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I have spent many hours over the last week trying to amend my tactics to get some results with Hull in the premier league. My ambition is to play a style between Brendan rogers Swansea days and AVBs current robust spurs team that hardly lets in goals.
I have bought in some very good free/cheap players including Keisuke Honda, Zucculini and Radoslav Kovac. I have tinkered with my tactics many times but seem to constantly get battered. I am playing 4-5-1 (with a DM and two CMs) in following roles: GK normal - 2 ball playing CBs - wing backs support - regista (DM) - b2b midfielder (CM1) - DLP/AP (CM2) - wingers/inside forwards (depending on opposition) - poacher. This worked a charm on the last version and I found it to be a decent formula. I try hassle opp, retain possession, slow tempo, look for overlap, high defensive line, work ball into box etc (classic Arsenal/Swansea tactics).
Despite having players who suit the individual roles perfectly (huddlestone as regista for example and Honda as DLP/AP), and trying to change the individual player roles and touchline instructions to be more defensive by realising that I cannot turn up at old trafford and expect to play them off the field (alterations such as having a defensive ball winning midfielder and defensive full backs), I have conceded 35 goals in 19 games and am lying in 18th. My defence regularly gets fried despite my team training always being defending set pieces and def positioning. My team had good morale going up against Crystal Palace at home and I tried my tactic and lost 1-0. Yet I beat Liverpool away 4-2!
Is it the case that I just have to compromise my philosophy because I am a relegation battling team or am I missing something here? My team is fluent with the tactics now but still I am not seeing the results. I have previously been able to do well on tactics alone despite having weak teams. I would hate to revert to classic Stoke pump the ball long tactics. Is it just that FM 14 is more difficult the master in terms of tactics? I read somewhere to try get your wingers to man mark opposition wingers which I will try tonight. But otherwise, I am pretty stuck for thoughts. The only thing I can think of is to go back to the drawing board and play counter attacking football.
Any advice would be good. I hope it is not the fact that this style of football is redundant in FM14!
I have spent many hours over the last week trying to amend my tactics to get some results with Hull in the premier league. My ambition is to play a style between Brendan rogers Swansea days and AVBs current robust spurs team that hardly lets in goals.
I have bought in some very good free/cheap players including Keisuke Honda, Zucculini and Radoslav Kovac. I have tinkered with my tactics many times but seem to constantly get battered. I am playing 4-5-1 (with a DM and two CMs) in following roles: GK normal - 2 ball playing CBs - wing backs support - regista (DM) - b2b midfielder (CM1) - DLP/AP (CM2) - wingers/inside forwards (depending on opposition) - poacher. This worked a charm on the last version and I found it to be a decent formula. I try hassle opp, retain possession, slow tempo, look for overlap, high defensive line, work ball into box etc (classic Arsenal/Swansea tactics).
Despite having players who suit the individual roles perfectly (huddlestone as regista for example and Honda as DLP/AP), and trying to change the individual player roles and touchline instructions to be more defensive by realising that I cannot turn up at old trafford and expect to play them off the field (alterations such as having a defensive ball winning midfielder and defensive full backs), I have conceded 35 goals in 19 games and am lying in 18th. My defence regularly gets fried despite my team training always being defending set pieces and def positioning. My team had good morale going up against Crystal Palace at home and I tried my tactic and lost 1-0. Yet I beat Liverpool away 4-2!
Is it the case that I just have to compromise my philosophy because I am a relegation battling team or am I missing something here? My team is fluent with the tactics now but still I am not seeing the results. I have previously been able to do well on tactics alone despite having weak teams. I would hate to revert to classic Stoke pump the ball long tactics. Is it just that FM 14 is more difficult the master in terms of tactics? I read somewhere to try get your wingers to man mark opposition wingers which I will try tonight. But otherwise, I am pretty stuck for thoughts. The only thing I can think of is to go back to the drawing board and play counter attacking football.
Any advice would be good. I hope it is not the fact that this style of football is redundant in FM14!
