4-2-2-2 With Rotherham 121 Points, 120 goals

After struggling finding consistency throughout a whole season I smashed it with Rotherham.

In Febian Brandy found a great quick goalscorer for that level and along with Le Fondre they really did do well.

4-2-2-2

GK - Goalkeeper - Defend

DR - Full Back - Auto

DL - Full Back - Auto

DLC - Central Defender - Defend

DRC - Central Defender - Defend

MLC - Ball Winning Midfielder - Defend

MRC - Deep Lying Playmaker - Defend

AMR - Defensive Winger - Support

AML - Winger - Support

STCL - Advanced Forward - Attack

STCR - Poacher - Attack

A Few Screens

http://www.filefront.com/17513339/Rotheram 2.0 (Rotherham, May 2011).tac

Give it a go and let me know how it goes

More Screens

looks very good,are you using OI or touchline instructions???

Looks brilliant mate.

Going to have a look on this one.

Link is not working, please can you upload again so I can try the tactic

will gi a go but dont like the score v Wednesday

looks very good,are you using OI or touchline instructions???

here u go

http://www.filefront.com/17513321/Rotheram 2.0 (Rotherham, May 2011).tac

Link is not working, please can you upload again so I can try the tactic

http://www.filefront.com/17513339/Rotheram 2.0 (Rotherham, May 2011).tac

looks very good,are you using OI or touchline instructions???

Na, i do tend to switch to counter for the last 15 minutes in games when winning, especially if by just 1 goal.

Nice skin New version in the second post if you are interested: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/234678-RELEASED-daye-byrd-Dark

Thanks for the new link, will give it a go today

This tactic is INSANE, if it were from Mr Hough we would have 3000 replies here already

Well done james, you deserve the praise

James - have you tried this with any other teams?

cheers, finally got the team playing the way i want and they continued throughout the season.

now can I continue this into league 1 next year.

if anyone has tested it can you post some results up here, just interested to know how others are finding it.

James - have you tried this with any other teams?

No I might try give it a go in Conference South tonight, and possibly a premiership team as well.

Where were Rotherham predicted to finish by the media?

Thought as i just started a game with Hull City i'd give this tactic a shot, only down side is i have Matt Duke in goal, so i'm bound to concede a few

Looking at the results you've had though this looks like a cracking tactic, fingers crossed it works for me.

Where were Rotherham predicted to finish by the media?

They were predicted 1st

The Rotherham squad is pretty impressive anyway, chuck in the signings like fabian Brandy and.... well, i'd be interested to hear how you get on with a mid table team!

They were predicted 1st

Hmmm surely that's like winning the league with Chelsea or Real Madrid?

Will give this a try with my Mansfield side, currently 4th in January in the BSP in my first season.

right gunna do a test with a midtable side in conf south making no signings just to see how it does

Hi

As a nufc supporter I have been trying to develop a tactic based around 442 (looks like 424 at times) but have got frustrated with the inconsistency. I even posted a separate thread with my tactic and instructions and so on but got very little response.

So, seen your thread and thought why not?

It is similar to my own, to an extent but seems to be more successful, possibly because of the defensive instructions to the players roles. That said it seems more flowing and my players seem to play better.

I have only played 2 games; away to Liverpool and we won 1-0 (miracle) and Home to Blackpool we won 3-0, despite being down to 10 men.

Very early days but looking good. It will be interesting to see if the AI manages to break the formation. I will stick with it but modify if necessary and report back {admits defeat in trying to create own tactic.. }

FIRST GAME WITH MALAGA

craigswfc - Haha i sure do..

But seriously, brilliant tactic i may just give it a go sometime, might even use it right now with a championship side. I'll let you know how it goes.

jamesh2k

can you upload a screenshot of the transfers you made? thx

jamesh2k

can you upload a screenshot of the transfers you made? thx

also an update on how im getting on in lge 1

P15 W9 D3 L3

still playing the tactic exactly how it is on here, brandy and le fondre still killing teams, im probably looking good for at least play offs if I continue playing like this all year

Excellent work and I think saying that it's like winning the Prem with Chelsea is extremely unrealistic, especially for an unorthodox tactic.

To win the league with over 100 points and only 3 defeats and 3 draws is nothing short of magnificent, excellent going.

Just to give a quick insight into this, I play as Port Vale in that league and Rotherham regularly finish top 6 in the league, but nowhere near as impressive as in this post.

i had 2 more games

the firs was against zaragoza

i won 2-1 with goals of edinho

the second game was sevilla at home

i lost 2-1 but we had chances at the last 20 min to eq and guess who scored for me?

thats right edinho with 4 goals in 3 games

Been useing it for ½ season, its a good solid tactic, well done.

cheers for feedback, glad you are doing well with it

Currently I am 3 points clear at top of league 1 with Rotherham after 20 games, could I do back to back promotions with this tactic.

Quick question James, do you play this same tactic home and away or do you tweak it at all, i.e. counter attack etc?

same home and away.

kk gona give this a try now for the next 10 hours. gona be alfreton town fc! ive played about 5 diffrent game saves with these and every time ive done ****! not even playoffs.

cheers mate, i'm interested to see if it works in the conference.

Not that impressive since you had a team of high level frees at a club already predicted to win the league...

how about then doing the same next year? currently 12 point clear at the top in league 1 with more a less the same team.

TBH that team, talent-wise, should easily last until the Championship. Anyone can win easy if they use player search.

nah its very impressive!

Scoring that many goals and getting that many points is impressive. Might give this a go as Crewe at the weekend.

Jamesh2k How good is this tactic defensively out of interest as I'm working on my own 4-2-2-2 and am having difficulty getting the defence right so was wondering how is your defence with this tactic???

I love the 4-2-2-2 formation, used it for a while. Albeit slighty different tactics and roles to yourself. Fantastic results wiht Rotherham there kutgw.

Jamesh2k How good is this tactic defensively out of interest as I'm working on my own 4-2-2-2 and am having difficulty getting the defence right so was wondering how is your defence with this tactic???

defence is solid as the centre mids have defending duties, the backline is untouched from the standard setting and it seems to be doing ok.

I love the 4-2-2-2 formation, used it for a while. Albeit slighty different tactics and roles to yourself. Fantastic results wiht Rotherham there kutgw.

cheers been working on an attacking 4-2-2-2 formation, tried with normal centre mids to start with one defending and one supporting but that didn't work so went a touch defensivly.

also on fm11 width seems to be important, as the crosses conversion is quite high.

can u upload to another host ex: mediafire, i can't download in Filefront.........

Finished season 2

this tatic is working for my alfrton town team:) best formation yet for lower teams! give it a try

Not that impressive since you had a team of high level frees at a club already predicted to win the league...

Or, you could try it out instead of dismissing it. Just because a team's predicted 1st doesn't mean finished 1st isn't an acheivement if done well.

Or, you could try it out instead of dismissing it. Just because a team's predicted 1st doesn't mean finished 1st isn't an acheivement if done well.

I make my own tactics thanks, I don't feel inadequate enough to use someone else's.