Source Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Okay, so I'm new here so I'd like to say hi to everyone (waves). I have read alot of the other tactics I have seen on here, but thought I'd share those of my own to anyone interested. I have always had alot of success in the Football Manager/Old Champ Manager games so thought I'd start a blog detailing my tactics, revisions made and progress during my first season as Liverpool manager My aim is to try things other people on here wouldn't neccesarily (noticed the 442 and 433 tactics are the most widely used) and offer a different insight into tactics in the game. The one thing I will say is that this is an experiment, it might not work as I expect, but I guess I'll only see by playing the game. 6 Aug 05 I have been busy in the transfer market shipping out and bringing in. Out:- Finnan 700k Kirkland 1.5m Gonzalez 7.5m Sinama-Pongolle 3.8m Diao 600k Kromkamp 4.5m Fowler 800k Crouch 3.3m Woodward Free Barragan Free In:- Phillip Lahm 3.6m Darren Pratley 1.2m Vincent Kompany 5.25m Ledley King 13m Anthony Grant 1.3m Anthony Vanden Borre 1.2m Season so far:- I have played 4 competative matches and won all 4, scoring 9 and conceding only 1. However these matches were the ECC qualifiers and don't expect any real competition until the Premiership kicks off proper. I have decided to play a 4-1-3-2 formation for home matches and a 3-5-2 Defensive formation for away matches/potentially difficult matches. I will go into specific details on settings in a later post to keep this as short as possible, although I will say I have decided to play to the strengths of my players and have a very solid IMO spine to my team..... Still maybe needs a few improvements though First Choice 11 4-1-3-2 Home Formation Reina Riise Vanden Borre Carragher King Alonso Kewell Sissoko Gerrard Morientes Cisse 3-5-2 Defensive Away Formation Reina Carragher Hyypia King Sissoko Alonso Riise Vanden Borre Gerrard Morientes Cisse Wish me luck, I may need it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Source Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 Okay, so I'm new here so I'd like to say hi to everyone (waves). I have read alot of the other tactics I have seen on here, but thought I'd share those of my own to anyone interested. I have always had alot of success in the Football Manager/Old Champ Manager games so thought I'd start a blog detailing my tactics, revisions made and progress during my first season as Liverpool manager My aim is to try things other people on here wouldn't neccesarily (noticed the 442 and 433 tactics are the most widely used) and offer a different insight into tactics in the game. The one thing I will say is that this is an experiment, it might not work as I expect, but I guess I'll only see by playing the game. 6 Aug 05 I have been busy in the transfer market shipping out and bringing in. Out:- Finnan 700k Kirkland 1.5m Gonzalez 7.5m Sinama-Pongolle 3.8m Diao 600k Kromkamp 4.5m Fowler 800k Crouch 3.3m Woodward Free Barragan Free In:- Phillip Lahm 3.6m Darren Pratley 1.2m Vincent Kompany 5.25m Ledley King 13m Anthony Grant 1.3m Anthony Vanden Borre 1.2m Season so far:- I have played 4 competative matches and won all 4, scoring 9 and conceding only 1. However these matches were the ECC qualifiers and don't expect any real competition until the Premiership kicks off proper. I have decided to play a 4-1-3-2 formation for home matches and a 3-5-2 Defensive formation for away matches/potentially difficult matches. I will go into specific details on settings in a later post to keep this as short as possible, although I will say I have decided to play to the strengths of my players and have a very solid IMO spine to my team..... Still maybe needs a few improvements though First Choice 11 4-1-3-2 Home Formation Reina Riise Vanden Borre Carragher King Alonso Kewell Sissoko Gerrard Morientes Cisse 3-5-2 Defensive Away Formation Reina Carragher Hyypia King Sissoko Alonso Riise Vanden Borre Gerrard Morientes Cisse Wish me luck, I may need it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollingthunderuk Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 All the best mate. Not bad squad there. I would recommend 4-4-2 attacking at home, but in my Bristol City game, 4-1-3-2 is very solid. Try and Get Llorente in the transfer window - he guarntees goals. Look forward to how you get on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC_Jon Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I have a defender called Eduardo Ratinho in my Liverpool squad, and he's got brilliant stats, mainly 16+, and he's not even 22 yet! (Right sided) Also Darijo Srna is a very good (and versatile defender - D LR) and can be bought easily for about 5m, never gets less than a 7 and pops up with crucial goals. Signed him after he killed me in Europe! