cruyff14 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Hey all as the title states I'm managing Bayern Munich and my side keeps struggling against teams of higher reputation how do I counter this ? My squad is more than capable matching anyone in my league or europe I have one of the best forwards in the world in Torres and some of the best midfielders around not to mention great defenders, yet i still come up short against higher reputations. Any ideas ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Say things like "no pressure" in your team talks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUTactician247 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 "no pressure", "you can win this game" and on special occasions "do it for the fans" team-talks often help players perform against higher-rep teams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Rowell Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Another way of dealing with this is don't show the opposition too much respect. In my save, I was getting this feedback a lot and rightly so. I was sometimes trying to be too clever, playing defensive / counterattacking tactics, and just ended up inviting pressure. I decided to start attacking top teams, even when away from home - and it paid big dividends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathxxx Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Attack. I tend to find that taking small unfavoured clubs up the leagues is quite simple. Teams tend to play more offensively against me when they're favourites, which suits my offensive natured tactics fine. It's lower reputation teams I find harder to break down, when they're getting ten men behind the ball and I have to draw them out by playing deeper, or counter attacking. As for team talks, when I've played much bigger sides in cup competitions, I've used "no pressure" or "enjoy the game". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicz Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Field a team of reserves against the big teams. I know this might sound stupid and a definite way of losing but it gives the oppo a motivational problem. I did it with Brighton against Manchester City in the cup, told them 'no pressure' and we won 3-1. Try it mate see what happens... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruyff14 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Cheers I'll try out some of these suggestions. I often think that press confrences have way to much impact on the game. If you say the wrong thing you're team is screwed and in reality I don't really think players pay that much attention to managers press confrences. Unless your name is Kevin Keegan of course who practicaly had a breakdown! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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