ri916 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Whats the most imaginative formation an AI has played against you? I dont usually pay that much attention but I just saw basingstoke has lined up with this An odd formation which I would call a 1-2-2-3-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggusD Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Whats the most imaginative formation an AI has played against you? I dont usually pay that much attention but I just saw basingstoke has lined up with this An odd formation which I would call a 1-2-2-3-2. I saw one like it, but they had the central midfielder pulled back in a DMC position and no sweeper. It was a good tactic, as they had five men in defense, five men in the midfield and seven men in attack. They were a bit vulnerable on the flanks, though, so I crushed them anyways Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 i have seen some strange ones. Liverpool played a 4-2-1-2-1 against me (back 4 and 3 midfielders 2 wingers and a striker), i used the same fomration against them the next season and beat em 6-1 Fulham played an odd one as well 4-1-2-2-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reedy_1988 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 i'm using a 4-4-2 fairly well at the moment and teams like to switch to a 3(central defenders) -3(wing backs & defensive midfielder) -2(two central midfielders) -1(attacking midfielder) -1(striker) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles-the-victorious Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I have noticed teams going to 5 at the back against my side, when we are running wild with 3 strikers and a winger. Then the rest of the team lines up down the center of the field, giving them a 5-1-2-1-1! Sure, it protects the center of the pitch, but the fullbacks can run wild, and 3 men in midfield completely nullifies it. I have also seen a team line up with 4-1-3-1-1 recently, same idea, try to dominate the center of the park, I guess? I think the opposition manager was just trying to keep me guessing as they always play 4-4-2 and I mentioned as much in the press conference, so he was trying to one-up me, I suppose? It was a case of 'who blinks first' and since my team was having the better of it they had to end up changing tactics midway to... 4-4-2! Come on, the formation I lined up ready to face? Seriously? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 An odd formation which I would call a 1-2-2-3-2. Most people would call it 5-3-2 or 3-5-2. A fairly common formation in the 90s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 The 5-3-2 variant is similar to what I played in during the early 90's in Germany, FB's were a little deeper until 92/93 when we starting playing more like WB's & the sweeper was replaced with an advanced CB, not quite a DM/Anchor man though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherlover Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Not an unusual formation per se, but in my FM08 game championship-side Watford played a hyper-attacking 4-2-4. They had the likes of Stephen Fletcher, Ebanks Blake, Damien Duff and Felipe Caicedo. They got third with an insane goal for tally, but unsurprisingly leaked goals like a sieve. Typical scorelines were 3-2's and 4-3's. Beat me in the playoff finals, the b*st*rds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Liam Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 On my save game in Russia Amkar Perm played a formation with a midfield 5 of 1 DM, 3 CM and 1 AM. It also had 4 defenders and 1 up front. It's been quite successful as they kept staying up year after year despite having a poor squad. I tended to do quite well against it though and dished out some thrashings. The manager who played it has retired now though, so I can see them tumbling into the 1st Division in my next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles-the-victorious Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 The old 4-1-3-1-1. Its just too narrow, and some of the players are just too close to each other (the central mids and AMc and DMc), for my liking. I can see how against teams without any decent flank players you could ruin their game plan, entirely, though. On my save game in Russia Amkar Perm played a formation with a midfield 5 of 1 DM, 3 CM and 1 AM. It also had 4 defenders and 1 up front.It's been quite successful as they kept staying up year after year despite having a poor squad. I tended to do quite well against it though and dished out some thrashings. The manager who played it has retired now though, so I can see them tumbling into the 1st Division in my next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPPPPPPPPPP10 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I never seen a team with an odd starting tactic but they do at times change to some unusual tactic when they're chasing goal(s) or protecting a lead. The coolest one I've seen is... I don't know what it's called but it looks like a pine tree ST ACML ACMR ML MC MR DM DCL DC DCR Something like that IIRC (The spacing between ML-MC-MR not shown correctly... I don't know how to fix this O.o) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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