Tactical v Tactical Knowledge

What's the difference between Tactical & Tactical Knowledge under staff attributes?

Tactical is about how they approach the game. Tactical knowledge is about how much they know about different styles of play/how much they are able to teach.

Which is better for an Ass Man to pick the team?

Isn't tactical how good they are at teaching tactical stuff, hence why it comes under the coaching bit.

Tactical is part of coaching & training.

Tactical knowledge I imagine is what they use to pick the team, manage a match, give advice etc.

Tactical Knowledge for an assman. tactical for a coach training tactics.

My guess would be as follows.

Tactical - how good they are at actually coaching their tactics

Tactical Knowledge - how wide and advanced their understanding of tactics is.

So, you could get someone with a high "Tactical" rating but low "Tactical Knowledge". This person would be excellent at coaching tactics in the lower leagues, but have limited effectiveness in higher leagues and European / International competition.

Alternatively, low "Tactical" but high "Tactical Knowledge" would be a football intellectual genius who isn't that good at getting their ideas across on the training pitch.

Would there be any benefit / synergy in having two people with the above attributes working together on tactical coaching?

Btw, I don't know this for certain by any stretch, its just an educated guess. I'll have a look at some manager stats now to see if my theory is supported by the evidence.

My guess would be as follows.

Tactical - how good they are at actually coaching their tactics

Tactical Knowledge - how wide and advanced their understanding of tactics is.

So, you could get someone with a high "Tactical" rating but low "Tactical Knowledge". This person would be excellent at coaching tactics in the lower leagues, but have limited effectiveness in higher leagues and European / International competition.

Alternatively, low "Tactical" but high "Tactical Knowledge" would be a football intellectual genius who isn't that good at getting their ideas across on the training pitch.

Would there be any benefit / synergy in having two people with the above attributes working together on tactical coaching?

Btw, I don't know this for certain by any stretch, its just an educated guess. I'll have a look at some manager stats now to see if my theory is supported by the evidence.

Just had a quick look at some Premiership managers to test this.

Pulis, Allardyce and Megson have noticeably higher tactical ratings than tactical knowledge. They are known as good organisers but all play a limited brand of football, so this would lend some support to my theory.

Ancelloti has 14 for tactical but 19 for tactical knowledge. Given his experience at the very highest level, this makes sense.

Also had a look at Quieroz. About 12-13 for each rating. I would have thought he'd score high on tactical knowledge given his input at Man Utd.

Thanks for all the help.

I try to get an ass man with good tactical knowledge and JA so he can pick the team.

You want your scout who scouts opposition to have TK, along with your assman or coach who advises you. For your assman's advice on OI and in-game advice he needs good TK.

For training players in tactics, the coach needs 'tactics'.

You want your scout who scouts opposition to have TK, along with your assman or coach who advises you. For your assman's advice on OI and in-game advice he needs good TK.

For training players in tactics, the coach needs 'tactics'.

Are you certain or is this based on logic?

Reason I ask is I find that we (the community) always complicate things only to find out later that the game isn't programmed in the way we think.

I used to think the same until I noticed no apparent difference between a scout that has a high TK attribute and one that has a low one.

I know what you mean about logic and FM, but I'm 99% sure I read the oppo scout reports were improved for FM10, with more detailed information being tied to TK. I'm not an 'experimenter', but someone could try a report with a top TK scout followed by a rubbish one.

This is a football management game (ie; you are the manager), why would you want your assistant manager to pick your team ?

This is a football management game (ie; you are the manager), why would you want your assistant manager to pick your team ?

Hey, it's his game etc. etc.