Is there any tactic

[Mallakith]

Im sure there must be a few of you out there who like to start at the bottom and try to build a club up.

Im playing as burton albion and using the Brian Clough 442 as thats the only way football should be played, doing pretty wonderfully according to my board albeit a couple of 2 - 0's in there for no apparent reason (like forest green!?!)

However ive gotten through to the third round of the FA cup and have drawn the mighty Derby County. Is there any way I can avoid the 6 - 0 that they inflicted in preseason or should i stick to my guns and suck it up?

 

[Jake]

i find using a very defensive tactic works well in lower legaue management. i play in a liverpool style, ie flat back four, full backs allowed some attacking flair but not much. 2 cms who just sit, winning balls and passing, no driblling, no forward runs, occasional shots. two wingers who roam up and down te flanks, a man in the 'gerrard' hole behind a lone frontman. but i set my striker as a left striker and then the 'gerrard' to an amc slightly to the right with forward runs into where the right striker would be.

i find this draws poorer teams in the league out of defence so i can strike with a counter attack. and agaisnt bigger opposition it frustrates them due to the numbers i have defensivelyvpacking the middle of the pitch.

see my cultural leonesa thread for a screenshot of these tactics.

 

[JP Woody]

Simply make the Clough tactic more defensive and save it for tough games.Its set to an attacking 15 mentality i think so take it down 7 clicks to a more defensive 8 mentality,dont forget to do the same for the player instructions too,the keeper,CBs and FWs as the MFs and FBs are set to team mentality anyway.Also click tight marking and counter attack and you have a defensive variant of the Clough tactic.

 

[Mallakith]

Ok ill do that Im very of the clough mind that sod the opposition let them worry about us but 4 divisions is a bit steep lol