What approach suits my team / I need a Tactic

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Hi there need some help with my Spurs Tactics, few seasons in won everything, team got stagnant, few new signings came in over the past 12 months, could really do with a shake up moved to 4321 this season as i have lots of tasty mids.

Team: Tottenham
Season:14/15
Squad:As bellow with mikel joining in Jan
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Formation:
Two attacking wing backs, 1 Ball playing CB, 1 Def CB
1 ball winning mid, 1 Cm attack, 1 attacking playmaker
1 winger, 1 inside forward and an attacking target man

I think it is my team settings and player orders that are wrong and would really love a hand with.

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I would also love opinions on if there is a way i can play 3 of my better CM's with out the need of Sandro of Gago, to be more defensive included bellow are stats for my CM's, (including Mikel who is coming in Jan)
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I would love a formation that includes a good few of these guys.

Any help would be great cheers!
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mattishannon said:
Hi there need some help with my Spurs Tactics, few seasons in won everything, team got stagnant, few new signings came in over the past 12 months, could really do with a shake up moved to 4321 this season as i have lots of tasty mids.

Team: Tottenham
Season:14/15
Squad:As bellow with mikel joining in Jan
View attachment 161743
Formation:
Two attacking wing backs, 1 Ball playing CB, 1 Def CB
1 ball winning mid, 1 Cm attack, 1 attacking playmaker
1 winger, 1 inside forward and an attacking target man

I think it is my team settings and player orders that are wrong and would really love a hand with.

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I would also love opinions on if there is a way i can play 3 of my better CM's with out the need of Sandro of Gago, to be more defensive included bellow are stats for my CM's, (including Mikel who is coming in Jan)
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I would love a formation that includes a good few of these guys.

Any help would be great cheers!
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You're playing very attacking. Your team, especially the attacking side of it, is very talented. However, I would suggest a few things.

  • Sell off Kaka and Fernando Gago. They are not much use with their age and you have Javier Pastore, John Obi Mikel and even Marek Hamsik.
  • Play a flat 4-2-3-1, with three attacking midfielders instead of two wingers and one attacking midfielder. You could play a a Trequartista - Advanced Playmaker (Attack) - Inside Forward (Attack) trio, or two Attacking Midfielders (both Support) and a Trequartista in the middle.
  • I would also suggest a 4-5-1. You have a strong midfield that can invole a ball-winner, a box-to-box midfielder and a playmaker. Take your pick, but a combination of all three would be a good choice.
  • Lastly, a 4-1-2-1-2 would fit in four midfielders instead of the usual three and then two wingers. Obi Mikel sitting in the hole with either Pastore and Hamsik in the attacking hole, and Sandro, partnered with someone else to support. Lukaku has Suarez and others.
  • For team instructions. A good choice might be in counter-attacking. Going gung-ho is not the best option, but inviting pressure, or taking control of possession and having the opposition wrapped around your finger every game is highly beneficial. A fluid philosophy, with either a Counter or Controlled strategy, mixed with disciplined creative freedom (edited Player Instructions) and more roaming is off the top of my head. Have the 'Counter-Attack' box ticked.
 
Sounds awesome, will start giving those tactics a go, did you mean 4-1-2-2-1 as the last tactic so that there are 2 wingers?

Thanks for the help!
 
juve tactic for 11.3 patch with no transfers. any have tactic suite for this squad
 
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jojko said:
juve tactic for 11.3 patch with no transfers. any have tactic suite for this squad
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Suggestions would be:
  • To play a narrow, rigid and counter-attacking 4-1-2-1-2 that has a four-man midfield that can win the possession back and distribute it quickly into the two frontmen and advanced full backs that expand the width of the play and get forward, past the half-way line, and close to the byline to support with crosses. Playing with Mohamed Sissoko, Felipe Melo and Claudio Marchisio in an Anchor Man - Ball-Winning Midfielder (either Support or Defend) - Box to Box Midfielder trio, whilst the attacking midfielder plays as a Trequartista, Advanced Playmaker or normal Attacking Midfielder with Support duty. The two strikers can be whatever roles. So long as they compliment each other (i.e., Target Man on Support, Poacher on Attack, or Complete Forward on Support and Advanced Forward with the default Attack duty).
  • You can also play a 4-4-2, since you has Krasic, but I wouldn't suggest it, and rather have him retrained into a central midfield spot, like into an AMC and make him more versatile.
  • 4-5-1's and 4-2-3-1's would also be good options.


