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Jimmys 442 works better for.

Where can I find this?

As for this tactic, it hasn't made impact on my Nottingham Forest game. I'm on my first season in the Prem after getting promoted, and so far with this I've got:

0:1 Pompey H

0:1 Reading A

1:1 West Ham H

0:2 Sunderland A

0:1 Stoke A

Especially disappointed with the last two games, as those are the kind of games I should get at least something from. I used the Pure Class tactic to start the season with, and I got some good results here and there with it, so my team CAN win games in this league too.

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i tried this tactic with blackpool.

it was pure crap.

u must need worldclass players for it to be good.

I created the tactic with Oldham in the Champioship and others have used it in the lower leagues, and had success, like i've mentioned before the tactic is dependant on two quick strikers, if you dont have these then you need to adapt the tactic to suit the forwards you have.

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I am a Villa fan and have been finding fm09 tough.... But switched to these tatics and things are improving........ Does anyone know of some good training routines which will help also...... I play J. milner and A. Young on the wings G.Barry as MC and either Petrov or Coker as DM... Any advice would be great,,,,, Thanks All :-)

I use Darkstars training regime and it does the job for me.

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Firstly thanks to the author for a great set of tactics. I have been using these since Gainsborough in the Blue Square North and through various managerial posts I find myself with Spurs sitting second in the Premiership albeit after only 5 games. Last season the tactics helped take a very average Peterborough side to win both the Championship and the FA Cup, the latter ironically a 4:3 win against Spurs in the final. None of my teams have ever contained world beaters. As you can imagine Peterborough were in debt, had no transfer funds and only a limited wage budget but looking for free transfers with attributes matching the author's suggestions seems to do the trick. Rarely do I keep a clean sheet as I do not have fast defenders however I always seem to score more than the opposition which suits me. Goals from corners is stunning if you have the right players in the box. I don't generally make any tweaks, I just get the best Assistant Manager I can afford and let him do the talks and then follow his advice for OI. I'm sure these tactics won't work for everyone but I guess my experience is that it does work at all levels. The only downside is I spend more time playing this ruddy game than my other half is likely to stand for much longer! Thanks again for your work putting these together and making 09 much more fun for me than other versions.

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Played 5 games in the Championship with my Queens Park Rangers. Got average results. Tried this tactic:

Queens Park Rangers - Barnsley 3-1

18 shots.

The next game was against Preston away.

Preston - Queens Park Rangers 0-6

17 shots. (They got just 1 shot).

Pretty amazing I think. But maybe I just had luck with the goals? Ledesma scored two cracking goals that match.

Thank you.

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I really have to admit that Strikers are extremely important. Even though my defence isn't playing too well, they usually do their job. My Parma team just beat a much favoured Fiorentina 3:0, even though they had 20 shots against my 6! Yeah, 14 out of those 20 were off goal, but still :p

But defence is seriously lacking. I've lost against Napoli 2:5 even though I was dominant through the match.

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I really have to admit that Strikers are extremely important. Even though my defence isn't playing too well, they usually do their job. My Parma team just beat a much favoured Fiorentina 3:0, even though they had 20 shots against my 6! Yeah, 14 out of those 20 were off goal, but still :p

But defence is seriously lacking. I've lost against Napoli 2:5 even though I was dominant through the match.

Its strange your suffering defensivly my defence is solid with the tactic now, saying that i'm now in my 4th season using it with Roma and initially it wasn't the tightest but i still outscored my opponent, it just took me time to buy the players the tactic needed. I very rarely conceed more then 1 goal in a game and at the moment i'm sitting pretty at the top of serie A after 18 games and only conceeded 8 goals. The opposition usually are restricted to shooting from distance and many games my keeper doesn't have a save to make.

