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Irritating that you still can't set full backs/wing backs on attack duty without them being hard coded to cross from byline and cross more often. Not realistic (Jordi Alba for example) and not fun
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Is there any way to get wingers to play narrow? Particularly early on in the build up play they seem to stay wider than the opposition full back, regardless of role, team width etc. Ideally I'd like them to just stay in the half space between full back and centre back
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2 hours ago, felley said:
Any more details about your set-up you can give us? It could be due to marking/closing down instructions...
I've tried just about every set of TIs and PIs you can think of, the result is the same. I'm sure you'd have the same results as me if you went into your save, switched your tactics to a 442 with the wide players on attack then went into a game
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8 minutes ago, johnnyyakuza78 said:
I think lower mentalities like defend and counter tend to defend a little more narrowly.. but also deeper down the field. But if you had a counter mentality , a structured shape, and attacking wingers then they should get forward plenty as well.
I'm not sure that is quite what you are looking for but I'd need more detail as to exactly how you want to defend.I've tried playing on defensive but it didn't seem to make any difference. No matter what they sit wider than my full backs and leave the midfield two exposed. I've attached some examples below
There's nothing particularly complicated about the way I want to defend, just want to use a compact and narrow shape and its frustrating that it seems impossible to change defensive width
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1 minute ago, HUNT3R said:
My Wide Midfielders defend narrow.
Do you play them on attack?
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Is there any way to have a 442 with the wide players on attack without ending up with this horrible defensive shape? I'd like my wide players to tuck in into midfield when we don't have the ball but push forward aggressively when we do, hence why I want to use an attack mentality
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Also is there any way to get strikers to defend properly? I play with 2 strikers currently and it's a bit weird seeing them just stand next to the opposition centre backs rather than dropping deep like they tend to in real life
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How can I get wingers on attack duty to defend narrowly? I don't understand why they seem to have to sit wider than players on support duty
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How do I get wingers and lm/rms to stay wide as the build up progresses up the pitch? It seems like the only way to get real width (where the wide players stay more than a little wider than the opposition full backs) is impossible without using full backs or wings backs yourself. I'd very much like to use IWBs in my tactic but things just become too congested and narrow.
I don't have access to my laptop at the minute so I can't show examples of my own but it's more or less demonstrated by this screenshot from an Ozil post here a couple years ago. The wide players aren't incredibly narrow but I'd really like them to be 5-10 yards nearer the touch line to drag the opposition full backs wider and open up space in the channels. Is this possible?
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On 11/01/2018 at 19:28, 91427 said:
Is there any way in fm to replicate David Villa's positioning in this goal?
Basically how he stays almost on the touch line until an opportunity presents itself. Have been trying to emulate Barcelona under Guardiola this year but finding it very difficult to get this part right. It seems impossible to make wingers go as wide as that and they also seem to come inside much sooner in the build up than I'd like them to.
I'm also finding dribbling very underpowered, even with exceptional dribblers like Iniesta and Messi. Like for example in my last game Messi picked up the ball and ran about 15 yards just straight into an opponent who then tackled him. In general they barely ever seem to be able to beat their man. Is there any tactical solution to this or do I just have to accept that fm can't replicate their dribbling properly?
Anyone?
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Is there any way in fm to replicate David Villa's positioning in this goal?
Basically how he stays almost on the touch line until an opportunity presents itself. Have been trying to emulate Barcelona under Guardiola this year but finding it very difficult to get this part right. It seems impossible to make wingers go as wide as that and they also seem to come inside much sooner in the build up than I'd like them to.
I'm also finding dribbling very underpowered, even with exceptional dribblers like Iniesta and Messi. Like for example in my last game Messi picked up the ball and ran about 15 yards just straight into an opponent who then tackled him. In general they barely ever seem to be able to beat their man. Is there any tactical solution to this or do I just have to accept that fm can't replicate their dribbling properly?
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Is 3 strikers any less absurdly OP in the new patch?
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What's the reason for 3 striker systems being so ridiculously strong this year?
I'm a very average fm player tactics wise and I spent maybe 5 minutes creating mine and have done no proper analysis or tinkering of it yet its still getting me far, far better results than I should be able to get. Obviously I expected to score quite a few goals but it seems ridiculously solid defensively as well which considering there's 3 players who do literally no defending doesn't make much sense to me.
The first save I did with it was with Man United who are obviously a very strong team but probably not strong enough to win the PL with 102 points (about 30 points ahead of 2nd place), concede easily less than a goal a game and finish with a GD of about +90, which is what ended up happening. Having a similar experience so far in my Torino save in terms of performing far beyond what you'd expect, currently top of Serie A in January.
Should stress again that I'm not particularly good at this game and don't adapt my tactics at all to the situation bar going defensive late on to hold onto a lead therefore I really don't think I should be able to get such good results, particularly considering I don't know of any team that plays with 3 up front the way fm represents it
Does the AI just not adapt to the tactic properly?
Are there marking issues in the ME?
Is exploiting the channels just OP?
I know there are quite a few people with a very deep knowledge of the ME on this forum so I'd be interesting to hear your thoughts
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Do the manager stats working with youngsters and adaptability increase over time?
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Do all manager attributes grow in FM18? I've heard before that working with youngsters and adaptability remain the same no matter what
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I know it's not the only thing that's **** about 2D this year but you can get rid of the ridiculously irritating flashing ads by going to preferences > more match settings then setting render quality to medium or lower
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Just now, dafuge said:
If you move Messi to the middle or the right, does the red square move with him?
If so, it's probably just because he isn't as well suited to the role as the other two. How does his shadow striker rating compare to the other two?
Looked at it a bit more, the red square stays no matter who plays where. Think it's cause when I was moving about the players to create a new formation the left AM defaulted to an AM(S). It then didn't update when I changed roles. Would file a bug report but have to head out now unfortunately
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1 minute ago, dafuge said:
Is the player on the left less proficient at playing in that role?
It was Lionel Messi so I don't think so
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Don't have a screenshot at the minute but I started using the classic strikerless narrow 4330 and despite all 3 of the AMs being played as shadow strikers the square above the left one was red while the other two were green. Is this a known issue?
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Just now, RTHerringbone said:
What aren't they doing "properly"? What do you expect from them?
They don't seem to get forward enough for me. They sort of play like an AM or AP in terms of positioning. Was just wondering if anyone else had a similar issue
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Are shadow strikers working properly for anyone else?
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Asked yesterday but didn't get any answer. Is there any way to remove the flashing ads from 2d? Seeing them all flashing and drastically change colour simultaneously is incredibly distracting. Also, what's up with the ball in 2d? Seems to spin constantly for no reason
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Just now, Defensive said:
Anyone noticed if the "wide midfielders defending too wide" problem is solved?
Other early thoughts of the match engine?
Seems to be. There's still no way to change defensive width either for the whole team or individually but the natural setting is nowhere near as bad as last year.
Match engine seems to be very similar to last year apart from that although I'm noticing shadow strikers seem to have unusual positioning
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Looks like sweeper keepers still don't function properly. Have Ter Stegen on SK(A) and he seems to never leave his six yard box even to deal with balls over the top
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Football Manager 2019 Pre Release Beta *Official* Feedback Thread
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Feels a bit weird how cheap a lot of players are. You can sign Varane for ~£65m and De Ligt for ~£30m. No chance of getting either for that price irl