Aesorian

The suggestions I'd try are: * Change Gallagher to AM(S) with either Roam From Position or Moves into Channels (Maybe even both) as you've got 4 players with Get Futher Forward hardcoded into them so your entire forward line turns and attacks the box as soon as you win the ball back meaning your transition could be shut down, you could also try Mudryk as a WNG(S) or switching to a Forward who can drop deeper and Support (CF(S) Could be a good Option) * Speaking of Mudryk, he's a Right Footer (Only Reasonable on his left) with the Cuts Inside from Both Wings trait so he might not be giving you enough Width, so it might be worth trying Chilwell on WB(S) or swap him out for Nkuku or Madueke who have better left feet and don't cut inside * Change Caicedo to a DM(D) Still does everything that you want from a Anchor, but is more willing to get involved in the build-up * Change Gusto to a FB(A) as CWB(A) have Roam from Position Hardcoded in, FB(A) will still get forward agressivley and more importantly stay wider while not leaving you exposed on the right (Could also do a WB(A) - I've just had more experience with a FB(A)) * Remove Play Out of Defence and replace it with Distribute to Centerbacks * Either remove Work Ball Into Box or try adding Be More Expressive/Lowering your Tempo - Work Ball into Box slows attacks down so either allowing your forwards to ignore the instruction and be more expressive or lowering the Tempo a little so that theres no change could help

Just finished my first season down at Villa Park and overacheived slightly I won the league with 2 games to spare (Beating Man Utd who were second to win the league, then going to Man City the next game as new champions was incredible) and won the Conference league (although as my wage bill was double the next highest I really should have been expected to) These are the two formations I played the most - although I did flip the 4-4-1-1 from time to time Some of the league stats really show how much we overachieved: Won 28 with a +42 GD, but my xG per game (1.6) and my xG against (1.03) were only the 6th best in the league; with the actual numbers scored (2pg) and conceeded (0.89pg) were the 2nd and 4th best respectivly. I absolutley bombed out of the 2 domestic cups though, which annoyed a few people

I just finished my first season with Villa and I'm pretty happy with how it went. I mostly played a slightly tweaked version of JoshDalys 4-2-3-1 for most of the season, but did experiment with a 4-4-2 and a 4-3-3 as well Competitions: Premier League: 3rd Place With 71 Points +31 GD FA Cup: 5th Round (Penalty Loss to Wolves) Carabao Cup: Semi-Final (4-2 Loss to Leeds over 2 Legs) Transfers In: Joâo Pedro (AMLRC, ST) - Watford £32m Victor Kristianen (DL) - FC Kobenhavn £8m Andreas Schjelderup (AMLC, ST) - FC Nordsjaelland £5.5m (£9m) Dion Drena Beljo (ST) - Osijek £3.2m (£3.5m) Wilfred Singo (DR) - Torino £21m {Jan} Santiago Hezze (DM) - Hurracan FREE Robert Renan (DC) - Corinthians £8m Adam Hlozek (AML, ST) - Bayer 04 £11.5m Tobias Gulliksen (AMLC) - Stromsgodset £4m Japhet Tangana (DCR) - Spurs LOAN Out: Marvelous Nakamaba (DM) - Brighton £14.25m Frederic Guilbert (DRL) - Brighton £4.6m Cameron Archer (ST) - QPR LOAN Kerr Smith (DC) - Charlton LOAN {Jan} Calum Chambers (DCR) - Ajax £12.5m Danny Ings (ST) - Spurs £15m Leander Dendonker (DM) - Leicester £17m Ashley Young (Everywhere) - Girona £300k Lucas Digne (LB) - Juventus £29m Leon Bailey (AMLR) - Spurs Loan (£20m Future Fee) Pretty much all the jan transfers out came from players who were unhappy with me; Ings, Chambers, Young and Donk were unhappy with their game time while Bailey got annoyed when I didn't want to give him a new contract a year into his current one. Digne left because I got offere £30m for him. That Meant even after the transfers in I finishined the season with almost £40m in the transfer Warchest (Bumped upto £50m by the board) and £400k p/w to play around with in wages Squad: Advice for anyone who picks up Villa is see if you can get Micheal Edwards as your DoF and go raid Birmingham City for a couple of their Physio's as they have a couple of really good ones that will instantly improve an area that you desperatly need to