DISCLAIMER !!!
This is not an exploit tactic and you will still need the right players with the right stats to do well. Not Messi or Ronaldo, but players who have the right stats (see player recommendation section).
Please don't ask what version of the tactic is the best. There is no best tactic and people have had there fair share of success and failures (mainly success
) with each of them (read thread). It is up to you to pick a tactic with player roles that fit the players that you have in your team.
Thanks
PLEASE READ ADDITIONAL NOTES AT THE BOTTOM AS WELL !!!
Testimonials Since Original Post
So many more testimonials. You can read through the thread if you have time
Screenshots from Testers and Users
Only one test with a lower division team Middlesbrough and the results were less than impressive. More testers welcome.
Tester Name: Da Kwoot
Team: Everton second season
Tactic version: Original
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Tester Name: Manuol86
Team: Lyon first season
Tactical Version: Original
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Tester Name: Galatasary1905
Team: Porto first season
Tactic version: Original
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Tester Name:Pestache
Team: Lokomotiv Moscow first season
Tactical Version Orginal
Please note that on this test he used a combination of my tactic and a tactic created by someone else in an alternating fashion. Details on page 18 #178. You can see on the 4th and 5th screen shot how my tactic worked.
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Tester Name: Manuol86
Team: Lyon second season season
Tactical Version: Tweaked
Note that he made no transfers in the second season
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Tester Name: Sapphyra
Team: Trabzonspor Third season
Tactical Version: Original
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Tester Name: Thedude1979
Team: Southampton First Season
Tactical Version: Thedude Tweak
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Tweaked Version Featuring Jassar
The legendary Jassar was kind enough to give a little help by adding his set piece settings and a few minor changes to the player roles (changing Enganches to Advanced Playmakers) and tempo. The tweaked version has been included in the attached files section at the bottom.
Tweaked Version Featuring Nezza6969
This tactic has changes to some of the player roles and was created with the aim of improving the firing power of the strikers. It also includes Nezza6969's corner tactics. So enjoy
Tweaked Version Featuring Thedude1979
This tweak was developed to improve overall attacking fluidity and to dominate teams. People have been reporting a lot of success with this tweak recently. It is also more attacking as it starts off with attacking mentality and features a deep lying playmaker as an extra creative outlet.
Introduction
Hello again football manager fans! its Artisan again and I am here to present another one of my tactical recreations for FM14. I am a massive fan of tactics that hope to emulate real life setups and whenever I play the game, that is what I strive to achieve.
My last post was a recreation of Antonio Conte's very successful tactical setup and if you missed that, here it is;
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/shar...nte-lll-3-5-2-3-3-4-lll-artisan-14-2-2-a.html
Now, on to the tactic at hand. My last tactic was more of a counter attacking/ more defensive setup and in order to shake things up this time, I decided to focus on a more football purist philosophy. Tiki-Taka if you will and the results have been amazing. Have a look at the screenshots below.
Test Results
I tested the formation with two teams; Southampton (Weaker Team) and Tottenham (Stronger Team). These two teams had the players to fit the tactical setup and would offer a fair representation of the tactics suitability for teams with different end of season expectations.
Southampton Test
The southampton test was a lot longer than Tottenham test. They were the first team I tested the tactic with and the results were amazing. Top of the table with a lot of goals scored and a decent defensive record as well.
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Tottenham Test
This test was carried out to determine the formations suitability with a stronger team and in the games I played, the tactic played out very well.
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Tactical Inspiration
When I first decided to make an attacking fluid style tactic, I had many options. There is the pep guardiola formula, but there are many versions of his tactic on this site and why add another one. I also thought about Brendan Rogers, but like Guardiolas tactics, there have been many post on this site emulating his style. Brazil's Samba football however seemed to have been overlooked by the tacticians on this site.
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The Brazillian national team plays quality attacking football with fullbacks bombing forward and forward players moving into free spaces and passing the ball to feet. They are arguably the most entertaining international team to watch.