I have a settled first team so all my players are now well accustomed to the tactic and heve gelled nicely the only players i now buy are promising players to fill up my reserves and youth team. The only downside for me is now i'm constantly looking for a new challenge as i very rarely lose or draw so the game i feel is becoming abit boring whilst before i developed the tactic and was struggling in the lower leagues with Oldham i was hooked trying to get to the point of winning things now i'm there it's a tad boring. I think i'll leave Roma at the end of the season and try my hand at international management.

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The only downside for me is now i'm constantly looking for a new challenge as i very rarely lose or draw so the game i feel is becoming abit boring whilst before i developed the tactic and was struggling in the lower leagues with Oldham i was hooked trying to get to the point of winning things now i'm there it's a tad boring. I think i'll leave Roma at the end of the season and try my hand at international management.

Try making Go Ahead Eagles "Eredivisie" Champion :)

I'm now in my 6th season and still no champion :(

Started in S5 with SeXy and with success. Final position: 3rd

With one game that ruined my title chances. And yes, allthough i don't like to rant, it looked like the AI somehow took over that game as in: Wouldn't it be weird te see GAE become champion? I was on a high. Won 12 games in a row and then ... yes, maybe over-confidence, but seeing the 2 most stupidiest own goals in 1 game blew my title chances away with only one game left to go, made me suspicious.

But, Jovial as i am, i was also kinda happy because now i still have that "challenge".

I did win the cup twice in a row now though, beating PSV in semi's and Ajax in the final.

Also won the Dutch Super cup this year, won 3 - 0 against PSV.

But, like last year, my EURO cup draw was unlucky. Drawed Porto in first round :S

Away managed to make it 2 - 2, so i was full of confidence.

At home we dominated, had loads of chances, but no goals. Porto, 2 chances, 2 goals. Sometimes that makes me insane.

And allthough i was really up for the title this year with a real star team finally (Bought Felipe for 7.5m for instance) everything went from bad to worse.

Somehow i can't seem to make the goals anymore.

I outplayed PSV in the first match in the competition in all areas, and still i lost with 1 - 0

Next was FC Twente (my rival). Outplayed them, 1 - 1.

FC Utrecht, was killing them everywhere, lost 1 - 0

RBC, total domination, managed to win with 2 - 1 (finally!)

Vitesse, outplayed them, 1 - 1

Willem II, Total domination, 4 - 0

So maybe i have the touch again, but having such a bad start (again, like every season) i'm already 7 pts behind the nr 1 after 6 matches :S

But we'll see ... maybe i'm gonna turn things around.

Pointon, you never noticed the AI catching up? As i'm starting to think the best part of the tactic is over. Like with Razor, which worked nice for 1 season.

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Played 5 games in the Championship with my Queens Park Rangers. Got average results. Tried this tactic:

Queens Park Rangers - Barnsley 3-1

18 shots.

The next game was against Preston away.

Preston - Queens Park Rangers 0-6

17 shots. (They got just 1 shot).

Pretty amazing I think. But maybe I just had luck with the goals? Ledesma scored two cracking goals that match.

Thank you.

it could be that QPR are a brilliant team on the game in the championship :S

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In my third season as Celtic Manager, won the league both previous years as well as three of the four cups and made the CL last 16 twice. But I was not playing good football and was lucky to score more than 2 goals a game and as such I had a lot of draws and narrow defeats. It was the beginning of third season that I decided to try your tactics out and I have been impressed. Played ten in the league, won ten, scored twenty five, conceded two.

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THank you very much!!!

I manage AZ Alkmaar (dutch league)

What I reach with your tactic:

Semi Final Dutch cup

Quater final CL !! (against juventus, for me 3 goals disallowed, so semi final was possible)

1st place in the LEAGUE!!!!!!!!!!

Away I use the control tac

Home I use the Home tac

Thanks!!

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This is halfway through Season 3 without the Sugar Daddy takeover.

My only real indulgence was buying Aguero for £40M over 24 months, although he's been no better at 1 on 1's than any of my other Strikers and has just been sent to a specialist for 3 months.

I'm shocked that some seem to be struggling whilst using these tactics? so i'm going to finish this season and try it with a poor Championship side and maybe with a non league side also.

