PACMAN
It's been very long time ago when Joker V2 had it's short rise and was able to perform very well as a classical 41221 formation. Since then over the past months, as a side project, I was trying again and again to restore the glory, but with the current match engine it is simply not possible. But after many unsuccessful tries now I think I was able to create a competitive 41221. Don't expect wonders, but a fair amount of consistency instead. Meet PACMAN and buy some inside forwards! And a striker.
NO OIs!
Defence
A fairly basic setup with fullbacks on support duty to give the compactness and stability to the defensive line. I found that with this formation the wingbacks are not that effective during attacks and defensively are less solid, so caution at first.Defence
Midfield
BWM in the DM position...what?!? Well yes and he will also score some goals, hopefully. The BBM is a must have with the current ME, it's simply well rounded, while having an AP in the setup makes the build up often focused around him. I was really looking forward to have an advanced playmaker on the field, there are plenty of great players in the game for this position. You can expect assists and key passes from him.
Attack
Finally IFs and a striker! Ahh you don't have any in your team or they are playing on loan? Let's call them back. Fair amount of goals and assists from the 2 wider players, but your striker will be the main goal scorer.
An interesting fact about this tactic is that your more advanced 5 players all should score fair amount of goals, so your team should not depend on 1 or 2 players only.
Training
General training is Fitness - High in the first 2 weeks of pre season and then Team Cohesion - High until the end of August, Balanced - Medium afterwards. Match preparation (bar fully on the left) is Match Tactics until it gets fully fluid, defensive positioning afterwards (set the bar 2 ticks from the left).
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Tested with AFC Bournemouth, FC Liverpool and with the custom Burnley team.
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PACMAN 2
Home and Away TIs
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The purpose of this version is to differentiate home and away approaches and to make your striker to score more. Just use the Home version at home and guess what, the Away version on away games. I am not removing V1 since it is on the same level as V2 but with different style of play given to the very fluid team shape and the usage of a playmaker.
NO OIs
Tested with the custom Burnley squad, I hope I will have the time to test with Bournemouth again.
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PACMAN 2
Home and Away TIs
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The purpose of this version is to differentiate home and away approaches and to make your striker to score more. Just use the Home version at home and guess what, the Away version on away games. I am not removing V1 since it is on the same level as V2 but with different style of play given to the very fluid team shape and the usage of a playmaker.
Tested with the custom Burnley squad, I hope I will have the time to test with Bournemouth again.
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