Hi Guys as promised here are a few screenshots of the tactic(s) and my Man Utd team. This is still in early development and I believe there to be room for improvement to patch up a few leaks.
I advise that you use the 433 attacking formation with the inside forwards against a weaker opponents as I have struggled against stronger opposition noticing that on the counter I'm quite vulnerable. But hey this is true in the real world so no major concerns there.
I have a second back up tactic for some away games and stronger opponents which focus on ball retention and build up play through the centre of the field, designed to frustrate the opponent and be deadly on the counter. I have used this tactic to good effect against teams like Chelsea and Arsenal to good effect achieving positive results.
My overall aim is to continue to play attacking football but be more creative here giving the nature of Mata, RVP and Januzaj and possible future United targets coming in. Such as Strootman, Javi Martinez and Luke Shaw. A philosophy that matches these players and also the mindset of coach Louis Van Gaal.
For all you loud mouthed haters out there there is no room here for your input so please take it elsewhere. Given the success of my previous season and Man Utd 442 the old new and the best tactic I hope this season and this tactic can just be *** successful for you guys as it hopefully will myself.
Training as per last season I leave to the assistant manager and coaching staff and Man Utd coaching staff have an attacking mindset anyway point to note I have Ryan Giggs as Assistant manager this season and I feel this tactic suits his coaching style very much.
You will need to change training Intensity to very high pre season and first few games as well and focusing on teamwork and attacking movement.
Here below are is a sneak preview as to the tactic thus far:
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As you can see I have had 3 away defeats Newcastle and Notts Forest in the league cup. Poor results but I feel this could have been prevented if I went with a more counter attacking game. Was lack of my own Judgement really in match prep and went with the wrong formation.
Same goes for Napoli away. Napoli this second season are a very strong side and at home played a 352 formation very attacking and there wide men just destroyed me. I also misjudged this and went into the game with an attacking mindset. Though I did create a fare number off chances they totally dominated possession.
The formation is geared around a high tempo game with quality possession high up the pitch, Players will be patient at times and work for their openings and the inside forwards and fullbacks used to devastating effect. Psositioning of the players is disciplined which suits well for a more balance formation. You can see that the whole width of the pitch is used an in the centre of the park ball retention is very high.
I have also acquired the services of Fernando Lucas Martins from Shaktar Donesk. He is valued at 3.5 million 1 season and is very hard to lure away however I did acquire his services for 36 million over a 4 year deal and believe to be worth every penny. He is only 22 years old second season and is a Brazilian defensive ball winning midfielder with very good all round attributes and fits nicely into the team to give the team that extra defensive boost with creativity flair and good all round passing skills and team work. See above.
Also below is the counter attacking version of the 433 for download. Hope you guys enjoy and please feel free to tinkle with the tactics and share your input as I will be forever tweaking for improvement.
Thanks Kel
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