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Ok, i've been struggling in my second season with SeXy tactic and have found the tweak that saved my season (allthough again too late to win the title):

Before i played Control mostly. Worked great!! I used the home one only when the odds were firmly in my favor.

But ... I've tweaked the Home version with great succes to make it a more controlled, effective, solid killing machine (at least for me).

The problem with home are mainly 2 things:

1) The Side midfielders have forward runs, making it look more like a 4-2-4 on the pitch. That's why the direct passing works well, but is also required to make it work. Going to more short passing and you're into trouble on midfield.

2) It's uncontrolled. Doesn't really matter if you win, but it feels unbalanced (like the results as well - at least for me).

So, my tweaks are as follows:

1) Keep all the individual settings the same, besides setting LM/RM to FWR mixed, like with control

2) Set team passing to mixed (10) by default

3) Timewasting to mixed (10)

4) Check the "Counter attack" + "Play offside" box on (like with control)

5) Keep the rest like it is

What happens now is that the tactic has more attacking mentality and more freedom compared to Control. Also because the wingers don't go forward too often you'll have way more control over the game as with the default home set.

This will probably work even better in your second season if you've been overperforming using control, because all the teams will play more defensively against you the next season. By increasing the pressure with this tweaked tactic i've now managed to win 21 matches in a row with Go Ahead Eagles after a mind blowing poor start of my team using Control.

Just start off with this setting to see how it works and slowly tweak to the setting your team if needed. Personally i do the following:

There are 3 things i do before every match:

1) check the scout report. If the pitch is narrow, direct passing tends to be less effective.

2) Check the weather. If it's wet / rainy / pouring etc i set passing to more direct, if good conditions, dry, sunny etc ... play more short passing. Also you might lower CF with bad conditions, allthough i haven't really tested it yet. But doing creative and risky things on a bad pitch can be deadly.

3) Set time wasting according to opponent. If away or against better sides i start with often time wasting to gain some possession and confidence at least. If i controll the game, but don't create chances, increase passing speed and/or decrease timewasting. If you see you don't have much possession increase timewasting a little or play around with passing speed (generally increasing speed = more chances and less possession, decreasing speed is more possession, less chances but more CCC's.). If you feel you can / should win the game, you might try with a lower TW setting, increased speed (allthough this is a great "extra pressure" tool during the game as well) and / or maybe set passing to more direct to create more chances or short to get more possession and build up plays.

Just look what happens on the pitch and react if needed.

I personally only use Control sometimes now, only against much stronger teams.

Also my goal average with this tweaked version have been doubled and goals conceded are about the same. Instead of 1 -0, 2 - 0, 2 - 1 wins or loads of draws i now have 3 - 0, 4 - 0's and even a 5 - 2 against Ajax.

This might be the better tactic to use when more favoured. If you're a relegation battler and / or having bad odds, Control will work better most of the time (Mentality Theory of Loversleaper http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=90566)

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i'd be intrested to find out who you guys use as the mc cos no matter who i use there if it and attacking mid player or a defencive mid player it don't really seem to work

any feedback as always is appreciated

Try ticking on Free role. It has been working well for me, depending on the player. If he's very creative and skilled (High Decisions is important) he'll benefit from free role. If he's a general midfielder / working midfielder just keep it as it is, because it's a known bug in FM2009. (Look at the match stats to see if he really isn't performing - Sometimes he gets bad ratings while everything is good. i.e. passing, tackling etc)

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i'd be intrested to find out who you guys use as the mc cos no matter who i use there if it and attacking mid player or a defencive mid player it don't really seem to work

any feedback as always is appreciated

I have around 3 players that can play that position as well as the DMC position all i llok for is the player is a natural in the MC position, is a good all round midfielder and with high stats in passing and creativity, the player i use most can play both positions and is my playmaker he laways leads assists for my team regardless if he's playing in the DMC slot or MC.

