Hello guys, I'm Leeds, just started the second season (first season in Championship). Having trouble with finding an efficient tactic with my players, if you have some suggestion I will greatly appreciate it. I have for the moment 2 won (3-0 vs. Huddersfiled and 3-0 vs. Watford) , 1 draw (1-1 vs. Wigan) and 2 lost (0-2 vs. Middlesbrough and 1-2 vs. Portsmouht) in the league and I was kicked by Stoke in the second round of League Cup (0-3).
Here are my players:
GK Luis Guilherme / Shane Higgs
DL/WBL Armand Traore (loaned until the end of the season) / Michael Ball (Leeds Reserves: Andy Hughes, Aidan White and loaned Ritchie de Laet)
DR/ WBR Mario Melchiot / David Gray (Leeds Reserves: Jason Crowe, Andy Hughes and loaned Ritchie de Laet and Gavin Hoyte)
DC Patrick Kisnorbo / Stephen McManus / Ryan Bennet (Leeds Reserves: Leigh Bromby and loaned Ritchie de Laet and Gavin Hoyte)
DMC Richard Hughes / Bradley Johnson (Leeds Reserves: a promising regen and some young players that Leeds already had)
MC/AMC Aron Gunnarsson / Jonjo Shelvey / Jonathan Howson / Neil Kilkenny / Jacob Mellis (Leeds Reserves: Andy Hughes, Lucas Trecarichi)
ST Jermaine Beckford / Robert Snodgrass / Krisztian Nemeth (loaned until the end of the season) (Leeds Reserves: Luciano Becchio, Philipp Prosenik)
As you can see, I played until now without wings, and I have some potential in the Reserves team (there are several players that I still have because I want to make some good money by training them). No purchases intended (or possible
at the moment.
Ok, any advice will be very useful, thank you.
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Ok, I didn't get any tips in the last 2 days, so I had to find the best way to play by myself. So, I started to test two tactics that I found on this site and looked good for my Leeds team:
1. Dan's Dynamo (Control and Attacking) -
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/f72/dans-attacking-dynamo-t36414.html
2. JP Woody V3 (with fullbacks) -
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=3257
I had some problems with both of them and I decided to combine them like this: I kept player positions and roles from Dan's, but moved the AMC in a ST position, as in Woody's tactic. And it worked pretty well actually, the games I lost or draw where because of my testing or my own shouting mistakes or because of injuries (Shelvey was for example like 5 months unavailable).
I attached images with the team I used mostly (in winter there were some transfers) and the League table. Player positions and roles where like this:
GK - Goalkeeper/Defend - L. Guilherme (S. Higgs/A. Martin)
DL - Full Back/Defend - A. Traore (M. Ball/A. Sheehan but used R De Laet instead of Sheehan, who was alot on loan)
DR - Full Back/Defend - D. Gray (R. De Laet/G. Hoyte)
DC - Central Defender/Cover - S. McManus (L. Bromby/ R. De Laet/G. Hoyte)
DC - Central Defender/Stopper - P. Kisnorbo (L. Bromby/ R. De Laet/G. Hoyte)
DMC - Anchor Men/Defend - R. Hughes (B. Johnson/B. Brennan(talented regen) - also used Gunnarsson when necessary)
MC - Box to Box Midfielder/Support - J. Howson (N. Kilkenny/J. Mellis)
MC - Box to Box Midfielder/Support - A. Gunnarsson (N. Kilkenny/J. Mellis)
ST - Poacher/Attack - J. Beckford (K. Nemeth/P. Prosenik)
ST - Trequartista/Attack - J. Shelvey (K. Nemeth/P. Prosenik)
ST - Complete Forward/Attack - R. Snodgrass (K. Nemeth/P. Prosenik)
I had Media Prediction 13th (begining of first season in Championship) and Stoke was really good, nearly beat me, but I just had more goals and managed to win the Championship. Other Competitions: kicked in the second round of League Cup (early in the season) and reached FA Cup 6th round (kicked by Chelsea with score 0-1 - great match that was). This tactic helped me to draw or even win when I had players injured or sent-off. I never replayed a match, no matter how unlucky I was. Maybe you will give it a try, cheers!