[FM23: The Art of Possession Football]

1 hour ago, Cleon said:

It's a by product of your shape too. In mine he has central and wide player to interact with and pass too. In a 4-2-3-1 the dynamic is a little different usally because of how the CM's line up and the fullback will likely go deeper initially than compared to my set up. But there are things you can do. You could ask him not to take risks, as this will encourage him to be less risky than needed with his passing. especially for long/direct balls. Or you could give him a support role and ask him to cross less, if that's the main aim. He'll just start his run later/deeper than usual.

Thanks for the reply! I'll ask him to take less risks for a few games and see if there's a noticeable difference as I wasn't sure how much of his game that setting would impact. I'm enjoying the width & marauding runs but just not the end product, like everything though it's a balancing act between being overly safe & creating dangerous situations.

[FM23: The Art of Possession Football]

Quick question regarding the full back on Attack duty and crossing in a possession based system. How do you curtail them from constantly trying to cross the ball instead of recycling possession.

I'm using a possession heavy 4-2-3-1 with a FB (A) with the stay wider PI partnered with a IW (S) on my left flank, I'm finding the space opening up as planned for the full back but the player runs down the line and tries to get a fairly aimless cross away which seems a bit counter intuitive to the style.

Is there a way to tone this down whilst maintaining the same width & forward running?

[[Question for ManUnited fans] Why has FM's Bruno Fernandes only 10 in Decisions and does one notice it?]

Seems about right. If he tries something that doesn't come off the next time receives the ball he'll try something 10x harder to try and atone for it  I think Ten Hag has alluded to this trait as well.

[[FM23] Rise Like A Mackerel - The Swedish Supremacy]

August Wangberg is one hell of a name 😂 Good luck!

[[FM20] Voltaço]

This is a such a fantastic save, I imagine it will be hugely satisfying to see Joao Fernando cement his place in Brazilian league folklore when he finally gets that record!

[Anyone playing old FM's?]

FM07... Sherman Cardenas was the guy to get in that game if I'm remembering correctly. Anyway, I'm still rolling on with a Borussia Dortmund save from FM13.

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

I have a couple of questions regarding positional retraining for players. When you train a player to play a different position and after so long they become 'natural' in that position, do you have to continue training them in that position to keep it as natural? Also will retraining a player to play in a different position eat into any of their potential ability in the long run? Any advice on this as is much appreciated it's been bugging me for a while!