New story of Combo: Leeds Utd. Also, COMBO TWEAKS FOR 13.2.1
Hi mates!
Sorry for being absent for few days, my job did not allow me to play any games during last week. Hope that still someone out there is trying my Combos.
However I have started a new game with
Leeds Utd last night, and of course, on 13.2.1. Things are not bad for a starting, as media predicted Leeds to the 6th strength force.
Thanks for very detail guidance from Marty here:
http://thefmformation.com/topic/72-championship-leeds-united-team-guide/
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Note that friendly matches are not coached by me, except only the Newcastle match.
13.2.1 PROBLEMS: still now I see no problems on Long shot as some guys have said. I saw my boys shot the ball from Long distance, but nothing much more than usual real soccer matches
TWEAKS I MADE: This is the tweak for only 13.2.1 patch. Please see it as COMBO update 1.3 on OP (I also take note there that it is only for 13.2.1). This is my last tweaks for my tactics this year, 2012, so dear God, please make it work for my testers!!!
- change Poacher to CF for all COMBO tactics (Sanogo and McCormack scoring like charm)
- 1COMBO and 3COMBO: Winger to run from deep: rare
- 1COMBO and 3COMBO: CBs' Tight marking: Yes!
NOTES FROM ME:
- pay more attention on pre season duration guys! Do anything you can on Transfer market, as many quality players are out there with the ON SALE price. On loan players are there if you do not have much money (My Leeds start with almost empty budget). Sell all dead meat! I suggest you to look for some
quality shortlists for free, cheap and Wonderkids posted by Raikan, or Johny Karp from footballmanagerstory.com/scout. Some walking around transferring threads in the forum does help me a lot.
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Make sure your strikers and central backs are good enough! (I heard that you can get Doria from Botafogo, Adam fondre and these guys are really good for low price. I myself get Sanogo on loan and Tal ben Haim for free, also Leeds' players are really good from the start- please refer to my transfer screenshots)
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Don't put in all 3 Combo tactics when you start your season. Put one there to get the
maximum familiarity before the season starts, after that you can plug the other Combo tactics. Familiarity is really important!
- If you are playing a Lower league team, and your defenders are nowhere near the ones like Vidic and Rafael, so no reason you believe them to make no mistake during a match. My suggestion is
to view the match in at least Comprehensive mode, make chances to your tactic right when you see some irrelevant actions from your players, that is what real managers do in real life.
- The game now is more realistic, so the lower league team you are playing, the more you need to take care of your team on management aspects. Do not rush into matches because tactics is not all about this game.
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On Leeds save games, don't know because of 13.2.1, or because this is a weak team, but I have changed the way I use Combo tactics: I always start with 1COMBO, away or home, and after scoring 1 or 2 goals, switch to 2COMBO and maybe, change strategy to Counter or Defensive. You may try this at your own risks.