Mike's 4-2-4 Inside Attacking Tactic

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MIKE’S 4-2-4 INSIDE ATTACKING TACTIC
Now with version 2 :D
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Results

With this tactic, I hope to give you the very best results. This is not an unbeatable tactic – what I’m saying is, I don’t want people downloading it, coming back after one game and telling me you’ve lost. It needs time to work, but as a standard attacking 4-4-2 formation, it should work pretty sharpish.

Arsenal

After one season, I managed to win the Premier League – 29 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, 83 scored, 23 conceded – and the FA Cup, and also the Community Shield the next season. See screenshots for proof. Samir Nasri won English Footballer of the Year, Cesc Fabregas won Players’ Player of the Year, Theo Walcott won Players’ Young Player of the Year, and I had six players in the First Team of the Team of the Year (Almunia, Sagna, Vermaelen, Clichy, Fabregas and Nasri) and Arshavin on the bench. Quite an achievement I think.

I had a brilliant run in the Champions League, too, only to come up short in a spirited Semi Final loss to Barcelona. Again, see screenshots.

I noted down the possession, shots, goals for and against in every game (apart from friendlies) and found that I had, on average, 54.3% possession per game, a total of 851 shots which is equivalent to 14.7 shots a game, and 132 goals scored and 47 against – 2.28 scored and 0.81 conceded on average per game, which is not at all bad.


**If you are struggling to play well and need a goal or two, setting the mentality to Overload really does help.
Also thanks to hellroker for testing (ongoing).


Player Requirements

Goalkeeper – standard goalkeeper. Defensive line doesn't push that high so a fast keeper isn’t necessary.

Full-backs – set as wing-backs so need good pace and defending skills. As the wingers push inside behind the strikers your full-backs will act as side-midfielders.

Centre-backs – standard central defenders, so strength is main attribute. Height is handy although not overly-necessary. Jumping and heading also needed.

Left centre midfielder – set as a ball-winning midfielder, the player needs strength and good defensive skills. He looks to break up opposition play and give the ball off to somebody else in the team, much like an anchor man.

Right centre midfielder – box to box man. Needs, more than anything really, natural fitness and stamina if you want a good quality BTB midfielder. Creativity, technique and flair handy if you want goals from midfield, and also long shots, but again not necessary. He looks to play behind the strikers, defend and ‘cover’ the right-sided winger.

Left winger – a winger turned inside forward. Needs the attributes of a standard supporting winger: dribbling, pace, off the ball and crossing. Wide play is set as ‘cut inside’, so this player also needs to be somewhat both footed, needs finishing and composure attributes, and also passing and decisions. Very effective playmaker, but that’s your choice.

Right winger – unlike the left winger, this player is set as an inside forward naturally. Needs to be left footed at least, although not compulsory as a right-footed player will do. Needs finishing and composure more than passing and decisions, but needs all decent stats.

Left attacker – needs to have pace and acceleration as a poacher, also very high finishing and composure attributes as he will be your main goalscorer. First touch also needs to be quite high as your other attacker will look to play the ball down to this man. Off the ball attribute will be handy.

Right attacker – Height, jumping and heading; these are the main things your target man needs. He is the man to look for the goals, not necessarily score them, although you will get a few goals from him with the right attributes. He needs to be very strong too, so strength is a must. Aggression and first touch also come in handy.


Passing is entirely up to you – the results were not too indifferent if I selected More Direct or Shorter passing. I did however use Shorter for the majority of the season. Tackling is also your choice: I left it at default but if you want to concede less fouls and therefore less bookings/sendings off, then stick to More Cautious. If you’re a ‘win at all costs’ type of manager, set it to More Aggressive.


In-game requirements

During the time I tested the tactic, I watched the game, but not the whole 90 minutes. I was able to pick up on each player’s performance without having to go solely by FM’s stats. I recommend you do the same. I had my team’s ratings, motivation and Assistant Manager feedback checked from the match day info box – your assistant will pick up on things you may have missed. I changed the tactic during games to what the assistant told me and I got the positive results from that.

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I think that's about it. I tried to be as detailed as possible. I hope you give it a download and enjoy and please, please, please give feedback so I can improve it. :)
And anything else you need to know, please ask. Cheers!

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Hey Mike,knew you would upload. Its a great tactic. Im sitting second now in the league,well Shakhtar dominating so it would be difficult to overthrow them :S

Here's my latest signing in January

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Also lost in the Euro Cup first knockout round against Spurs. They dominated the away leg and scraped a 1-0 win at our stadium.We dominated in that match at home,had more possesion,more shots, just more fouls gave them the advantage. Will post further results
 
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Thanks for another update buddy, keep them coming :)

Also anybody downloading, please give informal feedback, not something like 'yeah I won': screenshots and detail would be nice, cheers.
 
just seen ur notification mike will give this a go defo

i post u up progress of my games also does the roles have to bee that or can they be changed
 
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sure Mikey, would love to give this a go with Hereford, will post regularly :)
 
I can't download it, so instead I just printed off the necessary data. So do I just need to know the first 2 images?
 
mimefan said:
I can't download it, so instead I just printed off the necessary data. So do I just need to know the first 2 images?
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That's most of it. I made specific tweaks for a couple of positions but that's it, should be fine as it is, although with the left winger his Wide Play should be 'Cuts Inside'.
 
Leading into the second season, the tactic seems to be getting better.


EDIT: With the win over Bristol (good spot Calum), I fielded no first teamers. Yeah, FA, suck on that, fine me *****!
 
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I tried a similar tactic with Sheffield United, didnt do too well 24th in the championship to be specific XD maybe this tactics not for the more physical teams!
 
odysufc said:
I tried a similar tactic with Sheffield United, didnt do too well 24th in the championship to be specific XD maybe this tactics not for the more physical teams!
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The defenders need to be quite strong but the main aim of this tactic is to score and win (as is any other I guess) and it requires precision and pace more than physicality.
 
I may have to consider giving your tactic a go with a few specialised signings
 
I just started using it ;). im southampton and in championship

ill give you some feedback after i used it for 10 matches
 
used this tactic with queen of south beat hamilton 4-2 but came from behind,drew 3-3 morton,lost 3-1 kilmarnock looked at it and my defence were playing too far up changed that and beat dundee 2-1,beat raith 2-1 great tac just fine tune it
 
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Seems good Mike. I might give this a go for my 2nd season as Arsenal. :)
 
Feedback: Well i just finish a season with real madrid with this tact and resultst was 34 wins and rest lost.

115 goals scored and just 16 in my nett :D

Will post screens soon :D Hugain scored 36 goales in the leauge. Insane :D
 
Seems a little hit and miss so far then, I'll try and adjust a few settings, starting with dropping the defensive line.
 
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