A rather simple instruction that gave me a lot of problems. I have finally figured out what it means, so I decided to share my knowledge in case there are still players out there that don't know how to set it up.
Very Fluid:
Very fluid is a philosophy in which you ask your players to do all three duties, attack, defend and support. You may, for example, have a winger with attack duty, but with this philosophy he will be asked to do much more than that. He will be required to return to help defence, to go forward and attack, and also to support other players. Not only him, but all the other players will be asked the same. So if you want your winger helping out his fullback, you can leave his role and duty as it is, just change philosophy to very fluid. With this philosophy, you arent expecting only your striker to score, you are also expecting your centre back to score, and also everyone else. You are also expecting your centre back to play in winger position for example, or your striker to defend. Use your brain and see if you can pull this off with your team. Top quality players may pull it off, but average teams, I dont think so. Giving them more expressive team instruction in combo with this philosophy and top players may see you completly outplay opponent. Without top quality players, you will probably see chaos on the pitch and very likely lose heavily even to sub standard opponents. It's a very risky philosophy, but perhaps with a more disciplned team instruction, it may bring out the best team play you have ever seen. With more disciplined team instruction and this philosophy, you will be relying on team spirit first and foremost, but it will require players with team player attributes.
Balanced:
With this philosophy, you will be asking your players to do what their duty is. Support, attack, or defend, regardles of their position on the pitch. For tactical experts, and for all those that have put effort into combining correct duties in their tactic, this is the philosophy to chose. If you went more rigid, your players would have done less than you want them to do, and with more fluid they would have done more. With balanced philosophy, you make sure your duties determine your players behaviour, and if you know how to balance correct duties in your tactic, this is the way to go. With properly chosen duties, it will take less effort to keep possesion aswell.
Very rigid:
Now this is what you chose when you want your higher positioned players to attack, your lower positioned players to defend, and your central player to connect these two. You will gain stability in defence, at expense of more creative attacking. Basically, you will ask your players to stick to their position no matter what, and keep your team shape at all times. Shape is more important when defending, as you want your players to deny all possible space to your opponents for penetration, but it will make your attacking considerably weaker. Therefore, it is most usefull with counter and defend strategy with poorer quality teams.
Very Fluid:
Very fluid is a philosophy in which you ask your players to do all three duties, attack, defend and support. You may, for example, have a winger with attack duty, but with this philosophy he will be asked to do much more than that. He will be required to return to help defence, to go forward and attack, and also to support other players. Not only him, but all the other players will be asked the same. So if you want your winger helping out his fullback, you can leave his role and duty as it is, just change philosophy to very fluid. With this philosophy, you arent expecting only your striker to score, you are also expecting your centre back to score, and also everyone else. You are also expecting your centre back to play in winger position for example, or your striker to defend. Use your brain and see if you can pull this off with your team. Top quality players may pull it off, but average teams, I dont think so. Giving them more expressive team instruction in combo with this philosophy and top players may see you completly outplay opponent. Without top quality players, you will probably see chaos on the pitch and very likely lose heavily even to sub standard opponents. It's a very risky philosophy, but perhaps with a more disciplned team instruction, it may bring out the best team play you have ever seen. With more disciplined team instruction and this philosophy, you will be relying on team spirit first and foremost, but it will require players with team player attributes.
Balanced:
With this philosophy, you will be asking your players to do what their duty is. Support, attack, or defend, regardles of their position on the pitch. For tactical experts, and for all those that have put effort into combining correct duties in their tactic, this is the philosophy to chose. If you went more rigid, your players would have done less than you want them to do, and with more fluid they would have done more. With balanced philosophy, you make sure your duties determine your players behaviour, and if you know how to balance correct duties in your tactic, this is the way to go. With properly chosen duties, it will take less effort to keep possesion aswell.
Very rigid:
Now this is what you chose when you want your higher positioned players to attack, your lower positioned players to defend, and your central player to connect these two. You will gain stability in defence, at expense of more creative attacking. Basically, you will ask your players to stick to their position no matter what, and keep your team shape at all times. Shape is more important when defending, as you want your players to deny all possible space to your opponents for penetration, but it will make your attacking considerably weaker. Therefore, it is most usefull with counter and defend strategy with poorer quality teams.
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