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THE PALACE PROJECT
DOWNLOAD LINK FOR THE SAVE
http://www.gamefront.com/files/20378020/START+OF+SEASON.fm
Prologue
In this thread, I will explain my reasoning when playing a long term save in a realistic way, paying attention to details and adjusting the tactic to suit the players and the current circumstances. I will provide screenshots of the players skills and ppms and tell you how and why I have chosen to set them up in a certain manor. It might be that I wont be updating this on a daily basis but at least all posts will be indepth
The actual savefile will be uploaded every now and then as the journey goes along and if someone wants to download it, play it and then make comments on how they would setup the team they are most welcome as long one does not give too many hints on what players to keep etc etc.
Meeting the Staff
When meeting the staff, it´s important to look at the strengths and the weaknesses of the team. With a team like Crystal Palace, having no transfers budget, its perhaps not possible to sign players to strengthen the squad on every single point but none the least, its important to know what to expect from the team
As you see, our staff consider us to have the following……
Strength
High Flair –Us having players that can do the unexpected. Of course, pulling it of is a different story
High Speed – Us having players that can get to the ball first when played into open space or beat an opponent in a one to one situation. Again, the ability to actually benefit from this depends on the players off the ball movement and dribbling skills
Good Height – This does not tell us anything unless looking at the skills of the players in terms of Anticipation, Agility, Strength, Jumping and Heading.
Weaknesses
Poor concentration – This is a really important stat as it effect everything you do, especially late in games
Poor Determination – Again, a crucial stat. If having low determination, it will hinder you from putting in an effort, getting first on the ball, making a comeback in a game
Poor First Touch – This stat is together with agility and anticipation a stat that I find to be very important for Central defenders and Strikers. If having defenders with poor skills here, one will conceded a lot of unnecessary goals inside the box after the ball bouncing of their legs
Poor Fitness – Here, it basically means that we really need to look out for those players that are injury prone, lacking in stamina and natural fitness. It might be that we need more squad depth than others clubs, basically forcing us to sign more players, even if not good
Summary of Expectations:
- Given this knowledge, we can make the following assumption.
We can expect the team to beat any team on any given Sunday as we have both pace and flair
We can also expect to give away a lot of soft goals due to the team lacking in concentration, Determination and First Touch
Why is important to know then ? Well, when constructing and tweaking a tactic as well as praise and giving hairdryers, we have to make sure that we take this into account when analyzing the match stats and outcome of the games just as well as its important to make a tactic that makes us able to play the players where they do most damage whilst still keeping a solid defensive shape making up for our shortcomings
The Squad
Beneath, you find the squad in 11.3. Apart form these players, we have 2 players in the reserves, Scannel and Hills and whilst they would make an impact on the team, they are injured for the major part of the season.
Preseason Transfers
In preseason, Liverpool made an offer to sign one of my young promising players and whilst I would have liked to keep this player, the money we gained will makes us able to sign at least 4 new players over the coming season
By using the Cash to expand our wage budget, we managed to sing 2 players on free transfers. The strong Defensive midfielder Gavin McCann that brings both experience, leadership and strengthens the team defensively and Olivier Kapo that is able to play in most advanced position.
The Tactical Approach
I intend to use the Classic Mode and not the TC and this down to two reasons.
Firstly, I enjoy it more at the moment and secondly, I am going to tweak most of the settings anyway.
As we are a relegation candidate and don’t have a good enough squad for playing to expressive, too wide or too attacking, having players pushing forward at every opportunity, the approach used is going to be much more careful. Apart form actually suiting the squad at hand, I must also take into account that whilst playing defensive, playing in a slower tempo to gain more possession and flood the midfield, we don’t want to sit to deep or play a too narrow formation as this will only see us invite too much pressure. This is something that this team simply wont be able to handle as the team lacks in Concentration and Determination.
The setup I have chosen is to play a Wide 4321, using 3 central midfielders.
By playing more narrow within this formation, it ensured us to be compact in all areas of the field while defending and also makes us able to use most of the pitch when attacking, holding possession in advanced positions. We will also use a tight zonal marking and combined with a high pressing system, the aim is to cut angels and get the ball back as soon as possible without getting dragged out of position too often. Of course, this will happen every once in a while when facing better teams of players superior to our own but in general, I hope that this approach will see us having a defensive stability.