Initially when i created the tactic i created it as a diamond, but due to the bug in the game the AMC always had poor rating unless he scored so i dropped him back to the MC position and the ratings for players in that position are ok.

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Ok, i've been struggling in my second season with SeXy tactic and have found the tweak that saved my season (allthough again too late to win the title):

Before i played Control mostly. Worked great!! I used the home one only when the odds were firmly in my favor.

But ... I've tweaked the Home version with great succes to make it a more controlled, effective, solid killing machine (at least for me).

The problem with home are mainly 2 things:

1) The Side midfielders have forward runs, making it look more like a 4-2-4 on the pitch. That's why the direct passing works well, but is also required to make it work. Going to more short passing and you're into trouble on midfield.

2) It's uncontrolled. Doesn't really matter if you win, but it feels unbalanced (like the results as well - at least for me).

So, my tweaks are as follows:

1) Keep all the individual settings the same, besides setting LM/RM to FWR mixed, like with control

2) Set team passing to mixed (10) by default

3) Timewasting to mixed (10)

4) Check the "Counter attack" + "Play offside" box on (like with control)

5) Keep the rest like it is

What happens now is that the tactic has more attacking mentality and more freedom compared to Control. Also because the wingers don't go forward too often you'll have way more control over the game as with the default home set.

This will probably work even better in your second season if you've been overperforming using control, because all the teams will play more defensively against you the next season. By increasing the pressure with this tweaked tactic i've now managed to win 21 matches in a row with Go Ahead Eagles after a mind blowing poor start of my team using Control.

Just start off with this setting to see how it works and slowly tweak to the setting your team if needed. Personally i do the following:

There are 3 things i do before every match:

1) check the scout report. If the pitch is narrow, direct passing tends to be less effective.

2) Check the weather. If it's wet / rainy / pouring etc i set passing to more direct, if good conditions, dry, sunny etc ... play more short passing. Also you might lower CF with bad conditions, allthough i haven't really tested it yet. But doing creative and risky things on a bad pitch can be deadly.

3) Set time wasting according to opponent. If away or against better sides i start with often time wasting to gain some possession and confidence at least. If i controll the game, but don't create chances, increase passing speed and/or decrease timewasting. If you see you don't have much possession increase timewasting a little or play around with passing speed (generally increasing speed = more chances and less possession, decreasing speed is more possession, less chances but more CCC's.). If you feel you can / should win the game, you might try with a lower TW setting, increased speed (allthough this is a great "extra pressure" tool during the game as well) and / or maybe set passing to more direct to create more chances or short to get more possession and build up plays.

Just look what happens on the pitch and react if needed.

I personally only use Control sometimes now, only against much stronger teams.

Also my goal average with this tweaked version have been doubled and goals conceded are about the same. Instead of 1 -0, 2 - 0, 2 - 1 wins or loads of draws i now have 3 - 0, 4 - 0's and even a 5 - 2 against Ajax.

This might be the better tactic to use when more favoured. If you're a relegation battler and / or having bad odds, Control will work better most of the time (Mentality Theory of Loversleaper http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=90566)

I've been having some problems now with my weak team Covilha in the Portuguese League, with control I totally surprised everyone in for about one and half season,but now against weaker sides I have a lot of 0-0, altough dominating most of the match. Their mentality now seems much more defensive, as they face a 0-0 against me as a good result! Then I tried the Home version without satisfying results. So this is very interesting... can you please post your version?

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hi pointon,

I started using your tactic in my 5th season. I lost 2 of my first three games but I stuck with it and having just finished the mls season with the best record of any team. I haven't done the playoffs yet so I may not end up as champions. However, I got to the final of a US/Mexican cup and won the US cup.

My record over the league season was P30 W20 D7 L3 GD+38

The only odd thing is that my centre back was the joint top scorer in the league with 16 goals

I have to say thanks for finally finding a fm09 tactic that not only gives results but also scores a few goals!