Tactical Adaptation in Football Manager Engine
As I mentioned in my first post, being able to completely recreate a real life tactic in FM is almost impossible, so don't hassle me if your attackers don't dribble past 10 players, run past the goalkeeper, flick the ball up and score with an overhead kick. This tactic will come as close as possible to the Brazilian style of play whilst also remaining stable.
My tactical Setups in FM are shown below:::::
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You might be wondering, "why lower tempo", "why more disciplined"....Well like I said before stability is also important in this game and in order to achieve that you have to compromise. So quit your whining
I guess the name "Magic Rectangle" would make more sense after you look at the tactical setup. The four attacking players are setup up in a rectangular shape enabling them to overwhelm opposition defenders and constantly find space. The "Magic" in "Magic Rectangle" I guess comes from Brazil's magical goals?!...... Don't quote me on that
How the Formation Plays
The Wingbacks offer almost all the width in this formation and will constantly bomb forward to stretch the opposition's defensive line.The will deliver killer crosses to the forward players and will also find themselves in one-on-one goalscoring opportunities in the box. For that reason, it would be beneficial for fullbacks to have decent finishing ability. Finishing ability for fullbacks is understandably very rare and if your fullbacks cannot finish, it is not the end of the world.
Legendary Examples : Cafu, Roberto Carlos
Modern Day Examples: Marcelo, Filipe, Dani Alves.
The Ball Playing Defenders are more creative minded central defenders and will hold a higher defensive line to squeeze the space available to opposition midfielders and maintain pressure on the opposing team. They will play simpler passes to either the wingbacks or the defensive midfielders. They will also pass the ball to the more attacking if need be.
Legendary Examples: Lucio, Bobby Moore
Modern Day Examples: Dante, Gerrard Pique
The screenshot below shows the defensive phase of the formation. The AMCs will contribute in this phase and drop deeper as you can see circled in yellow. The wing backs will close down wide players and the centrebacks will cover his position
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The Defensive Midfielders are the insurance policies taking out for the very attack minded wingbacks. They play a role that is a hybrid of a water carrier/anchorman and a regista. They will
sit in front of the centrebacks and offer extra protection by closing down often and winning the ball back from opposition wide men and central midfielders. They will move around the pitch behind the ball and when they recieve the ball to feet will either play a simple pass to more offensive players, or run forward with the ball.
Legendary Examples: Gilberto Silva, Edgar Davids
Modern Day Examples: Ramires, Fernandinho
The Enganches form the major link between the defensive phase and the attacking phase of the formation. They will form strong partnerships and develop a thorough understanding of each others game and that of the strikers. The will look to deliver quality through balls to players in free space which could be out wide or in behind defenders. They will also make forward runs behind strikers for goalscoring opportunities.
Legendary Examples: Kaka, Maradonna
Modern Day Examples: Isco, Ozil
The screenshot below shows the attacking phase of the tactic. The wingback circled in blue can be seen far out wide offering width to the team. One of the AMCs circled in yellow tries to link the attack with the defence by dropping deeper while the other AMC can be seen making a forward run (arrow). The two strikers can be seen sitting on shoulder of the defenders.
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The Poachers are the main goal scorers of the formation and will look to work off the shoulder of the last defenders. They will also deliver killer passes to the Enganches if they are in a position to.
Legendary Examples: Fat Ronaldo, Raul
Modern Day Examples: Sturridge, Diego Costa
Training
All training was left to the assistant manager but I would suggest focussing on attacking movement in match preparation. I only trained players to play in new positions. For example, training Dembele to become accomplished in the DM position.
A tester used a training schedule that worked very well for him and I have included it. Please note that I have not tried it out myself but from his results, trust his training regime.
Opposition instruction and tweaks
No opposition instructions were used during my test. In terms of tweaks, there is only one that needs to be made. When playing against stronger teams, switch the mentality to counter
Well thanks for reading and hope you have as much success as I have had with this tactic.
