***THE BETTER HALFS TACTIC UPLOAD & DISCUSSION

Players have started taking ridicolously long shots? Still grinding out results here and there but as the tactic got more fluid they got worst. Any ideas on stopping the long shots?
 
mikeruttz said:
Players have started taking ridicolously long shots? Still grinding out results here and there but as the tactic got more fluid they got worst. Any ideas on stopping the long shots?
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The more you dominate matches and face defensive teams ( as opposite to hitting teams on the break , coming 3 against 2 etc), you will have more possession ,more chances and wil unfortunately see more of this Match Engine issue.
 
i'm using the tactic with Borussia Moncheblangh, but results are not good, i'M 6th and i team plays bad, i used this tactic in another season with parma first year i arrived 3th, why doesn't it work with borussia? the team is GK: Gordon, WB: konko, cd: dominguenz, cd:danny wilson, wb: wendt, dm: nordveit, cm: Xhaka, lm, Hermann, wing-right: sosa, trequartista: cigerici, forward: de jong.
can you give me any suggestion? thanks
 
willhuntig said:
i'm using the tactic with Borussia Moncheblangh, but results are not good, i'M 6th and i team plays bad, i used this tactic in another season with parma first year i arrived 3th, why doesn't it work with borussia? the team is GK: Gordon, WB: konko, cd: dominguenz, cd:danny wilson, wb: wendt, dm: nordveit, cm: Xhaka, lm, Hermann, wing-right: sosa, trequartista: cigerici, forward: de jong.
can you give me any suggestion? thanks
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Depends on how far you are in to the save but these are my first reflections if this is in the first season

Squad gelling/ Settle players

Many new defenders that don't speak German and will have a hard time communicating with each other. Konko is new, Dominguez is new, Danny Wilsson is new and none of them speaks the language. When playing a high pressing game, with highish d-line AND the offside trap, this will backfire. In real life, a manager would not try to use almost a whole defence of new players that don't speak the language.

This is probably the main issue and as written before, not all tactical approaches work with all players AND managers. In this case, its the way you handle the squad building, something that most people tend to overlook. With this said, I think that being 6th is actially pretty good ;D


DMC & MC


About Khaka: As he acts like a true playmaker, dictating the tempo and stops play, coming deep to get the ball, I am not sure he is up for the job yet. Having a Decision and Creativity stats of 13 is good, but not good enough for a player with these ppms. Defensivly he might not be up for the job either with only 10 in both marking and Concentration, along with 13 in tackling and 12 in bravery and only 8 in agression. Overall, he is a promising player, but if wanting to push for the title and beat BM and Dortmund, he is still too poor in what he is supposed to do and in what he is actually trying to do

Also, using him along with Nordveit that also acts like a playmaker, having the same ppms, you will suffe. This player is not in any way a good enough player to actually try what he is doing in his ppms. He is an anchorman, BUT he acts like he is a playmaker, even trying to try long rang passes with his average passing and technique stat
 
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Nice tactic! I am struggeling a bit holding on to one goal leads in the end of games.

-What would be your advice on keeping the leads tweaks?
 
viks said:
Nice tactic! I am struggeling a bit holding on to one goal leads in the end of games.

-What would be your advice on keeping the leads tweaks?
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Either Cautious possession or Counter. Naturally, having players with good conditions ( making subs) and players with high determination is crucial but that goes with every tactic.
 
What about the wingback? Is it a good idea pulling wb back to a flat 4-back line?

Any other ideas for not letting in late goals is kindlyapriciated : )
 
Update on my Southampton save:

Here, is my main Striker. As you see, he functions best ( by stats) in the Advanced FC role but as he likes to come deep to get the ball, he links up with play before moving forward. This I have found to be a really good move for this formation.

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Seems like a accidentally closed my thread . Open again now :)

thanks Tomfmlfc for letting me know.
 
Qualified 2 seasons in a row for the Champions League with Sociedad now and I've made a £20m annum profit in both those season's yet am still only getting a £10m budget, when will I start getting like £30m to spend am in 2016

Would you sell this player I've been offered £22m by Real Madrid or is he suitable for the CM role in this tactic?

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Personally id sell him for 22 million any day! He's also unhappy and obviously wants to leave the club, could start to effect the rest of your squad! :-)
 
tomfmlfc said:
Qualified 2 seasons in a row for the Champions League with Sociedad now and I've made a £20m annum profit in both those season's yet am still only getting a £10m budget, when will I start getting like £30m to spend am in 2016

Would you sell this player I've been offered £22m by Real Madrid or is he suitable for the CM role in this tactic?

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He looks really good for the MC role. If he had better stats in the Tackling and marking, he would have been absolutely top class.
Seing that he is unhappy and has requested a transfer, I don't think have any option but to sell him though, perhaps get the price up a bit ? As for your budget, I dont know. If you are not expected to get far in the CL, the budget is lower .I would scout thenU-19 teams for wonderkids.
 
This may well have been asked before, but have any testers or yourself noticed any differences between the FMC and the classically created tactic or has the new FMC version done a very good job of replicating it.

One thing I have found in my save with Crawley:

I joined crawley half way through a season. They sat bottom of League 2 and we finished 12. The tactic worked great. At the start of the new season with only a couple of new players, I switched to the FMC tactic. Results were good, but we operated much more defensively.

So far we played 4, won 3, Drawn 1 with 3 goals scored and 0 conceded.

Would you ever recommend one tactic over the other, and if so, what would you say are the relative strengths and weaknesses of each?
 
Damm, another good one TBH!

Brw, what to do to counter direct football (Stoke)?
 
MGibb91 said:
This may well have been asked before, but have any testers or yourself noticed any differences between the FMC and the classically created tactic or has the new FMC version done a very good job of replicating it.

One thing I have found in my save with Crawley:

I joined crawley half way through a season. They sat bottom of League 2 and we finished 12. The tactic worked great. At the start of the new season with only a couple of new players, I switched to the FMC tactic. Results were good, but we operated much more defensively.

So far we played 4, won 3, Drawn 1 with 3 goals scored and 0 conceded.

Would you ever recommend one tactic over the other, and if so, what would you say are the relative strengths and weaknesses of each?
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The tactic made in he TC should have EXACTLY the same settings so there should nt be any differences at all.
 
exept your Striker that you suggest to play one-two , you have any other suggestion to learn moves on other players and positions? i d like to know.
Btw your tactic working really great at Greek Superleague with Aris. 3 years champions in a row with my striker getting 40+ goals every year.
Thanks for reading and waiting a reply . :D
 
babaroufis said:
exept your Striker that you suggest to play one-two , you have any other suggestion to learn moves on other players and positions? i d like to know.
Btw your tactic working really great at Greek Superleague with Aris. 3 years champions in a row with my striker getting 40+ goals every year.
Thanks for reading and waiting a reply . :D
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" Comes deep to get ball" is one more that is good. BUT, make sure that your AMC does not have the same ppms.
"Moves into channels is good"

MR: Runs with ball down the right flank ( and left flank if using the mirrored version)
AMC: Tries trough balls
DMC: arrive late in the oppositions area
DR: Stays back
AML: match his ppm to his skills: Like cut inside if he is right-footes AND have good dribbling and acceleration and good finishing etc. Hugs the line if he is good in crossing etc
These are a few on top of my mind: Also, look our for players that acts like playmakers, like " dictates temp etc". If these players are average in decision and passing, creativity, it will have a negative effect one the team
 
outstanding tactic - although my team gets very tired, do you know a way to counter this? or is it just because of how the tactic works?
 
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