v4a home, league standings
After my instant succes I got with the v4a home tactic last season, I decided to stick with them for this season (to also finally get them fully fluid).
After 17 matches (out of 34) this is the current league table:
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Although the actual points are pretty close, mostly because both my main strikers got a 3 month injury
(), the difference in goals scored/goals coneided is not close at all.. +34 vs +17..
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The above image also shows I somehow managed to get through my Champions League group, with PSG, Schalke and Viktoria Pilzen.. I really don't know how that happened because their team/budget is far superior..
Like my previous post; thanks again for the awesome tactic..
Three small notes:
1) When I had very tough matches where I was the major underdog I switched to v4 away, while in other away games I kept using the v4a home (even in away games). v4 away managed to get me trough the champions league group
2) I sometimes tried to use v4 home but it somehow stopped working, I don't know why but it is just not as solid as v4a home (even in away games). Therefore I decided to drop that tactic and continue with v4a home and v4 away
3) @xPer have you ever looked into maybe tweaking it to get more football from the defense to the midfielders. In Holland one of the key aspects of our football (as introduced by Cruijff) is to not have your defense as big guys kicking the ball out of the stadium, but to have them also pass to midfielders, walk forward with the ball.. ect. ect.. he states the the best footballing starts in the defense.
What would happen if the v4a tactic would be further tweaked to get more "football" in there suggested changes:
Goalkeeper to Sweeper Keeper
One fullback to limited full back (maybe?)
One central defender to ball playing defender
Just a suggestion... now Idea if it would work