Edit: Btw, that was using the control tactic all season. I had probably the best squad in the league but overall all the teams were pretty close

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hi pointon,

I started using your tactic in my 5th season. I lost 2 of my first three games but I stuck with it and having just finished the mls season with the best record of any team. I haven't done the playoffs yet so I may not end up as champions. However, I got to the final of a US/Mexican cup and won the US cup.

My record over the league season was P30 W20 D7 L3 GD+38

The only odd thing is that my centre back was the joint top scorer in the league with 16 goals

I have to say thanks for finally finding a fm09 tactic that not only gives results but also scores a few goals!

Edit: Btw, that was using the control tactic all season. I had probably the best squad in the league but overall all the teams were pretty close

No problem mate, glad your having success.

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What team talk do you give when you are 2-0 up?

I tend to struggle in the second half when I lead 2-0.

I tend to say pleased to my team and if my stikers have had a decent first half i.e rating of 7 or over i say i have faith, sometimes it does ok other times i suffer the same problem as yourself.

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Xs, did you change the centre-back's FW's from rarely to mixed as well?

EDIT: Well three matches later and I have just annihilated Juventus away from home 4-0 with your tweaks Xs :D

Nice :)

I didn't change any individual setting besides the FWR on the wingers. But maybe mixed runs on the CD's could be effective, but only with defenders with some pace / anticipation skills i think.

My tweaked tactic: http://files.filefront.com/SeXy+Xs+Attacktac/;13178058;/fileinfo.html

Remember:

Bad weather: more direct

Good weather: mixed or short passing (i never go really short from the start, more like mixed -2 or -4 notches)

Good Odds: Time wasting mixed or lower

Bad Odds: Time wasting often or use Control tactic.

If you have good, but low skilled (low composure, passing, decisions), defenders you might want to remove the Through balls on your CD's. (not tested)

Changing TW 2 notches up and Passing 2 notches down can already make a big impact possession / control wise, don't overkill ;)

I'm still thinking about making several "Mentality" sets as this is not 100% global on the team. Like Attack - 2, Attack -4.

Following Loversleaper's theory the mentality of you and your opponent can make the big difference. So if you notice you need to pressure more take Attack +2. If still no pressure / chances, Attack +4. If You're under pressure Attack - 2 etc ...

So you can easily switch during the game.

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Tried the tactics from the frist page on a new game with Blackpool.

Not that good just got relegated lost 2-1 at home to Charlton they gone 6 points clear of me with one game left. Now insult to injury playing Donaster who are rock bottom away and loosing 4-1 :(

Stuck with these tactics all way through because i thought they have to work if they got Oldham to second in the prem.

Only won 1 away game all season 3-2 at Plymouth near start of season, The control tactic never worked for me away always got beat deserivadly, So never even dared to switch to the home tactic at away games only tried switching to it once near end away at Derby when i was fighting for my life lost 1-0.

Going to stick with it next season hopefully come back up as champions plus ill get to use the home tactic more at home now with me being predicted 24th in the championship.

Best moment with tactic: 4-0 win over Birmingham at home , Worst moment with tactic 7-1 defeat at home to Bristol City. 45 played 10 wins 10 draws 25 defeats. Goals For: 58 / Goals Conceded: 81. Carling Cup 2nd round lost 3-2 away at Crystal Palace, Fa Cup lost 3rd Round away at Sheff Wed 1-0.

Hoping though that next season will be good got a strong team anyway brought in the likes of Tordoya ,Diomand lots of prospects for future. Was really sure my team was good enough to stay up this year but oh well ill not give up on the tactics yet ill let you know how my next season goes!

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Tried the tactics from the frist page on a new game with Blackpool.

Not that good just got relegated lost 2-1 at home to Charlton they gone 6 points clear of me with one game left. Now insult to injury playing Donaster who are rock bottom away and loosing 4-1 :(

Stuck with these tactics all way through because i thought they have to work if they got Oldham to second in the prem.

