he is an advanced playmaker the deep lying playmaker is schweni
first of all i dont use descriptions like advanced playmaker, support role bla bla, you have to use sliders if you want to maximize players performance.
i found using advanced playmaker from centre of the midfield is pretty useless in the game(whatever the conditions and whoever plays). because distance between midfeild and potential scoring arreas are far from each other.
1- advanced playmaker dribbles from centre;it is not easy as it seems. sometimes mc's and dmc's steal the ball easily.
2- advanced playmaker tries killer balls from centre; again its so hard.
this is my setup for my advanced playmaker(amlc position), but he swaps position with fabregas(deep lying playmaker from cmr)
men: lower than team avarage
pass: team(short 2-6 notch, sometimes dirct 11-14)
cf: much(18- 20 notch)
close down: sometimes 20 whole pitch, sometimes own area
tackle: normal,easy
fwr: rarely, rarely i swap to mixed but never often
rwb: mixed, if i turn fwr mixed i turn rwb: often
long shots: rarely always
ttb: often: sometimes when i want to control game mixed
cross ball: mixed (my team lacks of height)
loose zonal mark
hold up ball: yes, it seems holding up the ball gives advantages of killer balls but sometimes it gives time to opp. to close down so it depends on your player type. if you have good dribbler(dribble min 15,pace acc min 14) no hold up ball, if you have avarege or bad dribbler hold up ball often.
free role: yes, free role is so complicated and hard to understand but i will try my best to tell; if players decisions, anticipation is higher than 14 and if you think that his preffered moves is usefull for your side give him free role. but if player has shots from distance(which is completely annoying ppm or some ppm's like that) i recommened you to not give free role to him.
so free role gives your player to break your instructions and make decisions by his own. and he usually performs his ppm's. and player who has high flair is suitable for free role , becuse his unexpected moves and decisions give advantage to your side.
wide play: cuts inside, if he is slow and not good at crossing and avarage off the ball stats, moves into channels if he is good finisher or supports striker and high pace acc and off the ball stats.
cross from: i dont care crossing but mixed or byline. i preffer byline by the way.
cross aim: mixed
this is my setup. but i have to say my players, team, mentality and football style, formation is diff. thats why i try to explain sliders and moves. so best way to maximize your players performance, understand their style, their weakness, best role and tweaks. its best way to find the answer by yourself.
---------- Post added at 12:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 AM ----------
I used to play somthing a lot like that.
Played the CDM in a slightly changed anchor role (messed around with the passing and closing down mostly), then used the one CM in a much more openly attacking role with little defensive duty and used the other as a slightly attacking box to box.
I prefer using the classic tactics set up as it gives way more control over who does what.
and dude, i have to say bastians setup is almost wrong for my opinion.
