Philosophy determines how much you want your team to play close to one another, where on the pitch will they play, and how much creativity will they be allowed. More rigid styles mean they will have low creativity, and stick to their assigned roles and duties and place on pitch, but play close to one another, making your defense better, More fluid styles will give more freedom to your players, making your attacks better by defence joining attack, and attackers helping defence. Your players will also play close to one another. Balanced means your players will have medium creativity, joining attack or defence depending on their role and duty, and play more further apart.
Strategy determins your players position on the pitch and their agressivness and passing. For more defensive strategies, players will stay behind ball, be less agressive, and positioned lower on the pitch with back line shooting long range passes and attackers making short. More attacking strategies are the opposite.
go route one will make sure you play on the counter and get the ball to attacking third asap
more direct passing means your players passing range will be higher, and they may pass the ball to some other player, not necesarilly to the one closest to them
retain possession means your players will play low risk passes
shorter passing means your passing range will be short
pass into space means all of your players will try more risky passes, into space, potentially creating a goal scoring opportunity
work ball into box means all of your players will be discouraged from shooting from distance
play out of defence means your back line will be discouraged from releasing the ball long, and instead look for short pass
pump ball into box means all of your players will look to make long range passes to target man
clear ball to flanks means your back line will look to play things wide, instead through central areas
hit early crosses will instruct your players to take full advantage of your superior height and play the ball in the air
Float crosses means your players will look for more difficult crosess, to far post
drill crosses means your players will look for the easy cross, to near post, preferable if your crossing abiltiy is low
run at defence will make your players try to dribble and run toward opponent back line
shoot on sight will instruct your players to try shooting from distance
Exploit the flanks means your players will look to pass the ball to your wingers
look for overlap means your winger will hold up the ball for your fullbacks instead of penetrating the opposition themselves
play wider will instruct your players to stretch the pitch in an attempt to find space and score
play narrower will make your defence tighten up
defensive line instructs your players to play closer or further away from goal...it determines where you want to win the ball
stick to positions will make your players available to receive the pass
roam from positions means your players will leave their position in an attempt to be more effective
allow wide players to swap makes your wingers harder to guard, but it shouldnt be used unless both wingers are strong on both feet
hassle opponents means your whole team will press in an attempt to stop opponents from having their game
stand off means your players will reduce space available for opponents passes by sticking to their position
get stuck in instructs your players to make agressive tackles and brake legs
stay on feet instructs your players not to dive
use tighter marking makes your whole team more defensively orientated, but less happy to contribute to attack
offside trap means your players will try to catch opponents in the offside
take a breather will slow down your game and allow your players to catch their breath
tempo determines how many touches of the ball players will make. Higher tempo meaning less touches.
Be more expressive will instruct your players to use their brains
Be more disciplined will make your players play as a team.
With that being written, one can easily decide how to play. For example if you want to play through defence you would need to use work ball into box, play wider, play out of defence if using a more defensive strategy and so on. Counter style can be used with any strategy by going route one.
Strategy determins your players position on the pitch and their agressivness and passing. For more defensive strategies, players will stay behind ball, be less agressive, and positioned lower on the pitch with back line shooting long range passes and attackers making short. More attacking strategies are the opposite.
go route one will make sure you play on the counter and get the ball to attacking third asap
more direct passing means your players passing range will be higher, and they may pass the ball to some other player, not necesarilly to the one closest to them
retain possession means your players will play low risk passes
shorter passing means your passing range will be short
pass into space means all of your players will try more risky passes, into space, potentially creating a goal scoring opportunity
work ball into box means all of your players will be discouraged from shooting from distance
play out of defence means your back line will be discouraged from releasing the ball long, and instead look for short pass
pump ball into box means all of your players will look to make long range passes to target man
clear ball to flanks means your back line will look to play things wide, instead through central areas
hit early crosses will instruct your players to take full advantage of your superior height and play the ball in the air
Float crosses means your players will look for more difficult crosess, to far post
drill crosses means your players will look for the easy cross, to near post, preferable if your crossing abiltiy is low
run at defence will make your players try to dribble and run toward opponent back line
shoot on sight will instruct your players to try shooting from distance
Exploit the flanks means your players will look to pass the ball to your wingers
look for overlap means your winger will hold up the ball for your fullbacks instead of penetrating the opposition themselves
play wider will instruct your players to stretch the pitch in an attempt to find space and score
play narrower will make your defence tighten up
defensive line instructs your players to play closer or further away from goal...it determines where you want to win the ball
stick to positions will make your players available to receive the pass
roam from positions means your players will leave their position in an attempt to be more effective
allow wide players to swap makes your wingers harder to guard, but it shouldnt be used unless both wingers are strong on both feet
hassle opponents means your whole team will press in an attempt to stop opponents from having their game
stand off means your players will reduce space available for opponents passes by sticking to their position
get stuck in instructs your players to make agressive tackles and brake legs
stay on feet instructs your players not to dive
use tighter marking makes your whole team more defensively orientated, but less happy to contribute to attack
offside trap means your players will try to catch opponents in the offside
take a breather will slow down your game and allow your players to catch their breath
tempo determines how many touches of the ball players will make. Higher tempo meaning less touches.
Be more expressive will instruct your players to use their brains
Be more disciplined will make your players play as a team.
With that being written, one can easily decide how to play. For example if you want to play through defence you would need to use work ball into box, play wider, play out of defence if using a more defensive strategy and so on. Counter style can be used with any strategy by going route one.
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