Only won 1 away game all season 3-2 at Plymouth near start of season, The control tactic never worked for me away always got beat deserivadly, So never even dared to switch to the home tactic at away games only tried switching to it once near end away at Derby when i was fighting for my life lost 1-0.

Going to stick with it next season hopefully come back up as champions plus ill get to use the home tactic more at home now with me being predicted 24th in the championship.

Best moment with tactic: 4-0 win over Birmingham at home , Worst moment with tactic 7-1 defeat at home to Bristol City. 45 played 10 wins 10 draws 25 defeats. Goals For: 58 / Goals Conceded: 81. Carling Cup 2nd round lost 3-2 away at Crystal Palace, Fa Cup lost 3rd Round away at Sheff Wed 1-0.

Hoping though that next season will be good got a strong team anyway brought in the likes of Tordoya ,Diomand lots of prospects for future. Was really sure my team was good enough to stay up this year but oh well ill not give up on the tactics yet ill let you know how my next season goes!

I'm sure if you can get the right players in, such as two quick strikers and a couple of creative midfield players, you'll be ok.

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I'm sure if you can get the right players in, such as two quick strikers and a couple of creative midfield players, you'll be ok.

Also some good defenders would be nice :p

Heading is very important i've noticed. Because of the counter + offside setting the defensive line always positions to the strikers, if they win the header it's often a good lead in for a counter.

I've played this tactic with moderate quick defenders (12/13 pace/acc) but also with low paced (8 - 10) and they played well too. So that doesn't seem to matter much.

Also positioning and concentration are about the most important attributes i think for the defenders, because they play zonal, so being on the right spot on the right time saves you a lot of headache :)

Together with other defensive attributes ofcourse.

Currently my Defenders have tackling around 2.00.

Compared with my previous tactic where it was about 5.00 - 7.00 (man mark), with more goals conceded. Just to give an idea that being in the right position, and the good work of the midfielders, the defenders don't have to be world class. Having some composure skills / passing may even be more important because mine have given about 4 - 6 ass. per season.

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Also some good defenders would be nice :p

Heading is very important i've noticed. Because of the counter + offside setting the defensive line always positions to the strikers, if they win the header it's often a good lead in for a counter.

I've played this tactic with moderate quick defenders (12/13 pace/acc) but also with low paced (8 - 10) and they played well too. So that doesn't seem to matter much.

Also positioning and concentration are about the most important attributes i think for the defenders, because they play zonal, so being on the right spot on the right time saves you a lot of headache :)

Together with other defensive attributes ofcourse.

Currently my Defenders have tackling around 2.00.

Compared with my previous tactic where it was about 5.00 - 7.00 (man mark), with more goals conceded. Just to give an idea that being in the right position, and the good work of the midfielders, the defenders don't have to be world class. Having some composure skills / passing may even be more important because mine have given about 4 - 6 ass. per season.

Yeah i agree, when i buy defenders i always filter for stats that i believe are vital. i.e i always want a my central defenders to have good positioning, tackling, concentration and i want all my back 4 to have good teamwork, i believe these attributes are vital if your playing offside trap. I also want at least one with decent pace and one with excellent jumping, just for the goals i score at corners.

Full backs are important in the tactic as well as they need to have excellent positioning, crossing and stamina as they will be running up the line all day long.

I buy my players to suit the tactic, if people are just hoping to pick it up and run with it and get good results but dont have the players the tactic requires then i'm not surprised if it will fall flat.

i.e both the DMC and the MC have through balls often, if your players have por passing and creativity in those positions they are just gonna keep giving the ball away, the MC has run with ball often as i want him on occasions to move the ball looking for openings to feed the strikers, if your MC isn't comfortable on the ball it's just going to get stolen of him. Due to the through balls for the strikers and the high creative freedom and the swapping of positions the strikers have they'll be constantly on the move looking to break through the opposition defence if your stikers are too slow, it's just not going to work.

The tactic will work regardless of the league you use it in, as long as you buy the appropriate players.

Example.

