Man City 4-4-2 playmaker

Have won the league, undefeated in second season , won uefa cup in first. i know man city have a bit of money but this tactic works brilliantly.

left side middle midfield is the playmaker, one big man one little man up front - pace is important.

http://rapidshare.com/files/165131589/city1__Man_City__Aug_2008_.tac

id be interested to see any other success with it.....

**updated**

ive now updated this tactic, mcl is still playamker, stl is the good header and str is pacy

new 442 playmaker:

http://rapidshare.com/files/184551880/NewCnty1.1__Newport_Co__May_2009_.tac

use if you get a 3 goal lead or just late on:

541 late on

http://rapidshare.com/files/184553337/NewCnty1.2_1up___Newport_Co__May_2012_.tac

I'll give this a try. What's your team like?

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I'll give this a try. What's your team like?

its amazing!

i have spent about £150million in 2 seasons tho

akinfeev

foubert

marcelo

richards

lescott

zhirkov

thiago neves

van der vaart

diarra

huntelaar

cardozo

subs: hart, leo, fellaini, rafina, ireland, robinho, pandev, wright phillips, vlaar, ireland, jo, downing, balotelli, m johnson

diarra & cardozo are the main men for me

reached it's limit could you upload somewhere else?

reached it's limit could you upload somewhere else?

http://rapidshare.com/files/165131589/city1__Man_City__Aug_2008_.tac

I'm currently managing Croatian side Hajduk and just beat Villa 2-1 at home in Uefa Cup with this tactic, I like the gameplay and the defense, I mean good in both offence and defence, I expecially like that the playmaker knows how to make himself available for his teammates to pass him the ball, only 1 match with it but really good, gonna keep u posted

Once I download it, do I extract it?

Sorry being stupid which side does the big man play

Sorry being stupid which side does the big man play

it goes in the tactics folder in 'my documents'

i play cardozo as the left sided striker, so he's the guy who needs the high heading stats

has anyone had any success with this ?

Im using it with west ham and im doing well, 2nd in the league, but my strikers dont score many and i seem to be winning the majority games but one goal

Are you a West Ham fan David or just picked them for a challenge?

i'm gnna try it with barcelona i'll let you know how it goes mate

which barca player do you recommend i use a playermaker? do you rekon messi is alright to do it?

i tried it first match i won 3-1, messi scored 2 but both henry and eto'o got 5 ratings. had 38% possesion compared to there 62% and 9 shots to me scored to 6 shots for them

lol mate i got thrashed 4-2 by real madrid, 69% possesion to them and 17shots for them compared to my 9 , defenders all got 5 , messi scored 2 again but its not been working too well for me, i will try it for about 15 games tho let you know if it gets better

I just tried this tatic with my West Ham side against everton away and won 4-0. I will try it a bit more and let you know how it goes. Good start though!

ok results are starting to get better, 5-1 and 3-0

which barca player do you recommend i use a playermaker? do you rekon messi is alright to do it?

id say xavi would be your man playing alongside yaya

Am going to try this tactic now, big game against Sevilla in the Champions League so I hope it works!

Edit - won 3-1 but was a lot closer than that going by the stats. They had a lot of possession and attempts on goal, and one of my goals was a penalty. And they had 2 players sent off in the last 10 minutes and Robinho missed a 2nd penalty.

Limit reached. Send it to me and I'll upload it with a premium account to rapidshare.

Regards

http://rapidshare.com/files/165468936/city1__Man_City__Aug_2008_.tac

Uploaded on a premium account.

Do you use any oi in this tactic?

is this for fm 09?

Could anyone please send to me the tactic? Email: koronczai.kornel@upcmail.hu

THX!!!

AMAZING!!! I faced Villeraeal away from home as Liverpool in the Champions league and they were firm favourites. Up until this game i had struggled to get any decent performances out of Torres. However with this tatic implemented Torres scored two first half goals to ensure we won 3-1 with their only goal (and decent chance) coming from a keeper error. He even managed to pick up man of the match because of it! Thank you very much.

Do you use any oi in this tactic?

only against the big teams, closing down Fabregas, Gerrard, Deco and Rooney/Ronaldo. I find i steamroller the lower teams so dont need to bother closing them down.

just setting up my team now. Looking forward to this

mind you, i have a fairly large challenge for the first match, having just failed miserabley with my own tactic against R Madrid at home, i now have to score at least 2, and win, away :S

i'll let you know how i get on

haha, ok the first match was less than ideal...

In the first minute, Raul broke through my apparently non existant defence and scored.

four and a half minutes later, Radoi had the intellegence to elbow Van Nistelrooy in the face (fair play, we've all wanted to do that at some point) This made me laugh, or cry (i can't remember which) because i remember saying in the pre-match press conference that it was "vital" my players kept a cool head hehe.

I then got another player sent off and lost 6-1, happy days. I'll stick with this for a bit, but it better inprove soon.

Best tactic by a mile so far!

Agree it's doing wonders for my Pompey team.

Diarra is the dogs in this tactic.

Best tactic by a mile so far!

