I don't have FM 13 so you guys can tweak my ideas a little bit but I'd go for a 4-5-1/4-3-3 whatever.
Please note that in this tactic, I am instructing how to play LIKE Liverpool, not win with liverpool
Although there are some points at the end on how to convert this into a winning tactic with Liverpool
Defence
2 CB's
Here we'll be needing a Ball Playing Defender - Stopper and Central Defender - Cover
Ball Playing Defender - Stopper
Position : DCL
Role : Ball Playing Defender
Duty : Stopper
Preferred Players (*in order by preference*) : Daniel Agger, Sebastian Coates
PPM's : Plays Short Simple Passes
*Instructions*
(*Everything else default*)
Passing Style : Short
Run From Deep : Sometimes
Run With Ball : Sometimes
Long Shots : Between Sometimes and Rarely
Through Balls : Between Sometimes and Rarely
Cross Ball : Rarely
Mentality : Normal
Creative Freedom : Between Little And Normal
Closing Down : Whole Pitch (just a little more than own half)
Central Defender - Cover
Position : DCR
Role : Central Defender
Duty : Cover
Preferred Players : Martin Skrtel, Andre Wisdom
PPM's : Marks Opponents Tightly
Instructions
Passing Style : Shortest
Run From Deep : Rarely
Run With Ball : Rarely
Mentality : Most Defensive
Creative Freedom : None
Closing Down : Own Half (Write in the middle)
2 Full-Backs
Both to have same everything
Position : DR & DL
Role : Full Back
Duty : Support
Preferred Players : Glen Johnson, Martin Kelly, Andre Wisdom (for DR)& Jose Enrique, Glen Johnson, Stewart Downing (for DL)
PPM's : Hug Touchline
Instructions
Passing Style : Short
Run From Deep : Often
Run With Ball : Sometimes
Long Shots : Rarely
Through Balls : Sometimes
Cross Ball : Between Sometimes and Often
Cross Ball From : Byline
Cross Ball To : Near Post
Wide Play : Hug Touchline
Mentality : Between Normal and Attacking
Creative Freedom : Between Little and Normal
Closing Down : Between Own Half and Whole Pitch
Midfield
1 DM
Position : DMC
Role : Deep Lying Playmaker
Duty : Defend
Preferred Players : Lucas Leiva, Joe Allen, Steven Gerrard, Nuri Sahin
PPM's : Dictates Tempo, Plays Short Simple Passes. Not Look for killer ball everytime (if he does)
Instructions
Passing Style : Shortest
Run From Deep : Between Very Rarely and Sometimes
Run With Ball : Rarely
Long Shots : Rarely
Through Balls : Sometimes
Cross Ball : Rarely
Mentality : Defensive
Creative Freedom : Normal
Closing Down : Whole Pitch
Tackling : Hard
2 CM's
Here we'll need a Deep Lying Playmaker - Support and an Advanced Playmaker - Support
Deep Lying Playmaker - Support
Position : MCR
Role : Deep Lying Playmaker
Duty : Support
Preferred Players : Steven Gerrard, Joe Allen, Lucas Leiva, Jonjo Shelvey, Nuri Sahin
PPM's : Dictate Tempo, Attempt Killer Ball, Move Into Channels
Instructions :
Passing Style : Between Short and Normal
Run From Deep : Often
Run With Ball : Sometimes
Long Shots : Sometimes
Through Balls : Often
Cross Ball : Between Very Rarely and Sometimes
Cross Ball From : Deep
Cross Ball To : Centre
Wide Play : Move Into Channels
Mentality : Normal (towards the defensive side)
Creative Freedom : Full (Most Possible)
Closing Down : Whole Pitch
Advanced Playmaker - Support
Position : MCL
Role : Advanced Playmaker
Duty : Support
Preferred Players : Nuri Sahin, Jonjo Shelvey, Steven Gerrard
PPM's : Killer Ball, Shoots With Power, Move Into channels
Instructions
Passing Style : Short (just short of Normal)
Run From Deep : Often
Run With Ball : Sometimes
Long Shots : Sometimes
Through Balls : Often
Cross Ball : Rarely
Wide Play : Move Into Channels
Roam From Position : Yes
Mentality : Attacking
Creative Freedom : Much
Closing Down : Whole Pitch
2 Wingers
(both with same everything)
Position : AMR & AML
Role : Inside Forward
