For anyone wondering how to setup their tactic, I would recommend this thread:
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...ics/205292-team-shape-roles-duties-guide.html
From it, you will learn proper roles and duties and proper team shape for your team.
What I would like to add, is how to incorporate this into your own tactic and make a final "product".
A good tactic will work everywhere equally. If You win 1-0 with a great team, it doesn't mean you will lose the match with a bad team. You will probably also win 1-0 as you will be against a lot weaker opponent. Great teams play against great teams. IT is not true you can't create a passing tactic for LLM. You can, and you will probably regain possession and keep it in equall manner as a great team, as, again, your opponent will be weaker.
Regarding formation, you should use a more layered formation when playing less fluidly, and you should pick a more fluid team shape with a flat formation.
It is important not to go against the ME!!!
What I mean by that, is that if you order your defenders shorter passing by playing more agressively, you shouldn't use any TI that will order them more direct passing. This is just an example, but it applies to just about everything. The most banal approach, but very effective.
Therefore, if you opt for fluid team shape that orders your players to roam and gives them more creativity, you shouldn't stick to position and play more disciplined. It goes against the team shape.
With regard to before mentioned team shape guide, if you want to play strictly possession football, you should avoid roles that are supposed to initiate counter attacks, like BPD's and SK's, and roles that just clear the ball, like limited defenders, and of course use them if you want to play on counter. Defend, counter and overload team mentalites play on counter.
Some things often confuse people, so I think I should clarify.
First of all, do not pick a crossing TI. It relies on the height of your striker, and if you want others to use your tactic, they wont have success if they have short players, and you ordered float crossess. Even you will probably change the striker from match to match, or inside a match, so it gets tiring to keep adjusting. Whipped crosses could work for any height, but are really demanding, and weaker players will have trouble trying to do 'em.
Second, passing instruction should be adjusted only if using a standard mentality. Other mentalities change passing to both shorter and direct to your defence and forwards, so if you pick a passing style, you will go against the ME.
Play out of defence can be used in standard and more agressive mentalites. However, you will need to push defensive line up, as this will shorten their passing range, so you want them closer to midfielders.
Work ball into box or shoot on sight is linked to tempo. The faster you play, it will be more difficult and perhaps unwanted to work ball into box, whilst a slower attack buildup will favor it.
You should run at defence or play through defence. Play through defence will favor a narrower width.
You should be very carefull when picking penetration options. I recommend only to use them when opponent has a player sent off in that aprticular side of the pitch during match. They shouldn't be used as a starting TI.
Playing width is linked to tempo. You can either play wider with higher tempo, or narrower with lower tempo. Narrower will mean a slower attack buildup, better defending, better keeping of possession, wilst wider will be better in terms of giving space to both you and your opponent, which will make your attacking efforts and goalscoring easier.
Defensive line depends on the passing range of your defenders. If you play with a less agressive mentality, it will be sliglhtly more direct, so you can play slightly deeper.
You should always close down empty space. The wider and deeper you play, the more space you need to close down, and the more compact you play, more your players can and should stand off. This isn't how agressive they will be, this is just range of closing down, or better put, how far will they move out of their position to close down.
Tackling shouldn't be touched. Getting stuck in will get you cards and injuries, wilst stay on feet will create way to many fouls.
Offside trap is usefull with a high defensive line. Should be used with two or more defenders on defend duty.
Regarding mentality and team shape, they go hand in hand. A more agressive mentality will order more players to roam, so you want a more fluid team shape. It is believed that every attacking tactic is total football. It often isn't, but really should be, as the mentality should really be very fluid, and formation should be flat, like 442 or 433. It works the other way around aswell. No great philosophy, just a very banal approach.
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...ics/205292-team-shape-roles-duties-guide.html
From it, you will learn proper roles and duties and proper team shape for your team.
What I would like to add, is how to incorporate this into your own tactic and make a final "product".
A good tactic will work everywhere equally. If You win 1-0 with a great team, it doesn't mean you will lose the match with a bad team. You will probably also win 1-0 as you will be against a lot weaker opponent. Great teams play against great teams. IT is not true you can't create a passing tactic for LLM. You can, and you will probably regain possession and keep it in equall manner as a great team, as, again, your opponent will be weaker.
Regarding formation, you should use a more layered formation when playing less fluidly, and you should pick a more fluid team shape with a flat formation.
It is important not to go against the ME!!!
What I mean by that, is that if you order your defenders shorter passing by playing more agressively, you shouldn't use any TI that will order them more direct passing. This is just an example, but it applies to just about everything. The most banal approach, but very effective.
Therefore, if you opt for fluid team shape that orders your players to roam and gives them more creativity, you shouldn't stick to position and play more disciplined. It goes against the team shape.
With regard to before mentioned team shape guide, if you want to play strictly possession football, you should avoid roles that are supposed to initiate counter attacks, like BPD's and SK's, and roles that just clear the ball, like limited defenders, and of course use them if you want to play on counter. Defend, counter and overload team mentalites play on counter.
Some things often confuse people, so I think I should clarify.
First of all, do not pick a crossing TI. It relies on the height of your striker, and if you want others to use your tactic, they wont have success if they have short players, and you ordered float crossess. Even you will probably change the striker from match to match, or inside a match, so it gets tiring to keep adjusting. Whipped crosses could work for any height, but are really demanding, and weaker players will have trouble trying to do 'em.
Second, passing instruction should be adjusted only if using a standard mentality. Other mentalities change passing to both shorter and direct to your defence and forwards, so if you pick a passing style, you will go against the ME.
Play out of defence can be used in standard and more agressive mentalites. However, you will need to push defensive line up, as this will shorten their passing range, so you want them closer to midfielders.
Work ball into box or shoot on sight is linked to tempo. The faster you play, it will be more difficult and perhaps unwanted to work ball into box, whilst a slower attack buildup will favor it.
You should run at defence or play through defence. Play through defence will favor a narrower width.
You should be very carefull when picking penetration options. I recommend only to use them when opponent has a player sent off in that aprticular side of the pitch during match. They shouldn't be used as a starting TI.
Playing width is linked to tempo. You can either play wider with higher tempo, or narrower with lower tempo. Narrower will mean a slower attack buildup, better defending, better keeping of possession, wilst wider will be better in terms of giving space to both you and your opponent, which will make your attacking efforts and goalscoring easier.
Defensive line depends on the passing range of your defenders. If you play with a less agressive mentality, it will be sliglhtly more direct, so you can play slightly deeper.
You should always close down empty space. The wider and deeper you play, the more space you need to close down, and the more compact you play, more your players can and should stand off. This isn't how agressive they will be, this is just range of closing down, or better put, how far will they move out of their position to close down.
Tackling shouldn't be touched. Getting stuck in will get you cards and injuries, wilst stay on feet will create way to many fouls.
Offside trap is usefull with a high defensive line. Should be used with two or more defenders on defend duty.
Regarding mentality and team shape, they go hand in hand. A more agressive mentality will order more players to roam, so you want a more fluid team shape. It is believed that every attacking tactic is total football. It often isn't, but really should be, as the mentality should really be very fluid, and formation should be flat, like 442 or 433. It works the other way around aswell. No great philosophy, just a very banal approach.
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