Not sure what tactic to recreate next. If anyone has any ideas, then drop a comment and if I can find enough information about the tactic, then ill recreate it.
Recommended Player Attributes
The important attributes are in red and the less important in default black. You should note that these are recommendations to get the ideal players for the positions in this formations and most times, you wont be able to sign the players with all these stats.
I would recommend important stats to be at least 14 and less important at least 10.
CentreBacks - : Heading, Marking, Tackling, Anticipation, Decision, Positioning, Acceleration, Strength, Bravery, Concentration, Determination, Passing, First Touch
Complete Wingbacks - : Crossing, Dribbling, Marking, Tackling, Technique, Decision, Positioning, Acceleration, Anticipation, Pace, Stamina, First Touch, Passing, Off the ball, Work Rate.
Defensive Midfielders -: First Touch, Marking, Passing, Tackling, Anticipation, Bravery, Concentration, Decision, Positioning, Teamwork, Strength, Dribbling, Heading, Technique, Composure.
Enganches -: Dribbling, Finishing, First Touch, Passing, Teamwork, Off the Ball, Anticipation, Flair, Creativity, Technique, Decisions.
Poachers -: Acceleration, Pace, Dribbling, Passing, Finishing, First Touch, Composure, Off the Ball, Flair, Heading, Teamwork, Technique
ADDITIONAL NOTES!!!
When to Change Strategies
The tactic file uploaded starts of with a counter attacking strategy. This should be changed to control when playing against weaker teams. Against stronger teams, leave as counter.
You can also change to counter after going up by two goals or when you want to protect a lead.
Red Card Situations
If you get a red card, remove one of the strikers and play with one up top. The formation still works very efficiently with one striker after a red card.
Fluidity of Tactic
You can load up the German league (view-only) and change the start date to begin a month earlier at the start of the game thereby giving the tactic more time to get fluid
Unwarranted Negativity
Please be respectful and thoughtful when you reply. Comments like this
This is not an exploit tactic and you will still need the right players with the right stats to do well. Not Messi or Ronaldo, but players who have the right stats (see player recommendation section).
Please don't ask what version of the tactic is the best. There is no best tactic and people have had there fair share of success and failures (mainly success
) with each of them (read thread). It is up to you to pick a tactic with player roles that fit the players that you have in your team.Thanks
PLEASE READ ADDITIONAL NOTES AT THE BOTTOM AS WELL !!!
Testimonials Since Original Post
So many more testimonials. You can read through the thread if you have time
Screenshots from Testers and Users
Only one test with a lower division team Middlesbrough and the results were less than impressive. More testers welcome.
Tester Name: Da Kwoot
Team: Everton second season
Tactic version: Original
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Tester Name: Manuol86
Team: Lyon first season
Tactical Version: Original
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Tester Name: Galatasary1905
Team: Porto first season
Tactic version: Original
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Tester Name:Pestache
Team: Lokomotiv Moscow first season
Tactical Version Orginal
Please note that on this test he used a combination of my tactic and a tactic created by someone else in an alternating fashion. Details on page 18 #178. You can see on the 4th and 5th screen shot how my tactic worked.
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Tester Name: Manuol86
Team: Lyon second season season
Tactical Version: Tweaked
Note that he made no transfers in the second season
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Tester Name: Sapphyra
Team: Trabzonspor Third season
Tactical Version: Original
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Tester Name: Thedude1979
Team: Southampton First Season
Tactical Version: Thedude Tweak
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Tweaked Version Featuring Jassar
The legendary Jassar was kind enough to give a little help by adding his set piece settings and a few minor changes to the player roles (changing Enganches to Advanced Playmakers) and tempo. The tweaked version has been included in the attached files section at the bottom.
Tweaked Version Featuring Nezza6969
This tactic has changes to some of the player roles and was created with the aim of improving the firing power of the strikers. It also includes Nezza6969's corner tactics. So enjoy
Tweaked Version Featuring Thedude1979
This tweak was developed to improve overall attacking fluidity and to dominate teams. People have been reporting a lot of success with this tweak recently. It is also more attacking as it starts off with attacking mentality and features a deep lying playmaker as an extra creative outlet.