Duty : Attack
Preferred Players : Suso, Stewart Downing, Raheem Sterling (for AMR) and Raheem Sterling, Oussama Assaidi, Luis Suarez, Fabio Borini (for AML)
PPM's : Cut Inside, Move Into Channels, Avoid Long shots, Place Shots (if they do shoot from range)
Instructions
Passing Style : Short
Run From Deep : Often
Run With Ball : Sometimes
Long Shots : Between Very Rarely and Sometimes
Through Balls : Sometimes
Cross Ball : Between Rarely and Sometimes
Cross From : Byline
Cross To : Near Post
Wide Play : Cut Inside
Roam From Position : Yes
Mentality : Attacking
Creative Freedom : Normal
Closing Down : Whole Pitch
Striker
Position : STC
Role : Trequartista
Duty : Attack
Preferred Players : Luis Suarez, Fabio Borini, Samed Yesil, Adam Morgan, Steven Gerrard, Raheem Sterling
PPM's : Comes Deep To Get Ball, Move Into Channels, Attempt Killer Ball
Instructions
Passing Style : Short
Run From Deep : Often
Run With Ball : Often
Long Shots : Sometimes
Through Balls : Often
Cross Ball : Rarely
Wide Play : Move Into Channels
Roam From Position : Yes
Closing Down : Whole Pitch
Mentality : Attacking
Creative Freedom : Full (Most Possible)
Team/General Instructions
Defensive Line : Push Up (Just a little more than normal)
Playing Style : EVERYTHING DEFAULT, DONT EDIT ANYTHING, SINCE WE HAVE SET PLAYER INSTRUCTIONS
Philosophy : Fluid
Strategy : Control
Width : Wide
Time Wasting : Rarely (Few clicks short of sometimes)
Counter Attack : Yes
Play Offside : No
Don't make any playmaker or target man, and if there is a playmaker by default, then dont edit him, leave him be.
The idea while attacking is to pass amongst the midfielders using help from the trequartista who drops deeper, getting full backs forward and when the attack is on full throttle (everybody who is supposed to be forward is forward) the 2 CM's or our beloved trequartisa play the killer ball.
On full throttle, the formation should be 2-5-2-1 meaning full backs playing is RM and LM, DM playing as a CM - Ball Winning player and 2 CMs playing as they should be, while wingers offering passes and the trequartista dropping deeper, making at least 2 players available for a short pass everytime a person receieves the ball.
And above, please note that the instructions I have given should be implemented, and the rest should be left and preferred players are in order by preference.
And if the players don't have the specified PPM's, then train them to.
Hope this helps, with a little bit of tweaking of this (tweaking to my style instead of playing solely like Liverpools, the tactic is very successful in fm12 and should dominate every game with at least 60% possession even against slightly better sides. and if you're playing as liverpool, it will be very successful.
Shouts
Play Out of Defence
Push Higher Up
Pass to Feet
Play Through Defence
Work Ball Into Box
Retain Possession
Hassle Opponentsfew extra tips are that use gerrard to the fullest and try and retain nuri sahin's services, focus on buying players under the age of 25, and of course buy players according to the roles given to them, AMR should preferably be left footed and vice versa for AML. Buy cover for our defence and look for trequartistas..
Tips to tweak into winning formation :
Make DCL a Central Defender Stopper instead of ball playing and make run from deep rarely and run with ball rarely and through balls rarely and you get my point..
Reduce advanced playmaker long shots and same with DLP, and make crossing ball to rarely for everyone. We only want to play on the ground, no lofted balls into the big man (sell andy carroll) make run with ball to rarely for everyone except our Trequartista, Deep Lying Playmaker and Advanced Playmaker.
Hope this helps