Jamesveekay
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I'm using Derby County, into my second season after winning the Championship in the first, earning promotion to the Premier League. We're 12-13 games into the season and I found my team stumbling to 18th, despite being were touted to finish 14th.
I'm currently using a 4-3-3 DM Wide:
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Basically my team is performing well below expectation in every position except for Jesus Gamez, the midfield three, and Charlie Austin. Even Austin is, performance-wise, sometimes unsatisfactory despite his good tally of 7 goals in 13 games, much like Benteke with Liverpool last season. In summary, we just can't keep possession, and when we do, our shots keep getting blocked, the players rarely beat their man, and nothing just seem to go our way. When defending, we keep losing the opposing forwards, and we just can't seem to defend as a unit. Left-back is currently our worst link in defence, with neither Paul Dummett nor Craig Forsyth are doing their job well enough, Dummett especially. He was a terrible purchase, I'll admit that much. Forsyth is mediocre at best.
I used Lee Grant as my first-choice goalkeeper in the Championship, but honestly both are performing similarly well in the Premier League. I'm also very concerned with my centre-back pairing. Shackell and Keogh are my first-choice, but Shackell is 33 and Keogh is also starting to decline, and my backups Alex Pearce and Raul Albentosa aren't that good either. The two Inside Forwards are sometimes ineffective, either failing to beat their man or are dispossessed too easily, something that can be said to most of my team, to be honest. Austin has a good goal tally, but I'm pretty sure he can do much better to create chances either for himself or for others. He's playing with his back to goal a bit too often, in my opinion, so I'm currently in the process of removing that preferred move of his. Also, generally, we've been losing headers but when we win, we just knock it without aiming and the ball often lands back at one of the opposing players. Is that something I can change in my tactics? I'm not sure.
I have already secured the transfer of Andrew Robertson, a left-back, from Hull, as well as Abdelaziz Barrada, a central midfielder, from Marseille. Robertson is faster as well as a much better crosser than both Dummett and Forsyth, so I hope he can fill that hole. Barrada is an Advanced Playmaker, an upgrade to Butterfield. Butterfield isn't bad, but I need someone to spray the ball around better.
What do you think can be improved further for my team? Any constructive advice will be appreciated. Thank you.
I'm currently using a 4-3-3 DM Wide:
View attachment 144604
Basically my team is performing well below expectation in every position except for Jesus Gamez, the midfield three, and Charlie Austin. Even Austin is, performance-wise, sometimes unsatisfactory despite his good tally of 7 goals in 13 games, much like Benteke with Liverpool last season. In summary, we just can't keep possession, and when we do, our shots keep getting blocked, the players rarely beat their man, and nothing just seem to go our way. When defending, we keep losing the opposing forwards, and we just can't seem to defend as a unit. Left-back is currently our worst link in defence, with neither Paul Dummett nor Craig Forsyth are doing their job well enough, Dummett especially. He was a terrible purchase, I'll admit that much. Forsyth is mediocre at best.
I used Lee Grant as my first-choice goalkeeper in the Championship, but honestly both are performing similarly well in the Premier League. I'm also very concerned with my centre-back pairing. Shackell and Keogh are my first-choice, but Shackell is 33 and Keogh is also starting to decline, and my backups Alex Pearce and Raul Albentosa aren't that good either. The two Inside Forwards are sometimes ineffective, either failing to beat their man or are dispossessed too easily, something that can be said to most of my team, to be honest. Austin has a good goal tally, but I'm pretty sure he can do much better to create chances either for himself or for others. He's playing with his back to goal a bit too often, in my opinion, so I'm currently in the process of removing that preferred move of his. Also, generally, we've been losing headers but when we win, we just knock it without aiming and the ball often lands back at one of the opposing players. Is that something I can change in my tactics? I'm not sure.
I have already secured the transfer of Andrew Robertson, a left-back, from Hull, as well as Abdelaziz Barrada, a central midfielder, from Marseille. Robertson is faster as well as a much better crosser than both Dummett and Forsyth, so I hope he can fill that hole. Barrada is an Advanced Playmaker, an upgrade to Butterfield. Butterfield isn't bad, but I need someone to spray the ball around better.
What do you think can be improved further for my team? Any constructive advice will be appreciated. Thank you.