Introduction
Hello again football manager fans! its Artisan again and I am here to present another one of my tactical recreations for FM14. I am a massive fan of tactics that hope to emulate real life setups and whenever I play the game, that is what I strive to achieve.
My last post was a recreation of Antonio Conte's very successful tactical setup and if you missed that, here it is;
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/shar...nte-lll-3-5-2-3-3-4-lll-artisan-14-2-2-a.html
Now, on to the tactic at hand. My last tactic was more of a counter attacking/ more defensive setup and in order to shake things up this time, I decided to focus on a more football purist philosophy. Tiki-Taka if you will and the results have been amazing. Have a look at the screenshots below.
Test Results
I tested the formation with two teams; Southampton (Weaker Team) and Tottenham (Stronger Team). These two teams had the players to fit the tactical setup and would offer a fair representation of the tactics suitability for teams with different end of season expectations.
Southampton Test
The southampton test was a lot longer than Tottenham test. They were the first team I tested the tactic with and the results were amazing. Top of the table with a lot of goals scored and a decent defensive record as well.
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Tottenham Test
This test was carried out to determine the formations suitability with a stronger team and in the games I played, the tactic played out very well.
View attachment 405617View attachment 405616View attachment 405615View attachment 405614View attachment 405613
Tactical Inspiration
When I first decided to make an attacking fluid style tactic, I had many options. There is the pep guardiola formula, but there are many versions of his tactic on this site and why add another one. I also thought about Brendan Rogers, but like Guardiolas tactics, there have been many post on this site emulating his style. Brazil's Samba football however seemed to have been overlooked by the tacticians on this site.
View attachment 405680
The Brazillian national team plays quality attacking football with fullbacks bombing forward and forward players moving into free spaces and passing the ball to feet. They are arguably the most entertaining international team to watch.
Tactical Adaptation in Football Manager Engine
As I mentioned in my first post, being able to completely recreate a real life tactic in FM is almost impossible, so don't hassle me if your attackers don't dribble past 10 players, run past the goalkeeper, flick the ball up and score with an overhead kick
. This tactic will come as close as possible to the Brazilian style of play whilst also remaining stable.My tactical Setups in FM are shown below:::::
View attachment 405661
You might be wondering, "why lower tempo", "why more disciplined"....Well like I said before stability is also important in this game and in order to achieve that you have to compromise. So quit your whining
I guess the name "Magic Rectangle" would make more sense after you look at the tactical setup. The four attacking players are setup up in a rectangular shape enabling them to overwhelm opposition defenders and constantly find space. The "Magic" in "Magic Rectangle" I guess comes from Brazil's magical goals?!...... Don't quote me on that
How the Formation Plays
The Wingbacks offer almost all the width in this formation and will constantly bomb forward to stretch the opposition's defensive line.The will deliver killer crosses to the forward players and will also find themselves in one-on-one goalscoring opportunities in the box. For that reason, it would be beneficial for fullbacks to have decent finishing ability. Finishing ability for fullbacks is understandably very rare and if your fullbacks cannot finish, it is not the end of the world.
Legendary Examples : Cafu, Roberto Carlos
Modern Day Examples: Marcelo, Filipe, Dani Alves.
The Ball Playing Defenders are more creative minded central defenders and will hold a higher defensive line to squeeze the space available to opposition midfielders and maintain pressure on the opposing team. They will play simpler passes to either the wingbacks or the defensive midfielders. They will also pass the ball to the more attacking if need be.
