Recreating Louis van Gaal’s 3-5-2 formation in Football Manager 2014

agieluma said:
I would suggest you copy the tactic and make one of them COUNTER so it would be easy to switch between counter and the control. hence the fluidity won't decrease each time to change mentality
Let me know how it's going for you. Goodluck
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Yeah that i have already done! :) Well i got in to the group stage with Malmö FF which is really good, swedish teams dont really go that far IRL :) But i guess it will be tough against those big teams :p
 
FernandoGago said:
Yeah that i have already done! :) Well i got in to the group stage with Malmö FF which is really good, swedish teams dont really go that far IRL :) But i guess it will be tough against those big teams :p
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Tha's pretty good
 
Is this for 14.3? Or 14.3.1?
Looks very good!
 
I tested this tactic with Holland in the 2014 World Cup. I didn't do any better than Holland did in real life as I came in 3rd place.

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Here's how I lined up:

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Here are the match stats:

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I got smoked by Spain. Chile, Cameroon and Germany all created more CCC's than me.
 
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mantorras77 said:
I tested this tactic with Holland in the 2014 World Cup. I didn't do any better than Holland did in real life as I came in 3rd place.

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Here's how I lined up:

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Here are the match stats:

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I got smoked by Spain. Chile, Cameroon and Germany all created more CCC's than me.
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Epic line: I GOT SMOKED BY SPAIN


Which version of the tactic did you use- the first one or the update?
Did you change the mentality to counter against Spain and Germany?
Was the tactic fluid enough?
How high were your players' morales?
 
agieluma said:
Epic line: I GOT SMOKED BY SPAIN


Which version of the tactic did you use- the first one or the update?
Did you change the mentality to counter against Spain and Germany?
Was the tactic fluid enough?
How high were your players' morales?
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I used the updated one.
Yes
Tactic fully fluid (used FMRTE)
well against Spain the Morale was "ok" as I just had taken over and it was first game. (FMRTE doesn't control NT morale)
Morale got better the rest of the way.
 
Started off well there near January let there foot of the peddle. Just cant seem to get the points.
 
I really like the tactic, been dying for a decent recreation of LVG's 3-5-2, but one alteration I've made is to take off play out of defence, as too many times I've seen the DLP play it straight back to the keeper when a counter was on. Lethal tactic though, well done.
 
"Play Narrower" was activated when needing to minimise the damage caused against tricky attackers and inside forwards, while ‘Exploit The Middle’ allowed Van Persie, Rooney and Mata time on the ball to cause large amounts of damage to mediocre defences.

Do you still use this now on the updated file?
 
danne_7 said:
"Play Narrower" was activated when needing to minimise the damage caused against tricky attackers and inside forwards, while ‘Exploit The Middle’ allowed Van Persie, Rooney and Mata time on the ball to cause large amounts of damage to mediocre defences.

Do you still use this now on the updated file?
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No, I didn't use them in most games- to allow more freedom to your creative players...hence reducing the possibility of your opponent predicting where your attack would come from
 
The update and the normal are the same :S i downloaded both dont notice any difference
 
When you play your counter-attack tactic, do you only change from control to counter then? or is it any other changes? counter attack and retain possession at the same time?
 
danne_7 said:
When you play your counter-attack tactic, do you only change from control to counter then? or is it any other changes? counter attack and retain possession at the same time?
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i change only the mentality...control to counter
 
very intersting:
The mentality "control" means that players will use short passes and try to hold the ball until the final shot.
But you use such instructions as "Retain possession", "Short passing" and "High tempo". It turns out that players passes will be more shorter and they try to keep the ball even when there is another variation of the attack. And you use higher tempo, that contradicts to the mentality and your instruction to retain possessions.
How does it work? :) Can you explain that? Thanks!!
 
Is this tactic good for plug & play? Will give it a go anyway, as a Man United coach.
 
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