My Story Part 1
Immediately I saw the authors results with this tactic, I jumped for joy. I immediately started a new game with Spurs to try it out. It started well enough, Defoe was scoring goals left and right (although missing alot also). I felt very confident when my next oppornent was Chelsea (away)... I was very wrong, lets just say i was given a lesson I would never forget.
NOW MY STORY BEGINS...... I took my time to read through everyones comments and suggestions. Found out my faults (which were alot) and realised the problem wasnt with the tactic but was from me. So I started the game again, not so naive with Spurs, but with Chelsea.
Below are my findings;
THE TACTIC: No matter the team you choose, as soon as you start the game the first thing you need to do is go and find good coaches. Its one thing having a tactic but your players need to be coached in that tactic. It usually takes me 30-45 mins signing staffs This helps the players blend well with the tactic
THE PLAYERS: if you use a team like madrid or barca then you already have the perfect players for this tactic. if not, you have to look at your team and choose wisely. The main, and i repeat MAIN player for this tactic is your centre forward. the rest are all secondary. make sure you get a decent enough (17+) CF. The rest are self explanatory really but it mostly depends on what you already have. dont kill yourself trying to sign players find a way to work with your best players.
So after tweaking (standard, man-mark etc) i found out that against stronger opponents,since the defensive line has already been pushed up, its best to
You can see where im driving at right? most of the goals i scored came from me counter attacking my opponent from corners. Turn defence into attack
See a youtube video of a counter against ManU Here (H)
Back to what i said about the CF, let me start by saying that Drogba in the reason my team is doing so well. Even with all the tweaks, there are some games (both home and away) that I had no business winning but he came up with a moment of brilliance. Just take a look.
not only did he win the World player of the year, but also he bagged the Striker of the year award also
The rest of the team did play very well under this tactic and im sure it was down to the number of good coaches i was able to get. This is in January and this is how well the team has blended
And my stats have been....
with Drogba scoring 26 goals in 25 games and 12 assists .... Peter Cech also won the Goalie of the year
1. Barcelona is the only team (in real life and in FM) that will not change their tactics for nobody. for the rest of us, if you decide to use this tactic, just keep in mind that you can and probably will get beat by teams who play a different style (Direct approach and a wider pitch size). Hence have a backup tactic at hand for when you meet stronger teams. I tend to use the "Park the plane" tactic and even though ive only used it a few times, my team seems to really like it
2. This isn't a plug and play tactic... even with all my tweaks I still ended up being beat in an away game in the champions league by FC Kobenhavin... Shocking.
With all ive learnt, I think ill go back to the Spurs game and see what i can achieve by the 1st half of the season. Thank you all for your inputs, and i hope something in all i wrote would help someone.
Cheers
Immediately I saw the authors results with this tactic, I jumped for joy. I immediately started a new game with Spurs to try it out. It started well enough, Defoe was scoring goals left and right (although missing alot also). I felt very confident when my next oppornent was Chelsea (away)... I was very wrong, lets just say i was given a lesson I would never forget.
NOW MY STORY BEGINS...... I took my time to read through everyones comments and suggestions. Found out my faults (which were alot) and realised the problem wasnt with the tactic but was from me. So I started the game again, not so naive with Spurs, but with Chelsea.
Below are my findings;
STARTING THE GAME:
THE TACTIC: No matter the team you choose, as soon as you start the game the first thing you need to do is go and find good coaches. Its one thing having a tactic but your players need to be coached in that tactic. It usually takes me 30-45 mins signing staffs This helps the players blend well with the tactic
THE PLAYERS: if you use a team like madrid or barca then you already have the perfect players for this tactic. if not, you have to look at your team and choose wisely. The main, and i repeat MAIN player for this tactic is your centre forward. the rest are all secondary. make sure you get a decent enough (17+) CF. The rest are self explanatory really but it mostly depends on what you already have. dont kill yourself trying to sign players find a way to work with your best players.
MY STATS
So after tweaking (standard, man-mark etc) i found out that against stronger opponents,since the defensive line has already been pushed up, its best to
- play a counter attack
- play the offside trap
- in defending corners, leave your CF and wingers on "Stay forward" duty and your attacking midfielder on the "Edge of the area". your FB's should "Mark the post" while everyone else should "Man Mark"
You can see where im driving at right? most of the goals i scored came from me counter attacking my opponent from corners. Turn defence into attack
See a youtube video of a counter against ManU Here (H)
Back to what i said about the CF, let me start by saying that Drogba in the reason my team is doing so well. Even with all the tweaks, there are some games (both home and away) that I had no business winning but he came up with a moment of brilliance. Just take a look.
not only did he win the World player of the year, but also he bagged the Striker of the year award also
The rest of the team did play very well under this tactic and im sure it was down to the number of good coaches i was able to get. This is in January and this is how well the team has blended
And my stats have been....
with Drogba scoring 26 goals in 25 games and 12 assists .... Peter Cech also won the Goalie of the year
NOW FOR REALITY.
1. Barcelona is the only team (in real life and in FM) that will not change their tactics for nobody. for the rest of us, if you decide to use this tactic, just keep in mind that you can and probably will get beat by teams who play a different style (Direct approach and a wider pitch size). Hence have a backup tactic at hand for when you meet stronger teams. I tend to use the "Park the plane" tactic and even though ive only used it a few times, my team seems to really like it
2. This isn't a plug and play tactic... even with all my tweaks I still ended up being beat in an away game in the champions league by FC Kobenhavin... Shocking.
With all ive learnt, I think ill go back to the Spurs game and see what i can achieve by the 1st half of the season. Thank you all for your inputs, and i hope something in all i wrote would help someone.
Cheers
.