JamesPond Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Am i right in thinking a cover defender should be pacey and good at marking etc, but a stopper should be big and strong and have good anticipation. is there anywhere that shows what stats they need to be good at to do well in these roles? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcornell68 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 The tactics creator will highlight the important attributes for the two roles. And what it will tell you is that they're the same except for: stopper: bra, agg cover: ant, acc I like the cover to be an accomplished full back, the stopper is more a DMC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky1989 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 It shows you in game Example While he's a DM/CM, you can still see what stats he has that are relevant to his role on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 For me, it's more important for stoppers to have good jumping, heading, strength and bravery. Covers need good pace, anticipation, positioning and concentration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebetu Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Playing stoper/cover doesnt seems to work as it should and its exploited very offen by AI .For me defence is more stable when both defenders play with same mentality,also is very important for defenders to be pacey.Pace it seems an overpowered attribute in fm 11 and its maybe to effective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 While we're on the subject of cover and stopper, would people still play an offside trap with a covering CB? I would have thought the covering CB would be a bit of a liability if he isn't pushing up all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcornell68 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 While we're on the subject of cover and stopper, would people still play an offside trap with a covering CB? I would have thought the covering CB would be a bit of a liability if he isn't pushing up all the time. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Care to elaborate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackemforever Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Care to elaborate? A covering CB is a player who is meant to stay behind the rest of the defensive line, sweeping up any through balls and cutting out long balls over the top of the defence. If you get your team playing the offside trap with a covering CB then you will have 3 players in a line with a nice gap between the covering CB and the rest of the defence for the striker to sit in, leaving him with only 1 player to beat. Only use the offside trap if your CBs are on the same mentality as then they will form a straight line across the pitch, rather than having 1 player hanging back a long way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Thats pretty much what I thought. The reason I asked is because I've seen so called great tacticians playing offside traps with a covering CB which always baffled me. Either they aren't great tacticians or the match engine is seriously flawed. All a bit off topic I know, but it's something thats been bugging me for ages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
easternhawk2 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 While we're on the subject of cover and stopper, would people still play an offside trap with a covering CB? I would have thought the covering CB would be a bit of a liability if he isn't pushing up all the time. I do. Surprisingly still quite effective despite having a cover cb. Just got to make sure all defenders are quite fast so that if does go wrong they can recover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcornell68 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Exactly that, you'll be telling your defenders to do two contradictory things. I started using the stopper/cover to make my deep defence more pro-active. I have to say, I always have one of the meanest defences in any league I play in but I won't win any prizes for high-scoring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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