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My questions based on your tactical set-up:
Do your center-backs have the quickness, positioning, anticipation, and concentration to play a high line?
What is the gap like between your DMs and your AP? Are they able to get the ball to him without giving away possession? Does your AP have options when he is on the ball? Does he have the vision, composure, and decisions to pick out the right options and not give the ball away?
If you are not able to distribute and keep hold of the ball, this could lead to dangerous counter attacks, which will be especially successful against your high defensive line.
You're also doing a lot of pressing. Does your team have the work rate and stamina to pull this off and maintain it over 90 minutes? And when you are conceding, is it because your team is out of position due to constant pressing?
You need to look at the goals you are conceding and look at what is actually unfolding on the pitch. How the opposition chance began. Where your players were and why they were there, etc.
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Great success so far. When will you be looking to move to a Top 5 league?
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After years of struggling to make a successful 4-4-2 tactic in FM I finally seem to have cracked the code in FM18 with Bournemouth, as I managed to win the league in my first season in charge (on just 81 points, but to be fair I had a very good record against top sides). Quite pleased to have Moussa Dembele, my 18m signing from Celtic, win the golden boot with 29 goals and chip in 15 assists as well. 35 year old Jermain Defoe also managed 25 goals and 10 assists. Ibe was perhaps my best player, starting on the left wing, where he nabbed 17 goals and 14 assists, and playing the key balls for many more. He struggled a bit in January when he was unsettled by City but thankfully they never came in for a bid and he was able to move on quickly enough.
Wilson missed the first couple of months and struggled for fitness in general but still managed 16 goals and 7 assists. Ryan Fraser was our fan favorite, with 18 assists and a goal to his name. 
We had the best offense in the league as well with 84 goals overall. Our defense was 7th best with 42 conceded, with 1/3 of those coming from frustrating corners. Areas to improve upon, but overall I'm ecstatic.
League finish: 1st
League Cup: Semi-finals, lost to Chelsea
FA Cup: Semi-finals, lost to Man United
Award Winners: Jordan Ibe (Player of the Year, Players' Player of the Year, Players' Young Player of the Year), Harry Arter (Goal of the Season, a screamer from outside the box off a corner), Moussa Dembele (Top Goalscorer), and of course I won Head Coach of the Year.
Transfers In: Moussa Dembele (18m, Celtic), Isaac Hayden (22.5m, Newcastle United), Ivan Cavaleiro (12m, Wolves), Ibrahim Amadou (8m, January signing from LOSC), Rob Holding (January Loan from Arsenal).
Really fun and rewarding season.
Looking forward to strengthening the squad for what should be a challenging European campaign and League title defense.
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Perhaps you can find another way into Champions League...
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2 minutes ago, Cleon said:
It doesn't have a lot, its just another part of it that's all. As for the question, it really depends on his other hidden attributes. I personally favour resolute personality over driven but it really depends what type of player personalities you want to develop and bring through at the club.
Thanks for the lightning quick response Cleon.
I was going by Rashidi's article about determination where he rated it to a great degree. I am mainly building a professional/resolute squad though so I may just go through with the tutoring.
I don't use the editor so I have no idea about the hidden attributes.
Thanks again.
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Here's a youth development question. I missed the update that determination (the attribute,) has a lot to do with players reaching the potential so I'm still experimenting.
I have two players. Andrew Robertson, 25 who has a Resolute personality and 15 determination, and Trent Alexander-Arnolid, a Driven player with 18 Determination. Would having Roberton tutor TAA result in a positive, neutral, or negligible effect?
While this is a specific example I'm curious about the balance of positive personalities and determination as a whole in player development.
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I think squad personality is like an average of all the personalities of the team, not sure how it's weighted. I could be wrong.
In general though, according to Cleon's Ajax thread, you want players with professional personalities (including Spirited and Resolute) for the best chance of reaching their potential.
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On 8/30/2017 at 16:42, Sussex Hammer said:
Does anyone know why a player playing for years in the same role and/or position doesn't massively have a positive affect the green suitability pie chart? For example (I'm playing FMT but I suspect it's the same principle) in a rare long term save I have played Manuel Lanzini in a central midfield role as a CM A. At the start of the game his positional ability as a CM is accomplished but his role suitability as a CM A is unconvincing with the pie chart showing 6 green lights. After 6 years of playing as a CM A his positional ability as a CM is natural but his role suitability as a CM A has only risen to competent and has only risen to 7 green lights. He had been fabulous in that role but as a CM A still comes in 4th behind all three playmaker roles despite as I say playing nearly 6 years as a CM A.
It's happened with quite a few other players as well. For instance Barbosa plays as a CF for me but despite never playing there for me his full green light role is as an Inside Forward. I guess it doesn't matter as long as they are playing well and it might be something to do with the fact I leave training to the Assistant but it just gets a bit strange when your coaching staff keep piping up that Lanzini has been playing well in his "new" position etc and yet he has played there for six years?!?!?
