Welcome to my tactic workshop of 2 or 3 striker formations!
Since in FM16 I tested tons of tactics instead of playing the game, I decided that in FM17 it will be different, I will play more careers and test must less number of tactics. Considering this I am opening this thread only for formations with 2 or 3 strikers and definitely there will be another one sooner or later for the 1 striker setups. Please note that training and team management parts are general and should be applied to all tactics.
Training
General training is Fittness - High in the first 2 weeks of pre season and then Team Cohesion - High until the end of August, Balanced - Medium afterwards. Match preparation (bar fully on the left) is Match Tactics until it gets fully fluid, defensive positioning afterwards (set the bar 2 ticks from the left).
Team management
You are the manager, so this is definitely one of your tasks: manage your team! This part of the game is extremely important and cannot be ignored. Creating a good tactic is one thing, a good starting point. Buying/developing better players is also key. But as time goes by, the morale of your squad might be dropping due to various reasons or you will simply face a drop in performance, since no team in the world is able to win all the matches. You have to react to these situations properly in order to make them happier/keep the morale high or to cut short the time of the downturn.
Team talks
I don't like to complicate things in this area, but I always do it by myself. Actually let the overall team talk done by your assistant, but after that you should do the positional team talk:
Before the match
- Home always assertively: I have faith...
- Away calmly or assertively: I have faith...
Half time
- If leading: assertivevely/calmly: don't get complacent... - never praise them! You might see some negative reactions, but don't care about it.
- If it's a draw or losing: assertively/calmly: show me something else...or similar
Full time
- If won than praise them
- If drew or lost then assertively chew them out
During the match
- Encouraging players is always a good idea, so if they are not playing confidently, use this shout
- If you do not have the lead after the 1st half, tell them assertively/calmly to demand more or push forward
- If you have the lead than for the last 20 minutes tell them to concentrate
Team meetings
You can use these events for 2 reasons: if the team is performing good or bad. Let's consider you are using a good tactic. How to determine if your team is performing good or bad? If you are with Bayern München and other team is leading the league after 10 matches, you are definitely on a bad run or doing something wrong. If you are managing Burnley and you are fightning for the Europa League places then you are doing the right thing. My advice is to hold team meetings once every month and praise or warn them about their form. You can track when the meetings were held by clicking your profile -> My History -> Conversation history.
Praising players
When your player have an average match rating above 7.60 for the last 5 games, you can interact with them and say they recent from is good. Only avoid to praise more then 4 players at the same time (obviously if you are on a winning streak and more then 4 players are red hot, then only praise the best 4) and do not praise the same player in the same month again.
Bad streak - change the training
It is absolutely normal that at some point the results will be worse for some matches and you will see that after a good run you got 2 defeats and 3 draws. Does this mean that the tactic is ****? Definitely not. You have to take care of the situation and my advice is that you should change the match training to teamwork and general training to tactics for 2 weeks then change back the previous setting.
Most important player attributes - it applies for all tactics. If any other requirement should be met, it will be listed in the notes of the relevant tactic.
The basic value for the most important player attributes is set to 13, but you should definitely modify it based on the level of the league you are in. If there are too few players matching the filter who are interested in joining your team, you should set the matching rules to 5/7 or 6/8 etc.
- By default, you should start your matches on STANDARD
- HANNIBAL V4 works great on COUNTER in the following cases:
+ If you are facing a stronger opponent, home or away
+ If you are facing a team who is relying on counter attacking
How to identify team playing counter attacking style? Check the scout reports and look for playing style long or direct.
- When you are after a goal, push the D-line 1 tick higher to 'Slightly Higher'.
Corners
Corners should be taken by the best corner taker, just position the players like on the screenshot.
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Since in FM16 I tested tons of tactics instead of playing the game, I decided that in FM17 it will be different, I will play more careers and test must less number of tactics. Considering this I am opening this thread only for formations with 2 or 3 strikers and definitely there will be another one sooner or later for the 1 striker setups. Please note that training and team management parts are general and should be applied to all tactics.
Training
General training is Fittness - High in the first 2 weeks of pre season and then Team Cohesion - High until the end of August, Balanced - Medium afterwards. Match preparation (bar fully on the left) is Match Tactics until it gets fully fluid, defensive positioning afterwards (set the bar 2 ticks from the left).
Team management
You are the manager, so this is definitely one of your tasks: manage your team! This part of the game is extremely important and cannot be ignored. Creating a good tactic is one thing, a good starting point. Buying/developing better players is also key. But as time goes by, the morale of your squad might be dropping due to various reasons or you will simply face a drop in performance, since no team in the world is able to win all the matches. You have to react to these situations properly in order to make them happier/keep the morale high or to cut short the time of the downturn.
Team talks
I don't like to complicate things in this area, but I always do it by myself. Actually let the overall team talk done by your assistant, but after that you should do the positional team talk:
Before the match
- Home always assertively: I have faith...
- Away calmly or assertively: I have faith...
Half time
- If leading: assertivevely/calmly: don't get complacent... - never praise them! You might see some negative reactions, but don't care about it.
- If it's a draw or losing: assertively/calmly: show me something else...or similar
Full time
- If won than praise them
- If drew or lost then assertively chew them out
During the match
- Encouraging players is always a good idea, so if they are not playing confidently, use this shout
- If you do not have the lead after the 1st half, tell them assertively/calmly to demand more or push forward
- If you have the lead than for the last 20 minutes tell them to concentrate
Team meetings
You can use these events for 2 reasons: if the team is performing good or bad. Let's consider you are using a good tactic. How to determine if your team is performing good or bad? If you are with Bayern München and other team is leading the league after 10 matches, you are definitely on a bad run or doing something wrong. If you are managing Burnley and you are fightning for the Europa League places then you are doing the right thing. My advice is to hold team meetings once every month and praise or warn them about their form. You can track when the meetings were held by clicking your profile -> My History -> Conversation history.
Praising players
When your player have an average match rating above 7.60 for the last 5 games, you can interact with them and say they recent from is good. Only avoid to praise more then 4 players at the same time (obviously if you are on a winning streak and more then 4 players are red hot, then only praise the best 4) and do not praise the same player in the same month again.
Bad streak - change the training
It is absolutely normal that at some point the results will be worse for some matches and you will see that after a good run you got 2 defeats and 3 draws. Does this mean that the tactic is ****? Definitely not. You have to take care of the situation and my advice is that you should change the match training to teamwork and general training to tactics for 2 weeks then change back the previous setting.
Most important player attributes - it applies for all tactics. If any other requirement should be met, it will be listed in the notes of the relevant tactic.
Download the filters here ==> Player search filters
The basic value for the most important player attributes is set to 13, but you should definitely modify it based on the level of the league you are in. If there are too few players matching the filter who are interested in joining your team, you should set the matching rules to 5/7 or 6/8 etc.
!!! Notes - Very Important !!!
- By default, you should start your matches on STANDARD
- HANNIBAL V4 works great on COUNTER in the following cases:
+ If you are facing a stronger opponent, home or away
+ If you are facing a team who is relying on counter attacking
How to identify team playing counter attacking style? Check the scout reports and look for playing style long or direct.
Corners
Corners should be taken by the best corner taker, just position the players like on the screenshot.
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great job!