League 1&2 key stats that i have suggested would need to be at least 12, and for the strikers i'd want the pace of at least 15 for these leagues

Championship key stats of around 15 in the appropriate areas

Premiership depending on money and club reputation as much as you can in the appropriate stats but not below 15 for the key attributes.

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I've just started a game with Blackpool in the Championship.

I'm hoping to prove that the tactics will work with poor teams, Blackpool are expected to come dead last and another FM'er has already stated that the tactic did'nt work for him.

I'm hoping/expecting to finish between 10th and 12th place, as Blackpool are really poor, had i been using this with Hull in the EPL, i'd expect 14th to 16th.

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I've just started a game with Blackpool in the Championship.

I'm hoping to prove that the tactics will work with poor teams, Blackpool are expected to come dead last and another FM'er has already stated that the tactic did'nt work for him.

I'm hoping/expecting to finish between 10th and 12th place, as Blackpool are really poor, had i been using this with Hull in the EPL, i'd expect 14th to 16th.

Let us know how you get on, i think after i finish this season only around 7 games left, i'll start a new game with Luton town and see if i can steer them to safety with having the -30 points deduction.

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Let us know how you get on, i think after i finish this season only around 7 games left, i'll start a new game with Luton town and see if i can steer them to safety with having the -30 points deduction.

Will do mate!

I believe with most of the poorer sides in EPL i could challenge for Europe 1st season, but teams like Hull and Blackpool in the Championship are very poor and basically require an entire overhaul of players.

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Hey hammer with Blyth in BSS I was predicted to finish 18th and won the league. I was also tipped for relegation in BSP and i'm currently 2nd

Thats superb mate, i suppose i'll have to do better than i anticipated now eh.

I cannot help but get miffed by FM'ers who complain about a tactic they have d/loaded when its obvious they are not using it properly.

I've never played in the Championship in 09, so lets hope i dont make a complete mess of it?

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Thats superb mate, i suppose i'll have to do better than i anticipated now eh.

I cannot help but get miffed by FM'ers who complain about a tactic they have d/loaded when its obvious they are not using it properly.

I've never played in the Championship in 09, so lets hope i dont make a complete mess of it?

I guess the key is, is to try and get the right players in as soon as possible, as you only have just over a month to work with, so it wont be easy, when i start the first thing i do is look at my squad, and who can fit into the tactic then i'll look at players whom could work with the tactic but it'd be good if i can find better then the players who simply just wouldn't work and then i'll have an idea which positions need to be strengthened first.

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Actually Pointon, i've had quit some good results with slower strikers as well. As long they are strong and have proper dribbling attributes.

But i have to admit i most of the time have at least 1 quick striker. 1 strong one. It happens that my no. 1 strong striker is strong and fast, and dribbles :) But when i setup 2 quick, but weak player into the game, i can't seem to be making much of an impact, they lose the ball a lot. But yes, on counters they are dangerous :)

I think if they have good off the ball and anticipation they can be pretty slow as well ... Like Kadlec, he scores nearly 1:1 while he has 13 pace/acc ... compared with Rodrigues with 17/17, and i'm happy if he scores one in about 5 games. Both have beat off side trap. The biggest difference is that Kadlec has very high decisions (16) which looks like an important thing to have (but every player should have it :))

Another thing i've noticed ... i've learned a player placed shots, and since he has the skill didn't score any goal :S ... In about 12 games. Last year he scored about 9 in 16 matches or so. But maybe it's just because he doesn't have the right attributes ... later noticed he has decisions 9 ... so maybe that's it.

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Actually Pointon, i've had quit some good results with slower strikers as well. As long they are strong and have proper dribbling attributes.

But i have to admit i most of the time have at least 1 quick striker. 1 strong one. It happens that my no. 1 strong striker is strong and fast, and dribbles :) But when i setup 2 quick, but weak player into the game, i can't seem to be making much of an impact, they lose the ball a lot. But yes, on counters they are dangerous :)

Another thing i've noticed ... i've learned a player placed shots, and since he has the skill didn't score any goal :S ... In about 12 games. Last year he scored about 9 in 16 matches or so. But maybe it's just because he doesn't have the right attributes ... later noticed he has decisions 9 ... so maybe that's it.

