tom25194

I am having the same problem, just downloaded the game and the pre-game editor, and there are a handful of formations available, and the 'defending' and 'attacking' formations are identical to the preferred and second preferred ones, which was never the case before! How can a game be marketed on offering great tactical variety and AI managerial intelligence and then do the exact opposite in reality. The situation was better 10 years ago when you could select 3-4-3 as a starting formation for a new staff member in the pre-game editor for example, in recent FMs it hasn't been available except as an 'attacking' option, now it and about 30 other formations have been entirely excluded. A normal 4-2-3-1 isn't even available! There are literally 0 tactical options that don't include a defensive midfielder, except 4-4-2 - again, even on the attacking option. Only 2 formations do not involve playing 2 defensive midfielders. This is clearly a pretty massive thing that has been missed and needs fixing quickly. Has anyone checked whether all the other formations are there in the in-game editor when you try and change a manager's tactics through that channel, please? Thanks