CM is a very general role so there are a lot of attributes that are considered when the game is determining ratings which affect the pie chart. Lanzini is an attacking player so he doesn't have high positioning, marking, and tackling all of which I believe are highlighted attributes when you select CM, as well as some others, so the pie chart is never going to be high for him. It really has nothing to do with how things will work in the game. If he's meant to be attacking in your tactic then he'll be just as good at it regardless of what the pie chart says about role suitability. I ignore it completely and just focus on attributes I care about and what I want him to do in my team.
On 8/30/2017 at 22:14, Gee_Simpson said:Nah I still can't seem to achieve high possession numbers on control for some reason. Can PPM's have a big impact on possession? Maybe it's my team.
How is your team losing possession? I'd look at whether or not it's down to dribbling and look at if the roles you selected have "dribble more" on. This has been a common foil for me that I'm now learning to fix by selecting roles that are more possession-oriented rather than trying to run at the defense. Note that even with the "Dribble Less" TI individual players with the Dribble More PI will prioritize the PI over the TI.
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-Nonsense and off topic to boot-
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Every tactic I've made in 16.2 seems to be vulnerable from wide areas. Defenders are acting abnormally in the penalty box when crosses come in.I've scored a couple of wonderful goals. It just seems to be vulnerable from wide areas.0 -
So I guess crossing is just completely broken right now?
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From what I understand, an AP(A) is an AP(S) with "Dribble More" turned on. Try just going with an AP(S) if you don't want him making too many runs?Why is not possible to instruct an AP (attack duty) to dribble less ????0 -
Go to your staff page and select your assistant coach, and go to "Reports" and then "Pep Talk Feedback" and he'll tell you the team's current level of understanding.i know it takes teams a while to become familiar with new tactics.if say a team has a massive influx of new players does it take time for them to gel together or is it a case of once they are fully comfortable with the tactic that's that?
where can i find out my teams "chemistry"?
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It goes to the far post...if you have enough players breaking into the box for the cross then surely someone is over there.
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1) Yesa few question regarding d-line...1) as i understand, each mentality has its own d-line setting, for example control has a higher d-line then standard and standard higher then counter, correct?
2)this is where i am a little unsure....does the d-line shouts incrementally adjust the mentality's d-line, or is it a standard adjustments? for example, is a "drop deeper" shout while on control result in a deeper d-line then a "drop deeper" shout while on standard? or does "drop deeper" result in a pre-defined d-line of the same depth regardless of mentality?
3)if the d-line shouts incrementally adjust the mentality's d-line, what is the minimal advisable depth of d-line to play offisides? in other words, realizing that it is increasingly riskier to play offsides the deeper you play, would a standard/drop deeper combo be the lowest advisable setting in order to play offsides?
thank you for your advise.
2) Its incremental. Drop deeper on attack drops the line to the default line for control, the same for control and standard, standard and counter, and so on. Much Deeper drops it two mentalities I believe.
3) No idea. I'd experiment and find something that works for me, but your defenders will still try an offside trap even if you don't use it as an instruction, just not as frequently.
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Wilson missed the first couple of months and struggled for fitness in general but still managed 16 goals and 7 assists. Ryan Fraser was our fan favorite, with 18 assists and a goal to his name. 
We had the best offense in the league as well with 84 goals overall. Our defense was 7th best with 42 conceded, with 1/3 of those coming from frustrating corners. Areas to improve upon, but overall I'm ecstatic.
Looking forward to strengthening the squad for what should be a challenging European campaign and League title defense.
4-2-3-1 - Conceding nonstop in big away games
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Posted · Edited by CamillePunk
Then you need to address the problems individually.
Long shots: Are your players in the correct position to close down the opponent before they have their shot? Is your goalkeeper lacking in his ability to deal with shots that shouldn't be so threatening?
Set pieces: I would advise taking a look at set piece videos on Youtube or something to get good set piece routines. Personally I will stuff the 6-yard box with my tallest players, emphasis at the near and far posts (not marking the post), and I rarely concede from these. Just keep 1 attacker going forward and a couple of your smaller players forming a wall or something. Everyone else should be in the box. This is my approach with defending both corners and free kicks.
Passes in behind/crosses: Again I would look to see if you are losing the ball cheaply and your defenders aren't in a position to deal with it. Might need to pass shorter or change up a role in midfield. Otherwise it could be worth dialing back the high line and pressing a bit in these matches given the quality of your opponents.
Also important to keep morale and team cohesion as high as you can to boost positioning, teamwork, and reduce mistakes. Praise good training performances every week, schedule teamwork match prep every week, etc. Personally I also regularly schedule team bonding as a low impact exercise to boost cohesion and so that my team isn't working themselves to death every day in training. Set piece training is good for the latter as well, and it also affects the performance of your set pieces in your next match. Defensive set piece training is a good idea when going against good teams that will have a lot of set pieces against you.