[Dortmond Tactical Challenge!]

8 minutes ago, wazzaflow10 said:

Thanks. I suppose there's a time when even a game you played as a child passes you by.

It's taken me a month playing about with the instructions to find a style that I like, I basically wanted a balanced mentality with standard pressing that has fast transitions and built from there.

As you can see I use the same instructions for both my tactics, normally keep those and then tweak the roles and PI's in any formation till I get the football I want. It's only when I get an idea from reading or real life that I might try something else, which is often a very painful learning curve and done with a Journeyman game as then it doesn't matter if I get sacked. 

I can attest to the fact that it's lots , I mean lots, of trial and error before I get anything playing to what I want, Stick with it, either focus on a tactic or a style of play and be prepared to lose and you will get there.

 

 

[Dortmond Tactical Challenge!]

36 minutes ago, wazzaflow10 said:

A screenshot would do. 

 

I wasn't having too many issue in central areas in my games it was the two wingers making fools out of Meunier and Guerreiro constantly. Meanwhile Sancho and Reus were picking daises every time they got on the ball. 

I tried pressing but kept getting countered. I tried a lower block and couldn't win the ball back. I tried to control possession and work openings but my players kept giving the ball away. I tried more direct passing but that just led to more hoofball. And when I put Haaland to be a more traditional CF he was completely isolated and made no attempts to retrieve the ball or get in the box. 

I haven't enjoyed the game since the latest ME update. I liked the Beta and the release version where I had much more success playing different styles. For whatever reason this version just annoys me as players don't seem to be doing what I ask.

 

I played and saved them this time using my 442, I actually did this twice as I made a mistake and had roam position on my CM until half time.

Only other change I made was make the DLF to a CF, I don't normally play teams with such good players.

The attached save file link is for the 6-1 game.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jah5awdf7v4s7ud/Borussia_Dortmund_-_Main.fmt/file

Hopefully the link works properly.

[Dortmond Tactical Challenge!]

8 minutes ago, wazzaflow10 said:

do you have any pkms or did you delete the saves? Just curious to watch the movement. 

Unfortunately I didn't save them after the matches, so don't have the files to share.

Looking at ACKCHYUALLYSOCCERCOACH's formation I'd say, based on what I saw of Brentford in the highlights in my games, is that having 2 players in the DM strata might be better to limit their space in the central areas.

Can try and play them again later if I get time.

[Dortmond Tactical Challenge!]

Played them twice with different formations.

The 3-2 win was using the 442 in the screenshot and the 5-4 game was using the 4231.

I could have made things probably easier on myself if I'd checked what Brentford's formation was, made subs or actually paid attention to the game.

I will say though that Brentford were pretty slick out there and it certainly wasn't an easy game.

[dafuge's FM19 challenge]

Lewes FC - 2019/2020 Season

 

Competitions:

To say this season went better than I could have expected was an understatement, recording only one lose in the league all season it was one to remember. I was expected to be battling relegation but with a squad overhaul and a decent tactic I was able to win the League without to much hassle.

The FA Cup went well and managed to reach the First round but AFC Wimbledon were just to strong in the end and beat me 3-0 away from home. The FA Trophy though was a better hunting ground as I went on to lift the cup. The 2nd round against Crewe where it took two legs and penalties to decide was a crucial game, then a home first leg 2-1 defeat to Sutton Utd seemed to indicate my run would go no further was overturned with a 5-3 victory in the away tie. The final was more straight forward and I claimed the League and cup double.

Transfers:

In total 17 were added to the squad, 13 in the Summer and then another 4 around Christmas. The 4 included a Keeper and three defenders to bolster my back line, all 4 are now starters, All in all the transfers helped build a good squad for rotation but I only expect to take maybe 8 of these signings into the National  League next season.

Finances:

Finances were not looking so hot in the middle of the season and the hope of some nice FA Cup monies and a dream 3rd round tie disappeared quickly. I was making plans for next season in December at how much to reduce the wage budget to use next season as a platform for financial stability. That subsequently changed with a the FA Trophy run and I now find myself in a more stable 160k balance, next season is looking better already.

Youth Intake:

Only 1 youth player got signed this season and that was Chris Bull with a 5 start potential, with 2 goals in 7 games I'm very excited about his potential next season

Key Players:

Sam Warde - Key midfielder with 11 goals and 5 assists in the league this season meant he was my best player this season. He subsequently won both young player and player of the season at the club.

Dan Darbyshire - Main striker for the entire season and ended with 14 goals, despite that I was never entirely convinced by him and will probably find himself a bit part player in the future.

Nick Cotton - Had a very good season out on the left wing picking up some of the scoring responsibility. Suffered a major broken ankle injury in the last month of the season and will be out till Christmas. I will decide on renewing his contract after I evaluate potential replacements.

Ryan Suckling - Was a November recruit to add more depth to my defence, turned into my main centre back almost straight away and will be aiming to keep for the coming season.

Career Overview:

Season       League           Position      FA Cup           FA Trophy           Achievements/Notes               
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2019/20      Vanarama South     1st         1st Round        Winner              League & Cup double

 

[dafuge's FM19 challenge]

After losing my Met Police game since I coudn't get my save across to my main PC I've decided to start again.

 

The team will be Lewes.

 

[dafuge's FM19 challenge]

Well after deciding on Rushall, I then realised my 400+ tries were pointless as I'd not added the North/South leagues to my game

After a short cry I started again and decided I'll choose from what ever teams I get from one hour of trying. With only a few minutes remaining of my hour I was pretty much set on going Lancaster or Folkestone, then this happened...

It seems like it was destiny for me to forget the North/South first time around... still shame about the two 'Casuals'

[dafuge's FM19 challenge]

I've decided to give the challenge a go this year, normally I do a North/South game every season and this seems like a logical extention of that.

Only problem is I wanted Met Police or one of the two wonderfully named 'Casuals' as my team. Sadly this is proving almost impossible, I'm at 400 odd tries at this stage

So I need to decide between one of the teams I have been able to get so far, the choices are.

• Weymouth
• Basford
• Lewes
• Enfield
• Rushall
• Poole
• Leatherhead
• Nantwich
• Folkestone
• Tonbridge
• Whitby
• Lancaster
• Marine
• Frome

Need to some research it seems to find the one for me