maxchaplin55
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Hi,
I am in my 5th season at Newcastle, and various factors have led me to want to play a 4-4-2, and I am set in my ways of using 2 wide midfielders rather than attacking midfielders, and it has worked well, until recently. But there are a few other that I cannot seem to fix.
I could play 4-4-1-1, as I had last season, but a youth striker really developed whilst on loan and it'd be quality if I could get him and my other ST to play together, both are too good to leave on bench, one is an all round striker, capable of anything, the other is very much an advanced forward, not great with passing or hold up play.
I want to play a fairly patient game, relying on teamwork to get the ball down the pitch, and when I do so, using a little creativity/flair between the strikers to create chances, or the wide men crossing into the box to 2-4 players.
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1) In my 4-4-2 this season, I am struggling in finding a way to get my support striker to drop deep enough to even be called a support striker, he plays in line with the AF most of the time, I have tried playing with fluidity, roles, but cannot seem to find a way, this is crucial to the way I want to play.
2) This is a very strange problem that has only started to happen recently, I am not sure if an update has caused it, but I am not usually one to blame updates/bugs, but it's so peculiar. My wide midfielders just shoot, all the time, from ridiculous positions, when there are passes on, crosses on, in space, despite me asking both to shoot less, even asking them to cross more and sometimes to work ball into box, it doesn't make sense. Ritchie has the PPM so I accept it'll happen sometimes which it had the past few seasons but now it's regular.
If anyone can shine some light, or whether they have been having similar problems, I'd be grateful! Now I am having trouble with it, I am even more determined to get a 4-4-2 to work!
Thanks
I am in my 5th season at Newcastle, and various factors have led me to want to play a 4-4-2, and I am set in my ways of using 2 wide midfielders rather than attacking midfielders, and it has worked well, until recently. But there are a few other that I cannot seem to fix.
I could play 4-4-1-1, as I had last season, but a youth striker really developed whilst on loan and it'd be quality if I could get him and my other ST to play together, both are too good to leave on bench, one is an all round striker, capable of anything, the other is very much an advanced forward, not great with passing or hold up play.
I want to play a fairly patient game, relying on teamwork to get the ball down the pitch, and when I do so, using a little creativity/flair between the strikers to create chances, or the wide men crossing into the box to 2-4 players.
View attachment 105268
1) In my 4-4-2 this season, I am struggling in finding a way to get my support striker to drop deep enough to even be called a support striker, he plays in line with the AF most of the time, I have tried playing with fluidity, roles, but cannot seem to find a way, this is crucial to the way I want to play.
2) This is a very strange problem that has only started to happen recently, I am not sure if an update has caused it, but I am not usually one to blame updates/bugs, but it's so peculiar. My wide midfielders just shoot, all the time, from ridiculous positions, when there are passes on, crosses on, in space, despite me asking both to shoot less, even asking them to cross more and sometimes to work ball into box, it doesn't make sense. Ritchie has the PPM so I accept it'll happen sometimes which it had the past few seasons but now it's regular.
If anyone can shine some light, or whether they have been having similar problems, I'd be grateful! Now I am having trouble with it, I am even more determined to get a 4-4-2 to work!
Thanks