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You think he'll come back on and claim it was a stroke of comedy gold?

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I reread that just to make sure I hadn't misread it. Jesus.....

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Haha surely not ffs

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I had my doubts at the start of my 2nd season, using this tactic, but I have just come to the end of the 2nd season and I've managed to get Villa a Champs League spot.

Season summary :-

Premier League - 3rd

FA Cup - 6th round

UEFA Cup - 1st round knockout

League Cup - 4th round

Highest league goalscorers - 70

Top Goalscorers - Keirrison 25, Kepa 23, Agbonlahor 17 and Cuellar 16

Best results - Arsenal(H) 4-1, Newcastle(A) 5-2 and Chelsea(A) 2-0

Player of the season - Carlos Cuellar Av. Rating - 7.41

I'm glad I kept faith with the tactic. It is by far the best tactic I've used in FM09 so far.

I thank you.

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Has anyone found a MC that performs well with this tactic?

I have Gareth Barry playing as my MC and he doesn't get the greatest of ratings. Played 33 games, scored 4, assists 6 and Av Rating 6.95. I mean it isn't THAT bad but not spectacular. I've tried Reo-Coker and Petrov in the MC role aswell but neither has stood out tbh. I think I'll be looking for an MC in the summer aswell mate.

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I don't use any OI's as of yet but I'm gonna give this a season on default settings and then do minor tweaks here and there to suit

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Another update from my Villa game. So.....the tactic is really starting to produce results. Ive found consistency and we are performing much better than the start of the season. Currently sitting 10th but only 6 points off 3rd so I'm not ruling out a European spot. A few stand out results so far :-

Newcastle(A) - 4-3 win

West Ham(A) - 3-1 win

Deportivo(H) - 3-0 win

I haven't conceded in Europe yet mainly down to the control tactic. My strikers are performing well - Agbonlahor 14, Carew 7, Keirrison 3 (he is out injured atm) and Harewood 4.

I'm glad I persisted with the tactic and will let you's know how things go with another update soon.

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Well since my last post my luck/performance has picked up.

Twente (H) UEFA Cup - 2-0 win

Everton (A) 0-0 (they were top of the league so good result)

Bolton (A) League Cup - 3-1 win

Arsenal (H) 5-0 win YES....that's right 5-0. I think this tactic is coming together.

Curtis Davies has 15 pace and acceleration so he is definetly quick enough but yes fair enough Laursen is abit slow but makes up for it in anticipation and positioning.

The DM position is abit of a problem you're right and I intend to sort that out in January. I bought Joe Mattock to add abit of competition at DL for Shorey and hopefully he'll end up being my 1st choice after a couple of seasons. Agbonlahor has been decent so far and has 6 in 10 games so I'm happy with him so far and Keirrison has just started to adapt to the English game and started scoring.

I play wide with Villa to try and stretch the opposition but like Young and Milner to cut inside as there isn't a great target man for crosses and it seems that it has started to pay dividends with Young and Milner with quite a few assists so far.

But I think you are right - it will take time for this team to be up there challenging.

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no i dont use OI, it can take time for it to gel like all tactics, and if your morale of your players is poor, that wont help, make sure you use two quick strikers upfront as they swap positions so if you've only got one you need to tweak the tactic, by removing the swap position, take of forward runs of the striker with the lower mentality and give him through balls often.

I use Agbonlahor (quickest player in the game) and Keirrison as my two forwards. I agree the tactic may need time to gel but as you all well know...when your stuck in a relegation dogfight for long enough, results just don't come your way sometimes. That is why I'm a little disappointed because the Villa team has bags of ability but the tactic just doesn't seem to click for me at the moment BUT I am willing to give it time. Maybe 5 more games or so and if it still doesn't work for me i'm afraid i'm gonna be back on here having a moan haha .

Has anyone else had success with Villa with this tactic?

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Villa Update.....

Wigan (A) 2-0 defeat

Blackburn (H) 3-2 defeat (Was 2-0 up and they came back to win 3-2)

Really not liking this very much at the moment. Do you have an OI's selected when playing?

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Started a new career with Villa and thought I'd give this tactic a try, coz everything else I've tried so far has never led me to success. Anyways not a great start to the season but it was against two of the toughest teams in the EPL.

Chelsea (A) 1-1

Man Utd (H) 4-1 defeat

I was delighted with the Chelsea result and played with the control tactic as I was away from home but really disappointed with the home defeat to Man Utd. I played the control tactic again coz it was against a stronger team but once I fell 2-1 behind I went to the home tactic and things just fell apart to be honest.

Hopefully things pick up from here.....