Struggling against similar level and lower teams (HELP!)

houghtie14

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The Issue
My issue is that I started the season off very well being 4th in the Prem after 12 games

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Picking up some good results such as 1-1 at old trafford, 3-1 v arsenal at villa park, 1-0 win at anfield but after beating southampton 3-0 at home it just collapsed and I havent won a premier league game since.
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I still managed to pick up a 0-0 with man utd at home which i thought might start a good run but didnt unfortunately.

Team - Aston Villa in the first season in the Premier League

Squad:
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Shape/formation -
I started the season with a 5-3-2 which was working well until after the southampton game and after trying the tactics below for a few games went back to this:View attachment 431315

when I hit the bad run I tried these other tactics (4-1-3-1-1 & 2-3-2-1-2) when little success:

Dennis 4-1-3-1-1

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...ject-football-manager-2014-a.html#post1891387
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Macey - Triangles
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...-maceys-team-tactics-project.html#post1911222 View attachment 431318

Expectations -The expectations were to avoid relegation which I was doing comfortably until the slump
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Any changes you could recommend or any tactics you have used with success with a similar side would be gratefully received!!!

 
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