble under 10 and Is his speed 9 or under (The reason speed is asked differently is because for your player, closing down should be a quick thing to do so your player must be at least half decent speed to utilise the closing down effectively; and for opponent for if and when he is past you, its way too late if your slightly faster then him as your player is facing the other way, this is why i am using 10+, meaning if he has the ability to run fast at the goal or not). 3 points total
Tackling (t)-9 or below=hard, 10-14=medium and 15+=hard.
Show onto foot (sof)-'weaker foot' seems like a trick if you ask me, you should look at opponents crossing compared to their speed. Only use weaker foot on opponent players where crossing and speed is the same and on opponent goalie.
So we can only do player on player during match, so you cant do that bit yet, but you can compare the 2 players Marsden v Hunter for now on the following;
tm-2/3 points, cd=1/3 points. Now how does mean, well per point is how much aggressive i feel you should be. So tight marking got 2 points so should be at an average (no specific instructions) and closing down only had one point so is set to as 'never'. Tackling as bravery is 6 for hunter, then it should be on hard, so your guy can 'scare' him. With Sof, now if you compare Hunters speed and cossing, it shows that his running is more of a threat, so play him more towards the wing ie his position being slightly left ie stcl, so play him on his left foot, so his pace is not a direct threat, when he is crossing.
The other example is Stott v Davidson;
tm-0/3 cd-1/3 t-hard (bravery is 5) sof-right (he is slightly positioned right and as his pace is better then his crossing). So dont mark Davidson at all or close him down or quite simply, he will skin you and dominate you fall stop. At least you can focus on the other guy more.
Sounds bizarre i know, that Davidson is a much better player then my defenders so if i were Boston manager and had Davidson tight marking the defence, he could beat them in the air, bully them of the ball and lose his marker by him tight marking them.
As this is a 442 v 442, you should focus on the following match-ups, using the same methods;
opponents Gk=Average speed, strength and height for your both strikers;
opp dr v lm
dl v rm
dcr v stcl
dcl v stcr
mr v dl
ml v dr
mcl v mcr
mcr v mcl
stcr v dcl
stcl v dcr
Also the following player match ups to determine your opponent instructions rm v lb, lm v rb, rb v lm and lb v rm. yes all of them, to fully test this philosophy. With their goalkeeper, work out your average speed, stength and height for your attacking 2 against their gk. Gk cant dribble or cross, so thats 1 point already for closing down and also put show onto weaker foot.
If i am using subs, then only then i have another look at the opponent subs who has taken their place. This is a long process after all lol, i dont want to spend any more time looking at every player that the opponent subs. I usually sub around 60 minutes., so i compare the players then on opponent instructions.
This guide proberbly is rubbish and i am fairly new to the game and it hasnt been tested yet, but it will be tomorrow. Its just an idea i had to calculate opponent instructions in a specific way and i hope i am right. If this guide is half decent, then any match i play with formations that havent been matched eg 442 v 541 or 451 v 433 etc etc. this is the 442 v 442 guide. This may be the longest out of them all i dont know yet. I be testing these philosophies this week to see if this step by step guide is worth carrying on with or not. Gulp.
---------- Post added at 02:46 AM ---------- Previous post was yesterday at 09:59 AM ----------
Well just played Boston and only lost 1-0 after frustrating them after 0-0 at half time. I was actually predicting to lose 5-0 or so as their players were much fitter then my players at the start and much better in quality. They had many shots, but i reckon that by spending 30 odd minutes on opponent instructions, despite being bored of it, im glad i did it. Mostly pushing their players out wide as their pace was more of a problem. So far so good in my eyes, though its early days. I have only played one game after all lol. Im going for a break. Then i will continue. Any other formations, i will do a guide like i did above. I hope my philosophy works-fingers crossed.
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