One of the biggest difficulties for me when playing the game is understanding how to adapt tactics for a particular opposition...
Let me expand on this....
When I play FM I always use commentary with the match stats screen in front of me. Why? Because I just don't understand how to interpret things I see in 2D/3D view.
For instance, can you actually visually see the opposition playing a higher line, play narrower for instance or use the offside trap? I find the analysis tool to be complex and the opposition scouting reports to be vague at best!
Aside from watching the whole match in real time, I just don't get how to adapt tactics for the opposition your up against which may sound ridiculous considering how long I've played the game for but I get confused about how to interpret what I'm seeing.
The only things that I can see that I understand are when the *** Man tells you your passing isn't connecting very well or tackling isn't great....that's good, I can understand that clearly and can react as such. What I don't get is how I can for instance beat rangers 5 - 0 AWAY from home and then shortly thereafter lose 1-0 at home.
Maybe its a case of having 3 tactics set up for small, medium and large teams....I dunno.....what I do know is that analyzing what's happening in a match is extremely difficult.
I've learned that you can increase possession by using hassle opponents....again as a direct result of seeing the possession bar decrease....but how do you know when to play narrow, when not to? Gone are the days where scout reports would (realistically I might add) provide details of how the opposition played and what pitch size they used. Now you get sweet F.A. Trying to find a weakness in the opposition to exploit is, for me, nigh on impossible!
The star ratings in the scout report always are never less than three and half stars for the opposition and there is never one player with less stars than the rest of his team mates.
I hope I'm making some sense......I want to improve my side to this game for when FM13 comes out as currently I feel like a passenger. This despite nearly always doing well with the game but I know for a fact that my win % would increase drastically if I went on a match by match basis and in more depth than say just choosing a home and away tactic.
I really hope someone can help me here or point me towards an easy to understand resource so I can learn more. With the number of people who play this game, I'm surprised there isn't a load of videos about how to tackle this area of the game.
Thoughts?
Let me expand on this....
When I play FM I always use commentary with the match stats screen in front of me. Why? Because I just don't understand how to interpret things I see in 2D/3D view.
For instance, can you actually visually see the opposition playing a higher line, play narrower for instance or use the offside trap? I find the analysis tool to be complex and the opposition scouting reports to be vague at best!
Aside from watching the whole match in real time, I just don't get how to adapt tactics for the opposition your up against which may sound ridiculous considering how long I've played the game for but I get confused about how to interpret what I'm seeing.
The only things that I can see that I understand are when the *** Man tells you your passing isn't connecting very well or tackling isn't great....that's good, I can understand that clearly and can react as such. What I don't get is how I can for instance beat rangers 5 - 0 AWAY from home and then shortly thereafter lose 1-0 at home.
Maybe its a case of having 3 tactics set up for small, medium and large teams....I dunno.....what I do know is that analyzing what's happening in a match is extremely difficult.
I've learned that you can increase possession by using hassle opponents....again as a direct result of seeing the possession bar decrease....but how do you know when to play narrow, when not to? Gone are the days where scout reports would (realistically I might add) provide details of how the opposition played and what pitch size they used. Now you get sweet F.A. Trying to find a weakness in the opposition to exploit is, for me, nigh on impossible!
The star ratings in the scout report always are never less than three and half stars for the opposition and there is never one player with less stars than the rest of his team mates.
I hope I'm making some sense......I want to improve my side to this game for when FM13 comes out as currently I feel like a passenger. This despite nearly always doing well with the game but I know for a fact that my win % would increase drastically if I went on a match by match basis and in more depth than say just choosing a home and away tactic.
I really hope someone can help me here or point me towards an easy to understand resource so I can learn more. With the number of people who play this game, I'm surprised there isn't a load of videos about how to tackle this area of the game.
Thoughts?