Need solid tactics for Newcastle United

[Adix]

I'm about to start my third season with Newcastle United and I'm in a dire need of tactics.

My first season ended well, Winning Championship by a comfortable margin. Thats ok, but in the prem, I finished 14th. Good you would say, but I'm not happy. I was 9th with 9 games to go and I went on a 7 game looseing streak, won 2-0 to Fulham (who were 20th in the league) and lost to Man United. In the 7 losses there were some teams who I could have beaten easily such as WBA, Reading and Burnley. 1st season I played 4-1-2-1-2 and that took me up.Started terri-bad being about 17th after half a season, so I went to the 5-3-2, Very Rigid, Contain. Looked to be working well as it got me up to 9th but then I went on the looseing streak.

Regarding signings, I have some quality players in all areas. Here are my signings over 2 years (and this summer, less than 1 month passed):

My squad:

I am going to sign Komapany very soon. I have 17Million transfer budget (excluding Kompany's 2 million transfer) so I have no idea who to sign and in which position.

I also have problems selling players. NOBODY wants my players or the loan players, small teams want them and they pay a ridiculous 10% of his wage, not worth it.

Want to sell:
Name -- Value -- Asking Price

Xisco -- Over 3 mill -- 2 million
Geremi -- 1.2m -- 900K
Harper -- over 1M -- 500K

Want to put on loan:
Name -- Wage -- Want their wage to be paid

Kanu -- 10kp/w --100%
Carroll -- No idea -- 100%
Tozer-- 12K p/w -- 100%


Essay over So I want
1. Solid tactics for my team
2. Idea how to sell the players I said.

Thanks

 

[Pompey_Dan]

Re: getting better tactics, have you read the ebook "Tactical Theoroms 10"?

It's essential for understanding the new "create tactics" function on FM2010...

check out this thread... http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/f72/tactical-theorems-10-t22250.html

 

[Adix]

Re: getting better tactics, have you read the ebook "Tactical Theoroms 10"?

It's essential for understanding the new "create tactics" function on FM2010...

check out this thread... http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/f72/tactical-theorems-10-t22250.html

Yes, I have that book. I am have read more than half of it, I think I am around page 40. I still can't find a good tactic.

I'm back to 4-1-2-1-2, see what I can do

 

[Pompey_Dan]

The main thing the book teaches you is that the formation is just a framework, you need to pick a framework that suits the players you have the best... for example chose 4-1-2-1-2 if you have two good strikers, a surplus of decent centre midfielders but no wingers of any note. You'll probably need two really athletic wingbacks too for width.

But really the most important thing is the roles you give the players, for example is your 1-2-1 midfield suited to:
a deep lying playmaker, ball winner, centre midfielder and attacking midfielder; or
an anchorman, two centre midfielders and an advanced playmaker?

and then make sure that you have a good mixture of duties across the team (defence/support/attack) to ensure they communicate as a unit.

I'm sure if you experiment with these factors within a rigid philosophy you'll get the right tactic for you. Just don't change it every game!

 

[Kris]

Please use tactical help or help thread for something like this.