To keep possession better when the opponent sits with men behind the ball, quit a few players will hold up the ball and make fewer t-balls than your average approach. Runs from deep will also be restricted in most matches
Next post: -The Players and how I set them up
DOWNLOAD LINK FOR THE SAVE
http://www.gamefront.com/files/20378020/START+OF+SEASON.fm
Prologue
In this thread, I will explain my reasoning when playing a long term save in a realistic way, paying attention to details and adjusting the tactic to suit the players and the current circumstances. I will provide screenshots of the players skills and ppms and tell you how and why I have chosen to set them up in a certain manor. It might be that I wont be updating this on a daily basis but at least all posts will be indepth
The actual savefile will be uploaded every now and then as the journey goes along and if someone wants to download it, play it and then make comments on how they would setup the team they are most welcome as long one does not give too many hints on what players to keep etc etc.
Meeting the Staff
When meeting the staff, it´s important to look at the strengths and the weaknesses of the team. With a team like Crystal Palace, having no transfers budget, its perhaps not possible to sign players to strengthen the squad on every single point but none the least, its important to know what to expect from the team
As you see, our staff consider us to have the following……
Strength
High Flair –Us having players that can do the unexpected. Of course, pulling it of is a different story
High Speed – Us having players that can get to the ball first when played into open space or beat an opponent in a one to one situation. Again, the ability to actually benefit from this depends on the players off the ball movement and dribbling skills
Good Height – This does not tell us anything unless looking at the skills of the players in terms of Anticipation, Agility, Strength, Jumping and Heading.
Weaknesses
Poor concentration – This is a really important stat as it effect everything you do, especially late in games
Poor Determination – Again, a crucial stat. If having low determination, it will hinder you from putting in an effort, getting first on the ball, making a comeback in a game
Poor First Touch – This stat is together with agility and anticipation a stat that I find to be very important for Central defenders and Strikers. If having defenders with poor skills here, one will conceded a lot of unnecessary goals inside the box after the ball bouncing of their legs
Poor Fitness – Here, it basically means that we really need to look out for those players that are injury prone, lacking in stamina and natural fitness. It might be that we need more squad depth than others clubs, basically forcing us to sign more players, even if not good
Summary of Expectations:
- Given this knowledge, we can make the following assumption.
We can expect the team to beat any team on any given Sunday as we have both pace and flair
We can also expect to give away a lot of soft goals due to the team lacking in concentration, Determination and First Touch
Why is important to know then ? Well, when constructing and tweaking a tactic as well as praise and giving hairdryers, we have to make sure that we take this into account when analyzing the match stats and outcome of the games just as well as its important to make a tactic that makes us able to play the players where they do most damage whilst still keeping a solid defensive shape making up for our shortcomings
The Squad
Beneath, you find the squad in 11.3. Apart form these players, we have 2 players in the reserves, Scannel and Hills and whilst they would make an impact on the team, they are injured for the major part of the season.
Preseason Transfers
In preseason, Liverpool made an offer to sign one of my young promising players and whilst I would have liked to keep this player, the money we gained will makes us able to sign at least 4 new players over the coming season
By using the Cash to expand our wage budget, we managed to sing 2 players on free transfers. The strong Defensive midfielder Gavin McCann that brings both experience, leadership and strengthens the team defensively and Olivier Kapo that is able to play in most advanced position.
The Tactical Approach
I intend to use the Classic Mode and not the TC and this down to two reasons.
Firstly, I enjoy it more at the moment and secondly, I am going to tweak most of the settings anyway.
As we are a relegation candidate and don’t have a good enough squad for playing to expressive, too wide or too attacking, having players pushing forward at every opportunity, the approach used is going to be much more careful. Apart form actually suiting the squad at hand, I must also take into account that whilst playing defensive, playing in a slower tempo to gain more possession and flood the midfield, we don’t want to sit to deep or play a too narrow formation as this will only see us invite too much pressure. This is something that this team simply wont be able to handle as the team lacks in Concentration and Determination.
The setup I have chosen is to play a Wide 4321, using 3 central midfielders.
By playing more narrow within this formation, it ensured us to be compact in all areas of the field while defending and also makes us able to use most of the pitch when attacking, holding possession in advanced positions. We will also use a tight zonal marking and combined with a high pressing system, the aim is to cut angels and get the ball back as soon as possible without getting dragged out of position too often. Of course, this will happen every once in a while when facing better teams of players superior to our own but in general, I hope that this approach will see us having a defensive stability.
To keep possession better when the opponent sits with men behind the ball, quit a few players will hold up the ball and make fewer t-balls than your average approach. Runs from deep will also be restricted in most matches
Next post: -The Players and how I set them up
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