Dangooner Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi everyone Here's the story.... I've been hooked on Football Manager/Championship Manager since the old days. I even used to buy the old magazine - who remembers that?! Anyway, to cut a long story short, I've looked through the various posts and comments and tried out various tactics. I eventually used bits and pieces and my own ideas to come up with a 4-4-2 tactic. I used it with the Arsenal and won everything within a couple of seasons. I wanted to post it but first I wanted to give it a proper test, so I took control of Southend in League 2. Here's my record as follows: 2008/09 - Won League 1 and the Setanta Trophy 2009/10 - 5th Championship, promoted by winning the play-off 2010/11 - 7th Premiership 2011/12 - 4th Premiership and won the FA Cup 2012/13 - Won Premiership & Charity Shield Stats: Played 279 Won 159 - 57.0% Drawn 65 - 23.3% Lost 55 - 19.7% Scored 433 - 1.55 p/m Conceded 194 - 0.70 p/m League titles - 2 Cup titles - 3 Players brought - 48 (!) - £12.5m Players sold - 17 - £12.23m Manager points - 1802 Formation: 4-4-2 (two wide players making diagonal runs into the box) Team instructions: Attacking Short passing Normal tackling Pressing on Player instructions: Passing - team Tacking - team except two MC's, both hard Pressing - GK, DL,DR, DCx2 - No, rest Team Pass To - all R/L/C Set Pieces (A) - GK- normal; DL,DR,MCx1- back; DCx2, ML,MR,MCx1,FCx2- Forward Set Pieces (D) - GC,ML,MR - normal; All defence, MCx2 - back Free Role - no Forward Runs - GK, DCx2, MCx2, FCx1 - No - DL, DR, ML, MR, FCx1 - Yes Run With Ball - GK, DCx2 - No; - DL,DR, all midfield and strikers - Yes Hold Up Ball - All no Long Shots - all midfield Ys, everybody else No Through Balls - All midfield Yes, rest No Cross Ball - DL, DR, ML, MR - Yes, rest No Marking - GK, FC x2 - No DL, DR, ML, MR - Zonal DCx2, MCx2 - Man Passing - Team ------------------------------------- Ok, so there are far better formations and tactics out there and with far better results. But, this is what worked for me and I just wanted to share this with anybody else interested. I've found this site to be a great source of views, opinions and tactics, and if I can give a little something back then I'll be happy! I know some people might say 'you've taken this tactic from that person' etc, but I think it's safe to say that a lot of people will have similar tactics. What I've tried to do is add my own little thing to them. Either way, thanks for looking and for taking the time to read my post, either if you agree or don't agree with my tactics! ;o) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottc18 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Have you tried it in any other countries or just england? People will want it because its a 4-4-2 which a few people have asked for. You've had success but other people will need success with it to call it great:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Can you precise the runs please?? i don't understand sorry.... Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangooner Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 scottc18 - Cheers for the comments, know exactly what you mean! Not tried it yet in another country but about to try it in the Spainish league. Once I get that under whay, I'll update my post. One of the reasons I tried this with Southend after using it with Arsenal, was to see how it worked out of the premiership. So far, so good...! Sash - I have the ML & MR players making runs straight into the box from their positions, if that makes sense? For the record, here are the stats for Southend in the league when they won the title: P38 W24 D9 L5 F57 A22 GD35 PTS 81 Man Utd finished 2nd, on 76pts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 @Dangooner: Thank you.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig gresham Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 are the runs set to middle of box or just behind the front two? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiming Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I will try it with a new career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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