I could definitely say the same, tried many tactics from this forum so far and this one is the best nice job m8

Agree it's doing wonders for my Pompey team.

Diarra is the dogs in this tactic.

Yes Diarra as the right sided middle midfielder really does excel. If you can afford him try and get Fellaini from Everton and try him as the MC that gets in the box, the amount of headers he is putting away really makes a difference

Gave this tactic a go as Liverpool. Won all the friendlies ok. Scraped wins against some small teams in the league then got beat 3 - 2 by Juventus in the champions league then Tottenham destroyed me 4 - 0 at Anfield and it should have been 8 because they missed an open goal 4 times and we never had a shot. Sorry but it just doesn't seem up to much to me. It should be doing better than that with Liverpool.

Gave this tactic a go as Liverpool. Won all the friendlies ok. Scraped wins against some small teams in the league then got beat 3 - 2 by Juventus in the champions league then Tottenham destroyed me 4 - 0 at Anfield and it should have been 8 because they missed an open goal 4 times and we never had a shot. Sorry but it just doesn't seem up to much to me. It should be doing better than that with Liverpool.

who did you use as a playmaker

Do you need to set your playmaker or is automatically the LCM?

Do you need to set your playmaker or is automatically the LCM?

you need to select him on the drop down menu on the right hand side

The difference in PPM is what makes a potentially good poacher bad in this formation. A striker with the PPM of 'moves into channels' isn't really effective in the poacher role as they are not in the correct position to receive a slotted pass from the strong forward.

So if you have a fast striker with a PPM of 'moves into channels' I would advise tweaking his settings to try to get him to stay more central.

you need to select him on the drop down menu on the right hand side

Im NUFC and currently have Guthrie in the LCM but he's not exactly a playmaker and don't have the funds to buy one. So far without selecting a playmaker I won all 4 friendlies well and beat Boro 3-0 in my 1st game of season so maybe I can get away without putting him as a playmaker.

who is your playmaker that plays on the left side? Can I put a central midfielder to be the playmaker?

who did you use as a playmaker

I used Gerrard as my playmaker on the left and alonso on the right.

I think it may also be down to morale after the defeat to Juventus but it was just shocking because we were doing so well in the league, clear 3 points at the top then band 4 - 0 down at home to tottenham and we hardly had a kick. What made it even worse was that I went onto the club information screen just afterwards and the game crashed and I had to shut it down so I'd be angry if i did win to be honest because I hadn't saved my game.

who is your playmaker that plays on the left side? Can I put a central midfielder to be the playmaker?

ive got van der vaart/fellaini/m johnson who all play it great for me. id say any MC who likes to get into the box and is good creativly can do it

I used Gerrard as my playmaker on the left and alonso on the right.

I think it may also be down to morale after the defeat to Juventus but it was just shocking because we were doing so well in the league, clear 3 points at the top then band 4 - 0 down at home to tottenham and we hardly had a kick. What made it even worse was that I went onto the club information screen just afterwards and the game crashed and I had to shut it down so I'd be angry if i did win to be honest because I hadn't saved my game.

id say Gerrard as the playmaker on the left and alonso as the MC who holds his position would be absolutely ideal. that tottenham game must have been a one off

Im NUFC and currently have Guthrie in the LCM but he's not exactly a playmaker and don't have the funds to buy one. So far without selecting a playmaker I won all 4 friendlies well and beat Boro 3-0 in my 1st game of season so maybe I can get away without putting him as a playmaker.

if you havent got the cash, i cant think of anyone at newcastle who can play it really. try unticking the playmaker option in team settings.

still if its getting results why change

if you havent got the cash, i cant think of anyone at newcastle who can play it really. try unticking the playmaker option in team settings.

still if its getting results why change

aggghh!! Sold Beye for 6.5m and accepted an offer from Spurs for Owen £20m only for a transfer embargo to come in place for a takeover, deadline day has now passed and Im stuck with what I have and stuck with Owen who doesnt want to sign a contract. I would have had £24m to replace Owen and get a playmaker. 3 wins from 3 so far have set Guthrie as playmaker the last 2 not ideal but I'll persist.

you saved my future Robhug =)

This tactic works fine with man city..

id say Gerrard as the playmaker on the left and alonso as the MC who holds his position would be absolutely ideal. that tottenham game must have been a one off

I suppose so with the massive amount of positive feedback on here. I'm starting a new game as Inter. They only seem to have Stankovic as a real AMC and he doesn't really seem like a true playmaker. Can you suggest anyone who'd be ideal for them in that position? I'm thinking Riquelme

I suppose so with the massive amount of positive feedback on here. I'm starting a new game as Inter. They only seem to have Stankovic as a real AMC and he doesn't really seem like a true playmaker. Can you suggest anyone who'd be ideal for them in that position? I'm thinking Riquelme

van der vaart was for sale on mine so an obvious choice. Diego from werder and Jovetic from Fiorentina looked good too. i bought Vukcevic who im going to use a bit now.

the problem (or advantage) with City is you really can buy loads or top players. id be interested if any llm have given this tactic ago

This tactic is fantastic! A game against Arsenal I've won 4-1! And this is the first time I used this tactic! Good job!