Unable to set more than 2 players to 'stay back'

I agree on this one, it appears you can only set two defenders to stay back unconditionally, while others can be set to stay back if needed.

I want to be able to create routines for situations in the last few minutes where I'm defending a narrow lead in which my whole back four stay back with my defensive midfielder set to stay back if needed so that we keep numbers back and retain some defensive shape to prevent counter-attacks, while the set piece is played short and possession is retained.

Edited October 25, 2023 by LoneIbex

This is intentional, you can set CB's to stay back under a different routine.

Ok, so not a bug but we've lost functionality from FM23 when you could set the entire back 4 to stay back if you wished.

Could create a different routine where the CBs stay back but then the full backs are up out of position so still doesn't achieve the desired outcome of keeping 4 or more players back.

I'll drop something in feature requests if not already there.

On 27/10/2023 at 16:28, Zachary Whyte said:

This is intentional, you can set CB's to stay back under a different routine.

Then this is a poor design choice and needs looking at. 

I agree with this. I can't add more defenders and my assistant continually says we don't have enough back on free kicks which continually leads to counter attack goals for the AI. We need more options to defend in these situations.