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Source Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 Since my last post I have shaken things up quite considerably. Coming to the mid-point of the season things weren’t going quite as I would have liked using my previous formations. I was fifth in the League and out of the League Cup (however, I did storm my Champions League group which included Barcelona and won all six games comfortably). I am now playing a 4-4-2 normal formation and will go into how I play it in a bit. Since switching to this tactic, I have only lost one game (to Newcastle in the FA cup, despite having countless more shots on target and possession) only drawn a couple and have won the rest. I have three games left until the end of the season, with two Premiership games left (I am now top of the league and 5 point clear) and the final of the Champions League. Mid-Season Players Out:- Fernando Morientes Stephen Warnock Bolo Zenden Dietmar Hamann Daniel Agger Bruno Cheyrou Sami Hyypia Djimi Traore Phillip Lahm (Always getting injured, do not buy him) Harry Kewell Kevin Nolan (Forgot to mention I had bought him in last post) Jerzy Dudek Mid-Season Players In:- Mirko Vucinic Alan Smith Ryan Babel Lebohang Mokoena Gabriel Milito Sherman Cardenas Mark Bresciano Liam Rosenior Leo Franco So far this season I have spent £66m on players and have sold £65m worth of players. Not a bad way to balance the books. I would now consider my first team to be:- (preferred cover player marker after/) GK – Franco/Reina DL – Riise/Rosenior DR – Vanden Borre/Rosenior DC – Milito/King DC – Kompany/Carragher ML – Bresciano/Babel MR – Garcia/Mokoena MC – Alonso/Sissoko MC – Gerrard/Pratley FC – Cisse/Vucinic FC – Smith/Babel I'm gonna go and play the last three games now and let you know how I finished the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Source Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 Well, I lost the last game of the season to Portsmouth after fielding a weakened side in preparation for the Champions League final but still finished six points clear at the top:- P W D L F A GD Pts Liverpool 38 28 5 5 81 27 54 89 So I’m quite happy considering I had to pull it around at the mid-season point. I also won the Champions League Final with a 4-1 result against Munchen. Just have to see if next season I can do the same again and add the League Cup and FA Cup to the list As promised, this is the formation and details that turned it around for me, any questions then please ask:- This is my basic formation structure:- Formation – 442 Normal Emphasis – Normal Passing – Short Tacking – Hard Pressing – Yes Offside Trap – No Counter Attack – No Men Behind Ball – No Passing Tackling Pressing Forward Runs GK Team Normal No No DL Team Hard Yes Yes DR Team Hard Yes Yes DC Team Hard No No DC Team Hard No No ML Team Normal Yes Yes MR Team Normal Yes Yes MC Team Hard Yes Yes MC Team Hard Yes Yes FC Direct Normal Yes No FC Team Normal Yes Yes Run With Ball Long Shots Cross Ball Marking GK No No No None DL Yes No Yes Zonal DR Yes No Yes Zonal DC No No No Man DC No No No Man ML Yes No Yes Man MR Yes Yes Yes Man MC Yes Yes No Man MC Yes Yes No Man FC No No No Zonal FC Yes No No None Pass to – All set to ‘R/L/C’ All set pieces are as standard Free Roll – All set to ‘No’ Hold Up Ball – All set to ‘No’ Through Ball – All set to ‘No’ Any player that has 15+ for Tacking, beside the players already set to it, I set Tackling to ‘Hard’ I make sure that every player in my defence and central midfield have 15+ tackling where possible. If the wingers or full backs that are selected don’t have 15+ crossing, I turn ‘Cross Ball’ to ‘No’. I use the above formation when playing against 442. When playing against 451 I set all defenders to ‘Zonal’ marking but leave everything else the same. When playing against 433 I set all defenders and midfielders to ‘Zonal’ marking and leave everything else the same. The second I go a goal behind, I switch emphasis to ‘Attacking’ in my team instructions, but leave everything else the same. Good luck guys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Source Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 Okay, the spacings didn't work Damn, why is there no edit post feature on here, I hope you can work out what the above settings are supposed to be from the above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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