i had something similiar in a network game. finished the season unbetean, but drew 7. my rivals lost 2 (including once to me) but only drew 3. i had a far superior goal difference but had a couple where i just couldnt score.View attachment 372061
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Only lost 1 game in the league all season. got 93 points and still only 3rd behind real and barca.
The thing that ****** me off most in this game - the f&cking crossbar. Oh my lord, I hit the thing every game EVERY ******* game without fail, normally three times. Doesn't matter what formation, what strikers, every ******* game. I cannot stress how irritating it is.
Just started a new save & Eric Lamela is Spanish...that's news to me
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How is it a fact its not fixed? They opponent didnt have 1 shot the whole game. And then at the death they scored.. hmm.
Ok I can see why you have issues.
Look at your front for example. The sole focus is your AF, and chanelling through balls to him. It is very one dimensional, so when it works it, you score. When they mark him out, you have no way to score goals.
This is made much worse because you are playing as a high rep side, which means team typically play quite deep against you, especially at home. Its very hard to get through balls in behind a very deep defence. So your AF is struggling their attentions, getting the ball under a lot of pressure, and firing away poor/tough chances.
Defensively you are getting creamed because you are playing high up the pitch, they soak up your poor/difficult chances, and then hit you hard on the counter. You are also playing a large number of specialists (the 5 playmakers) in a philosophy (fluid) that is ultimately designed for generalist roles (such as centre mid/attacking mid etc)
A few questions that you need to try and answer yourself so you know what you are trying to do:
1) What kind of forward do you want Falcao to be? A pure spearhead? a link for the midfield? a bit of both. Do you want him to his real life role, or another real life role.
2) Why did you pick fluid?
3) How and where do you want you team to attack and create chances?
4) Do you want to be playing with 5 playmakers? Or did you pick them because you felt they fit the players?
Everything that Mike has said.
You've only got one outlet for goals in Falcao, and if he gets marked out the game it's going to frustrate all the playmakers and lead to hopeless long efforts which explains the lack of accuracy. Maybe make Hazard an inside forward, move Oscar into the centre as an attack midfield support, and Isco as a winger or an advanced playmaker off the wing. When I create a tactic I always make sure I've got a lot of variety in the final third so I don't have to rely on one player to get my goals.
Also, I've never really had a successful playmaker playing in the advanced CAM position, it might just be me, but I prefer my advanced playmakers to play a bit deeper, so I say stick with how you've set up your midfield two as you're getting a nice amount of possession, but mess around and experiment with different roles for your front four. I've recently changed Leandro Parades from an advanced playmaker attack (in the CAM position) to an inside forward support as he was under performing a bit, and in his last 3 games he's scored 5 and assisted 4.
Is there a way of signing English players for a realistic fee? I went in for a 19yr old 4and1/2 star CB from newcastle and they will not go below £40m, so I went off and signed a 19yr old 5 star CB from PSG for £12m. That's fine but at some point I need to bring in English players.
Thank you for you opinions and tips! I appreciate it!
You may be right. On the other hand, Falcao scores 30+ goals every season. Hazard, Oscar and Isco score about 35 goals and make 45 assists combined. They're really good but there is a small problem obviously. Sometimes I put Tadic as a Winger, or Ramires as a BWM.
What do you think about Mata as an AMR-IF? Usually he plays as an AP, but maybe I should change his role.
Thank you for you opinions and tips! I appreciate it!
You may be right. On the other hand, Falcao scores 30+ goals every season. Hazard, Oscar and Isco score about 35 goals and make 45 assists combined. They're really good but there is a small problem obviously. Sometimes I put Tadic as a Winger, or Ramires as a BWM.
What do you think about Mata as an AMR-IF? Usually he plays as an AP, but maybe I should change his role.
i had something similiar in a network game. finished the season unbetean, but drew 7. my rivals lost 2 (including once to me) but only drew 3. i had a far superior goal difference but had a couple where i just couldnt score.View attachment 372061
You always pay a premium fir english players just like IRL. Best thing to do is scout the youth teams on the regen dates and sign them on frees at 16.
What do you mean by regen dates? I think I definitely need to scour youth teams. Ended up paying £10.5m for a 400k 18yr old from championship who had played only 12 games...