For years now I've been playing FM on the assumption that reserve teams should use the first teams tactics to prepare the younger players to play using those tactics and roles. That would obviously be appropriate to real life. But does FM actually work like that? Would I be better off using a tactic to maximise the game time of my reserves and youth teams?
For example, my first team uses an AM(C) however my reserve and youth teams don't have any good prospects who play that position, whilst i have a wealth of S(C) and only one space. Should I use 4-4-2, a tactic I would never use in the first team, to give game time to another striker in his proper position?
For example, my first team uses an AM(C) however my reserve and youth teams don't have any good prospects who play that position, whilst i have a wealth of S(C) and only one space. Should I use 4-4-2, a tactic I would never use in the first team, to give game time to another striker in his proper position?