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I've decided I'm tired of Wingers and want to "regress" (heh) to a different kind of defensive football with the 4-4-1-1 formation. Thus, I'd like your input on some theory-crafting I'm doing. When I think about defensive football, I think two banks of four. Gives good coverage on the pitch and naturally can give 8 players behind the ball while still giving you an outlet on a counter if you win the ball back. From the FM tactic builder, this sounds like Catenaccio to a-T. I also want to play through the center for the most part. Plenty of one-two passes, working our way into a scorin

Romario Baro - Portuguese B2B CM. Picked him up for my United team and he's pretty great at only 19 years old. $46.5m USD.

Another thought -would I be better off with a DM and a CM rather than the two CM? I would think that might have me playing more vertically than horizontally and possibly compromise the shape I'm looking for.

I was thinking of having the defensive direct-counter for away and vs bigger teams and then a positive fluid-counter attack for home and games we should win.

I was mostly focusing on formation/structure/roles rather than taking a deep-dive on the "how we play" aspect - I didn't take a screen shot after I modified that bit. I'm thinking the CM(S) is going to be crucial to our play as they're going to have to get forward and back for defense - hence wondering if I want a BBM instead with a CM(D) or DLP(D). I just want to make sure at this juncture that roles and positioning looks doable.

Figured I was done with playing United for a while and wanted to give my #2 side a run in FM19. Also because I figured they might be better built to play the 5-2-3 Wide WB that I'd like to give a go. The idea is it's a 3-4-3 in the way that it plays, but it's structured with 3 CB, 2 WB, 2CM, 2AML/R and 1ST. CWB(S) function as the Left and Right Midfielders as well as put in crosses and defend. The AMR/L are the extra forwards, both playing as IF(A or S?) with a DLF(S) or TM(S) in the striker position. Center Mids are a DLP(D) and a... CM(S) or BBM(S). Center Defen

Glad to see my content is providing amusement years down the road. lol

Yeah, I've not played a lot of 19 simply because it's seemed broken. So I'm trying to transition a 4-4-2 that worked well in FM18 into a 4-4-1-1 that utilizes the AM to function in FM19.

My mistake - I was just posting that as a template for the formation. This is more like what I'm going to utilize - I'm just trying to figure out how to get the AM involved rather than played-around.

LMFAO I'm sorry - I meant DLP(S) not DLF - typo on my part.  I picked up Joao Felix, Chiesa and de Ligt (my DoF went and got Aaron Ramsay). So I'd be playing Chiesa as the W(S) on the right, Martial as the IW(A), Felix as the AM(T) and Rashford as the DLF(S). Currently looking at Pogba as a BBM(S) on the right and either Fred/Ramsay as DLP(D) on the left. I'd also gone with Vertical Tiki-taka. Lemme get a screenshot for ya.

I want to play a 4-4-1-1. I'm playing as Manchester United. Here's what I want to accomplish: 1. I'm going to have Martial as an IW(A) on the left and someone else as a W(S) on the right. The guy on the right is going to play in crosses while Martial is going to attack the defense and look for passes/score. I want my Striker (probably Rashford as an AF(A)) and Attacking Midfielder to be available for passes and scoring. 2. I'm using Pogba as either a DLF(S) or AP(S) (whichever will work best). I want the Striker and Attacking Midfielder to find spaces for scoring as well

Just finished a match against Atletico Madrid in the Champion's League. I just can't shake the feeling something is off in the ME.

I'm really beginning to wonder if I've run into an exploit or something of the ME. I mean, holy crap. I've been dominating every single match - and this one we scored 4 goals in the first half. I did change the IWs to a Support role and they were much more inclined to pass around the box than take shots. Next match I'm going to also include the Work Ball Into Box TI and see what that does.

So... I didn't make any changes and played against Leicester next. I really think something with the ME isn't quite... right. Pogba nailed two FKs from almost the same spot from just outside the box. Herrera "Scholes'd" a volley from outside the box. 31 shots?!? 12 on target. See the second screenshot. I'm also noticing that this tactic appears to be very... individualistic, despite what it's supposed to be. lol For instance, once people get around the box, they don't look for any more passes and tee off. It's like they're afraid to go into the box. I think I'm going to t

Wow! This one just goes to show how different games can really be! Came up against Fulham this week at Home. Looked at their formation and immediately saw they were packing the box - 3 CD, 2 WB, 1 DM and 3 CMs with one lonely striker. Before the match, my Assistant Coach suggested a few tweaks to the formation, such as playing more aggressively (Attack vs Balanced) and higher lines of engagement and defensive lines. The result? A 3-0 thumping. Darder with 2 goals, both from outside the box and Tahith Chong with his first professional goal (also from outside the box). As you