[Johan Cruyff's 3-4-3 Diamond (Very Fluid)]

And, no. I can't say I recognise either of those names?

I cant recommend reading about LaVolpiana and Ricardo La Volpe enough. He is the smoking, moutaschioed Mexican bloke, you'd have seen some of his teams/tactics. If you like a back-3 and their passing options whats few articles are out there will be right up your street.

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

having the AM's move to CM will help with short passing triangles for sure. Have a play with the DM roles.

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

without reading much of the thread you linked, surely the use of the HalfBack means that when playing out of defence the HB's drop between the CD & FB's and just makes a back 5? This would prevent any deep triangles being formed?

You could try looking at this as a start? Maybe trying basic DM'sto get the SHAPE you want in deep possession, the draw back of this would be less protection for the CB. There's a reason this tactic was left behind in the 1940s!

PS - a normal back 3 with 3 x CBs will give the same in possession spread as a FB-CB-FB trio - just with less forward penetration. Stronger defensively.

[Johan Cruyff's 3-4-3 Diamond (Very Fluid)]

No. Tight marking happened as I noticed that the high-press was rarely directly winning possession - i.e. tackling the defender - instead it was forcing the defender into a speculative long pass where we could then win the ball easily. The tight marking is about making that long pass as easy as possible to intercept.

This was one of the more effective 'tweaks' - I noticed our efficiency off-the-ball increase notably which spurred an increase in possession, chances, goals and ultimately winning matches.

THIS. This, I believe, is a key way to play/be successful in this iteration of FM.

[Arrigo Sacchi's 4-4-2 (Very Fluid)]

More Brilliance. Kudos.

[Johan Cruyff's 3-4-3 Diamond (Very Fluid)]

Ozil... in the Spilverlagerung article on the 92 game v Sampdoria it mentions the False 9 movement of Laudrup - with Stoichkov moving like an Inside Forward and Juan Carlos moving to the flank. Do you have any thoughts on re-creating this movement in FM? The way I see it it's impossible but interested to hear your views on it.

I have something similar to this running, but I've also used the same base as this and re-hashed the roles and have something similar to the way Turkey played in the 2002 World Cup - fantastic football.

I really hope that for FM17 we have an Attacking Centre Back role - as has been mentioned elsewhere on this thread, the 3 at back is too inflexible when against a lone striker or on attack - would be nice to have one step up into midfield a-la Alaba. You're right though, the passing options from the back 3 when looking to dominate possession are superb.

Have you read any articles on Ricardo La Volpe and Salida Lavolpiana?

Between your tactic in the OP and La Volpe, this is how I like to play (out of defence).

[Johan Cruyff's 3-4-3 Diamond (Very Fluid)]

Amazing Work