Legendary Examples: Lucio, Bobby Moore
Modern Day Examples: Dante, Gerrard Pique
The screenshot below shows the defensive phase of the formation. The AMCs will contribute in this phase and drop deeper as you can see circled in yellow. The wing backs will close down wide players and the centrebacks will cover his position
View attachment 405599
The Defensive Midfielders are the insurance policies taking out for the very attack minded wingbacks. They play a role that is a hybrid of a water carrier/anchorman and a regista. They will
sit in front of the centrebacks and offer extra protection by closing down often and winning the ball back from opposition wide men and central midfielders. They will move around the pitch behind the ball and when they recieve the ball to feet will either play a simple pass to more offensive players, or run forward with the ball.
Legendary Examples: Gilberto Silva, Edgar Davids
Modern Day Examples: Ramires, Fernandinho
The Enganches form the major link between the defensive phase and the attacking phase of the formation. They will form strong partnerships and develop a thorough understanding of each others game and that of the strikers. The will look to deliver quality through balls to players in free space which could be out wide or in behind defenders. They will also make forward runs behind strikers for goalscoring opportunities.
Legendary Examples: Kaka, Maradonna
Modern Day Examples: Isco, Ozil
The screenshot below shows the attacking phase of the tactic. The wingback circled in blue can be seen far out wide offering width to the team. One of the AMCs circled in yellow tries to link the attack with the defence by dropping deeper while the other AMC can be seen making a forward run (arrow). The two strikers can be seen sitting on shoulder of the defenders.
View attachment 405602
The Poachers are the main goal scorers of the formation and will look to work off the shoulder of the last defenders. They will also deliver killer passes to the Enganches if they are in a position to.
Legendary Examples: Fat Ronaldo, Raul
Modern Day Examples: Sturridge, Diego Costa
Training
All training was left to the assistant manager but I would suggest focussing on attacking movement in match preparation. I only trained players to play in new positions. For example, training Dembele to become accomplished in the DM position.
A tester used a training schedule that worked very well for him and I have included it. Please note that I have not tried it out myself but from his results, trust his training regime.
Opposition instruction and tweaks
No opposition instructions were used during my test. In terms of tweaks, there is only one that needs to be made. When playing against stronger teams, switch the mentality to counter
Well thanks for reading and hope you have as much success as I have had with this tactic.
Not sure what tactic to recreate next. If anyone has any ideas, then drop a comment and if I can find enough information about the tactic, then ill recreate it.
Recommended Player Attributes
The important attributes are in red and the less important in default black. You should note that these are recommendations to get the ideal players for the positions in this formations and most times, you wont be able to sign the players with all these stats.
I would recommend important stats to be at least 14 and less important at least 10.
CentreBacks - : Heading, Marking, Tackling, Anticipation, Decision, Positioning, Acceleration, Strength, Bravery, Concentration, Determination, Passing, First Touch
Complete Wingbacks - : Crossing, Dribbling, Marking, Tackling, Technique, Decision, Positioning, Acceleration, Anticipation, Pace, Stamina, First Touch, Passing, Off the ball, Work Rate.
Defensive Midfielders -: First Touch, Marking, Passing, Tackling, Anticipation, Bravery, Concentration, Decision, Positioning, Teamwork, Strength, Dribbling, Heading, Technique, Composure.
Enganches -: Dribbling, Finishing, First Touch, Passing, Teamwork, Off the Ball, Anticipation, Flair, Creativity, Technique, Decisions.
Poachers -: Acceleration, Pace, Dribbling, Passing, Finishing, First Touch, Composure, Off the Ball, Flair, Heading, Teamwork, Technique
ADDITIONAL NOTES!!!
When to Change Strategies
The tactic file uploaded starts of with a counter attacking strategy. This should be changed to control when playing against weaker teams. Against stronger teams, leave as counter.
You can also change to counter after going up by two goals or when you want to protect a lead.
Red Card Situations
If you get a red card, remove one of the strikers and play with one up top. The formation still works very efficiently with one striker after a red card.
Fluidity of Tactic
You can load up the German league (view-only) and change the start date to begin a month earlier at the start of the game thereby giving the tactic more time to get fluid
Unwarranted Negativity
Please be respectful and thoughtful when you reply. Comments like this
don't help anyone out and are a complete negative.
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