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Yuzo jr
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hello i need help in emulating the way city play currently in the premier league..they have been playing with 2 formations a 4-2-3-1 and a 4-3-3 with wide wingers next to the main striker,i think we have all noticed that it is quite attractive soccer they are now playing and emulating it on the game would really benefit those who want to use or are using man city..
4-2-3-1
Hart
Richards Kompany Lescott Clichy
Yaya Toure Barry
Silva Aguero Nasri
Dzeko
4-3-3
Hart
Richards Kompany Lescott Clichy
Milner Yaya Toure Barry
Silva Aguero Tevez
I haven't had much time to carefully study how they play but here is what i picked up...
starting with the 4-2-3-1...Richards is somewhat more attacking than whoever plays at left back, he goes upfront regularly as compared to the left back, the left back doesn't go forward as much, so richards would have an attacking role whereas clichy a support role, but i dont know if it should be full back or wing back...kompany is somewhat the stopper while lescott covers, so question is whether they are ball playing defenders, central or limited, yaya toure is an obvious box to box midfielder, whereas the role for barry i am not certain of, but i would think that barry is a box to box as well but given less freedom than toure and less attacking, aguero i would say is a trequartista as he plays just behind(a second striker) dzeko thus creating opportunities for him, we then have dzeko, his form this season has been magnificent...but what i have noticed about him is that he drops far less deeper this season thus contributing more which would mean that he is a deep lying forward(with attack duty ofcourse), now the question is between nasri and david silva who is the advanced playmaker ? or is it both? and if so, who is the primary playaker? surely david silva has been banging the assists, but so has nasri, so that is quite a challenge....but what i have noticed is that aguero is the primary target man and in turn he sets the assissts for dzeko.. and his target man supply is run onto ball..
The next part is the team instructions i reall dont know what to set here at all, is it fluid or very fluid philosohy, attacking or control strategy, and so on and so forth..but what i have picked up is that they play speed first touch passes, almost as though recreating total football..
When coming to their secondary formation the 4-3-3, nothing should change except that there will be no trequartista as it will be aguero who is the main striker and instead there will be one more midfielder to support toure and barry, milner on right, toure middle, and barry left..so are all 3 box to box midfielders, and if so will toure now be set to less attack minded so as to allow milner more freedom or is toure now a ball winning midfielder and milner is now the sort of attack minded box to box midfielder, however it is, there should be two box to box midfielders surrounding the man on the middle, obviously in this own, if nasri is not playing and tevez is instead, david silva is the main playmaker and tevez is an inside forward and aguero deep lying forward and target man just like in the 4-2-3-1..but if the primary playmaker in the 4-2-3-1 is nasri then should he come on as a subsitute for tevez for example what we can do is bring nasri's position to the left so he can be the playmaker(but this is only if nasri is the primary playmaker in the 4-2-3-1) but if its silva who su the primary playmaker then should you sub nasri in no changers should be made
Thus people if you have read my thread, i hope you can help me emulate man city's way of play, with high attacking, LOTS OF SHOTS ON GOAL(KEY POINT), LOST OF POSSESSION(KEY POINT AS WELL)and banging the goals, you can help me by giving me team instructions and player instructions based on what i have given you that will really seek to emulate how they REALLY play, or if you think i have given you enough ideas to go ahead and make this tactic on your own..please do, but please post it, it will only be wonderful if there is lots of possession, passes, shots on goal, and goals, the speed first touch play of man city is awesome now, almost barca like, the players have very good understanding, so lets help each other to bring that to football manager..so please help people..
4-2-3-1
Hart
Richards Kompany Lescott Clichy
Yaya Toure Barry
Silva Aguero Nasri
Dzeko
4-3-3
Hart
Richards Kompany Lescott Clichy
Milner Yaya Toure Barry
Silva Aguero Tevez
I haven't had much time to carefully study how they play but here is what i picked up...
starting with the 4-2-3-1...Richards is somewhat more attacking than whoever plays at left back, he goes upfront regularly as compared to the left back, the left back doesn't go forward as much, so richards would have an attacking role whereas clichy a support role, but i dont know if it should be full back or wing back...kompany is somewhat the stopper while lescott covers, so question is whether they are ball playing defenders, central or limited, yaya toure is an obvious box to box midfielder, whereas the role for barry i am not certain of, but i would think that barry is a box to box as well but given less freedom than toure and less attacking, aguero i would say is a trequartista as he plays just behind(a second striker) dzeko thus creating opportunities for him, we then have dzeko, his form this season has been magnificent...but what i have noticed about him is that he drops far less deeper this season thus contributing more which would mean that he is a deep lying forward(with attack duty ofcourse), now the question is between nasri and david silva who is the advanced playmaker ? or is it both? and if so, who is the primary playaker? surely david silva has been banging the assists, but so has nasri, so that is quite a challenge....but what i have noticed is that aguero is the primary target man and in turn he sets the assissts for dzeko.. and his target man supply is run onto ball..
The next part is the team instructions i reall dont know what to set here at all, is it fluid or very fluid philosohy, attacking or control strategy, and so on and so forth..but what i have picked up is that they play speed first touch passes, almost as though recreating total football..
When coming to their secondary formation the 4-3-3, nothing should change except that there will be no trequartista as it will be aguero who is the main striker and instead there will be one more midfielder to support toure and barry, milner on right, toure middle, and barry left..so are all 3 box to box midfielders, and if so will toure now be set to less attack minded so as to allow milner more freedom or is toure now a ball winning midfielder and milner is now the sort of attack minded box to box midfielder, however it is, there should be two box to box midfielders surrounding the man on the middle, obviously in this own, if nasri is not playing and tevez is instead, david silva is the main playmaker and tevez is an inside forward and aguero deep lying forward and target man just like in the 4-2-3-1..but if the primary playmaker in the 4-2-3-1 is nasri then should he come on as a subsitute for tevez for example what we can do is bring nasri's position to the left so he can be the playmaker(but this is only if nasri is the primary playmaker in the 4-2-3-1) but if its silva who su the primary playmaker then should you sub nasri in no changers should be made
Thus people if you have read my thread, i hope you can help me emulate man city's way of play, with high attacking, LOTS OF SHOTS ON GOAL(KEY POINT), LOST OF POSSESSION(KEY POINT AS WELL)and banging the goals, you can help me by giving me team instructions and player instructions based on what i have given you that will really seek to emulate how they REALLY play, or if you think i have given you enough ideas to go ahead and make this tactic on your own..please do, but please post it, it will only be wonderful if there is lots of possession, passes, shots on goal, and goals, the speed first touch play of man city is awesome now, almost barca like, the players have very good understanding, so lets help each other to bring that to football manager..so please help people..
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