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mattishannon said:
Sounds awesome, will start giving those tactics a go, did you mean 4-1-2-2-1 as the last tactic so that there are 2 wingers?

Thanks for the help!
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No, a narrow diamond midfield. With two CM's.
 
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iNickStuff thanks for advice. i looking for central midfilder my transfer founds are 6m funts. any advice
 
You really are going for it arent you!!!! For a start unless you are strong strong favorites I wouldn't play with such a gung-ho approach. Instead of overload just try attacking or even just control for some of your away games. Mix up your passing style and definitely change your tackling to normal. Also don't be afraid to push up, I know bonucci is slow but at the moment your contradicting yourself coz in my opinion you cant play attacking football without pushing up. also i would personally pick fellaini as dm or cm-defensive hes strong big and works hard and wont give the ball away so long as youve got him playing simple passes. If you are gonna play attacking football do it with width. Finally if your playing at home i would switch this to 4231 either with width or the narrow version but dont forget you need someone to work hard in cm defensive to break up their play. Hope this helps. cya
p.s. maybe buy another fast-ish defender to partner chiellini it'll be well worth it
 
Standard Valencia starting squad no player bought or sold .... heres backroom advice to help see what type of team it isView attachment 162133 what kind of tactic and what style of play should I encourage ?
 
Henspa said:
Standard Valencia starting squad no player bought or sold .... heres backroom advice to help see what type of team it isView attachment 162133 what kind of tactic and what style of play should I encourage ?
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It seems that Valencia has everything what it takes to make good passing game. They are also good dribblers and fast so they should be also able to finish attacks. Defending seems to be a little problem though, maybe you should try to make your opponent to do mistakes, as your team really can't win the ball too often with tackling. Wrestling is the last thing you want to do.
 
Just started my save with Sevilla. Only signed Canella and Bassong with Romaric leaving.
Am in need of a decent tactic to get the most out of Perrotti, Navas, Kanoute and Adriano.
Any help with team instructions will also be appreciated!​
 
SS19 said:
It seems that Valencia has everything what it takes to make good passing game. They are also good dribblers and fast so they should be also able to finish attacks. Defending seems to be a little problem though, maybe you should try to make your opponent to do mistakes, as your team really can't win the ball too often with tackling. Wrestling is the last thing you want to do.
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So a flat 4 Zonal Defense would be good and easy-normal tackling to defenders ? Should my attacking players then close down right after I lose posession or do I make them to come deep also ? Should I use shorter passing and devastate others or qiucker counter attacking to use the high speed of players ? Which formation would you prefer on this squad ?
 
My pre-season was great , but after the start of the season everything went downhill and I don't know what is wrong.

Team:Manchester United
Season: 10/11
Squad: Imageshack - fmteam.png
Formation : 4-4-2 and Imageshack - teaminstruction.png

Player Instruction: Berbatov/Necid : Target man/Support
Rooney/Javier/Owen : Advanced forward/Attack
Wingers: Wide Midfilders/Attack
Carrick/Hargreaves/Anderson : Deep Lying Playmaker/Defend
Gibson/Scholes/Fletcher/Anderson : Central Midfilder / Auto
Side defenders: Full back/Auto
Ferdinand and some others:Centr. Def. / cover
Vidic and some other: Centr. Def. / Stopper

I personally think there something wrong with defence but I'm new and don't know what
 
Henspa said:
So a flat 4 Zonal Defense would be good and easy-normal tackling to defenders ? Should my attacking players then close down right after I lose posession or do I make them to come deep also ? Should I use shorter passing and devastate others or qiucker counter attacking to use the high speed of players ? Which formation would you prefer on this squad ?
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For defenders I would still use normal tackling, and also start with it for other players too, but if you see that your players are fouling too much or missing important tackle, reduce tackling to easy.

High pressing, best together with high defensive line, at least if your defenders are quick enough. If they aren't little lower line would be good. Try to reduce passing options of opposition defenders so that they make more mistakes. One of your midfielders passing to mixed and through balls often to play long through balls to your pacey wingers and strikers when there is a chance, but plays short when there isn't players running forward. Other short passing so that he doesn't give the ball away too easily. Tick the counter attack box so that you have also possibility to attack quickly. If you only counter attack, opponent gets near your area easily without making mistakes, and winning the ball through tackling isn't your strengths.

That is roughly what I would do, if you find that something isn't working, then you should try some other settings.
 
