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

This thread is like a holy bible to me, shout to @Ö-zil to the Arsenal! for creating it and inspiring me out of my little FM18 rut I had after running a couple of good saves before Xmas. Currently just starting the 2nd season with Ajax having won the Eredivisie and Dutch Cup first year, using a 3-5-1-1 almost identical in style to the original post. 

Still struggling to find a way to consistently counter 4-2-3-1s/4-3-3s against top teams in Europe/PSV & Feyenoord though, latest I have come up with which won the Dutch Super Cup against PSV is the below. Almost in the shape of a conte 3-4-3 but retaining the fluid, high press, and in attack Van De Beek pushes forward to almost become the CAM he usually is, Blind steps out of the back 3 when facing 1 lone striker to almost become the usual central DLP, and the IWBs play as supporting CMs when in possession, but allow crucial extra numbers out wide when defending, and this lets the inside forwards press higher without us getting exposed. As yet, it’s a bit untested long term, and I’m possibly thinking of moving the IWBs back inside as carriellos, but I’d love to hear of anyone who’s managed to adapt the system with success and not lose the core principles of the diamonds, high press, width and style of Cruyff from the original tactic!

[FMT Wishlist Thread]

I'd love to see a Notes feature added to players. Haven't noticed the importance as much coming up the leagues but now my Sheff UTD team is in the premier League, already very difficult for us, I'd love to see notes available for players so that I can mark that a certain player is injury prone, so that i can rest him midweek in the League cup so that he's fit for Manchester UTD away for example. Or that my LB doesn't like playing in big games, therefore i can use someone who will be better mentally suited to that fixture, without having to click into every individual player every time. Its very hard to keep track of these small traits/personaility differences in a squad of 20-25 players!