I've always used two quick strikers i have 5 at my club 2 are my main strikers and the other 3 are youngsters i rotate to give match experience, i'm nearing the end of my current season and my striker stats are as follows.

Antonio 47 games 39 goals

Bevilacqua 25(7) games 20 goals

Chapman 25(10) games 10 goals

Laurito 4(9) games 6 goals

Mbarga 3(5) games 2 goals

My top two strikers have had a great season regarding goals per games, Bevilacqua was injured for a good while and although Chapman has similar stats as him he's not up to the job but he's only 19 so time will tell.

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I guess the key is, is to try and get the right players in as soon as possible, as you only have just over a month to work with, so it wont be easy, when i start the first thing i do is look at my squad, and who can fit into the tactic then i'll look at players whom could work with the tactic but it'd be good if i can find better then the players who simply just wouldn't work and then i'll have an idea which positions need to be strengthened first.

Well, your Control tactic should work great with almost any players. I mean, if you bring BSS squad unchanged into EPL, it would probably fail :D But assuming reasonable league level the tactic should work just fine. The Home tactic is a bit different story though. It's quite attacking and requires higher decision and creativity stats for the players, as well as very good DM. I personally would use control most of the time and make some adjustments to the home tactic to fit my squad.

Btw, great work.

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Ok still using control all the way, jusy had a tremendous result :

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Sitting 3rd in the Portuguese League with 6 matches to go, semi-final of Portuguese Cup and reached the quarters in the Uefa Cup (going to play Fenerbahce). What else to say, amazing, simply amazing, when with a team like mine you face the big guns in the league and win, and in the Uefa Cup you send home Bordeaux, Ajax, Panathinaikos and Beitar. Pointon, your tactic has transformed a 2nd division team without a cent in a football playing machine that faces any team in the world, in just 3 years!!! (and only with free signs!!!)

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I have to say it is immediately obvious why the fella struggled with Blackpool.

Expected to finish bottom, with a terrible squad and little transfer money, they have only 1 or 2 players with the requirements to use these tactics.

The GK position is the weakest in the squad, the only LB is injured for 6 months, there is absolutely no pace in the DC position, the wingers are poor and the only pacey striker is out for over a month when you start the game.

I tried to improve the quality with some loan signings, but the players i tried to get either went elsewhere, or the clubs wanted a wage % i just could not afford.

I'm sure if i regularly played as a LLM, i would know a few bargain basement players i could bring in, although i did make 4 signings that were improvements on what they had.

With 600k to start and the board unwilling to part with any of the remaining £2.5M in the bank, this truly is a pretty worthless task.

To sum up, its obvious why the guy struggled with Blackpool, but he cannot blame the tactics, because the squad simply does not have the required elements to get this tactic to work.

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I have to say it is immediately obvious why the fella struggled with Blackpool.

Expected to finish bottom, with a terrible squad and little transfer money, they have only 1 or 2 players with the requirements to use these tactics.

The GK position is the weakest in the squad, the only LB is injured for 6 months, there is absolutely no pace in the DC position, the wingers are poor and the only pacey striker is out for over a month when you start the game.

I tried to improve the quality with some loan signings, but the players i tried to get either went elsewhere, or the clubs wanted a wage % i just could not afford.

I'm sure if i regularly played as a LLM, i would know a few bargain basement players i could bring in, although i did make 4 signings that were improvements on what they had.

With 600k to start and the board unwilling to part with any of the remaining £2.5M in the bank, this truly is a pretty worthless task.

To sum up, its obvious why the guy struggled with Blackpool, but he cannot blame the tactics, because the squad simply does not have the required elements to get this tactic to work.

Where abouts are you in the league?

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