Trying to find the balance with Leeds.

I am having a hard time getting my tactics right.
This is Leeds in 2nd season after spending the majority of a 13.5 M transfer budget, so in transfers, I mainly had to focus on free transfers and bargains. Regrettably, I did not manage to buy better fullbacks. The team also lacks pace to an extent. Apart from my main striker Derbyshire, and Zijler, who I got for free in the first season, I have no quick wingers and strikers. Reo-Coker and Sandro are quick but they are not good crossers and not overly creative, so I assume it would be wasteful to stick them out wide.
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There are a number of problems.
First, I most probably cannot play a 4-4-2 and need a 3 man midfield because my best playmakers, Cairney/Chadli, are not good enough to operate in a 4-4-2 and give away fouls in the midfield battle because they are poor at tackling, so additional cover is needed.
A 4-5-1 and a midfield 3 of Sandro, Reo-Coker and Cairney/Chadli might be a reasonable option, also because I have players suitable for the inverted winger role, Destro and Snodgrass.

Second, I seem to struggle with creating space and chances, so any suggestions for fluidity/roaming settings and roles/wide play settings of the attackers would be welcome. The 4-5-1 worked well against Liverpool's 4-2-3-1 possession-wise, but my team struggled to open up the defence. It may be that my team is simply not good enough but it is also possible I am doing something wrong.
The tactics is as follows
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I drew with Fulham and won Newcastle in my first two games using a 4-3-1-2 which worked well for me in the Championship, but due to Chadli being injury prone I cannot use this often. Should I retrain Cairney as CAM?
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Also, when my fullbacks overlap, I am fed up with all my central midfielders cramming the opposition's box and nobody stays back outside the box to pick up clearances. What should I instruct my DM to do to avoid this?

Thanks in advance.
 
march_2k: For your defensive midfielder, make sure his mentality is defensive and he has run from deep set to 'rarely'. This will allow him to collect any second balls and clearances. If you plan to play the 4-5-1, I would suggest a starting strategy of 'counter' and a passing style of 'direct'. Set the defence to play deep, which will allow you to defend in numbers and limit the opposition to long shots. Playing a quick tempo and encouraging your players to play on the counter attack will help you to exploit their defence and create chances. You may have to play the lone striker as a target man or deep-lying forward so that he can hold the ball up for your players to have time to support him.

I have a slight dilemma also. I have recently bought Podolski and am playing him in a assymetric 4-2-3-1 on his own up top. We play with width and attacking wingers, playing a possesion based short passing game. What role will get the best from him, given that the AMC is an attacking midfielder that makes advanced runs ahead of the striker?
 
Ok I dont know how many of you can help becuase I can't post a picture at all... Print screen is werid is that cause I'm on a laptop???? Anyway My team is

GK: Cesar age: 41 (3.5 stars)
RB: Brian Wilson age: 29 (3 stars)
CB: Magnus Okuonghae age: 26 (3.5 stars)
CB: Jony Lopez age: 25 (3 stars)
LB: Joe Dudgeon age: 21 ( 3 stars)
DM: Modeste M'Bami age: 30 (4.5 stars)
RM: Jennison Myrie-Williams age: 24 (3.5 stars)
LM: Alexandr Hleb age: 31 ( 4 stars): currently injured so using Devann Yao age: 23 (2.5 stars)
AM: Ryan Donaldson age: 21 ( 2.5 stars)
ST: Febian Brandy age: 23 (3.5 stars)
ST: Matthias Vihjalmsson age: 25 ( 3.5 stars) :currently injured so using Jamil Adam age: 21 (3 stars)

I'm playing a 4-4-2 diamond but I was playing a basic 4-4-2 but I'd been losing every game. Are there any kind of basic tactics that I can employ. If it helps anyone Ill put my subs bench bench below:

S1 Joel Lynch age: (LB/CB 3 stars)
S2 Lorius Karius age: 19 (GK 2 stars)
S3 Duccio Innocenti age: 36 (RB/CB/RM.SW 2.5 stars)
S4 Saido Berahino age: 19 (ST 1.5 stars)
S5 Pat Baldwin age: 29 (CB 2 stars)
S6 Sean Thornton age: 27 (CM/AM 2.5 stars)
S7 Nikola Saric age: 21 (AM/ST 2.5 stars)

Have got a very good youth setup as well but none of them are good enough for Senior Team yet. Please can someone help?? Cheers :)
 
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