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Play them as a Raum, that is the only wide role which has moves into channels, in fact it is hard coded. Raum is easier to get working in this years ME, not sure I'd want to play 2 though, The other option could be a wide AP or like you say try the PIs you mentioned but it would just be an approximation

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If your keeper is right footed he will naturally distribute to the left CB more often. Like Cloud says the only way round this is to specify which CB he is to distribute to, but even then there will be some situations where he still goes left because it is more natural for him to do so.

Both can work, but personally I would prefer to use him on the right flank as I find the shot across the keeper from the right channel inside the box is a great source of goals for a Raum. It is also less reliant on dribbling and more on off the ball movement and as a nice added bonus it can be a good source of square balls for a striker and/or on rushing midfielder or opposite flank wide player.

I would suggest having a read of the enigmatic 10 thread as it is centred around the 4-3-1-2 formation my own system is in there as well. I suspect your problem is the 2 outside CMs both being roles which positionally rotate to the AM strata with the new positional play leaving you with little defensive cover and an overloaded central area (i.e. no space). First thing I would do is swap the Mez for a support role that doesn't positionally rotate such as a CM-s, Car or BWM-s. You could consider a Mez-s instead of the BBM on that side if you want to keep a Mez in the team.

I don't think your chances of getting bigger jobs is affected by whether you apply or if you are approached. However, it can be difficult to gauge the sort of jobs you might be able to get so waiting to be approached is definitely easier and like Dan says it is usually unrealistic to start applying to better jobs until you have had at least a year probably two. It can help to pay attention to the news items after someone gets fired to see if you are listed in the contenders for the job, but mostly I use my reputation (stars) and the clubs reputation to decide if I have a vague chance. Bearing in mind its easier to get jobs in the same nation you are from/are currently managing in

You can defend in a 4-4-2 and attack in a 3-5-2 yes (at least in theory), but you can't do it depending on which side the opposition has the ball. In FM the formation you have on the tactics screen is your defensive shape and the roles and duties you select will dictate your attacking shape. So in principle to get what you want you would select a 4-4-2 as your base formation and then pick roles and duties that would approximate a 3-5-2 in attack. But what you can't do in FM is get the wingbacks to move depending on where the ball is on the pitch.

Here you are Tactic with season 2 first 11: Only PIs are get further forward and move into channels on the Vol and hold position on the BWM. The team instructions shown are the default ones I start most games with, but I will drop the trap inside option when facing other narrow formations and the defensive line to standard when facing good teams with fast but short strikers. I do a lot of rotating due to European commitments so my players are not top in the league individually for goal scoring or assists etc. though several of them do feature in the top 5 for various aspects. However, due to the quality difference in the champions league they don't get on those lists. Bearing in mind I do use 2 other narrow formations as mentioned so players won't always be in exactly the same positions, in terms of positional performance the biggest contributors to goals scored are as you would expect the best performers are the front 3 with goals spread fairly evenly between them with about 27 each in 47 matches. Assists wise the stand out is the FB-a with 23 assists in 47 matches followed by the CF-a with 16, the CWB-a with 15 and the TQ with 14, with the reg-s also contributing 10. Despite the high assists from the full backs the positional assists picture doesn't have many from the flanks from the last 50 league matches (again not all from the main formation) and the majority are not crosses. In terms of match performances the best of the season so far was an 8-1 against Spezia Other notable results were a 4-0 away win against Lazio and a run of 4 games in a row against Inter with 3 wins and a draw (freak draw to play them in the Italian cup and champions league round of 16 and the league in subsequent matches). All of those matches were very close though with fairly even XG in most of them, though the best performance was: To balance that out a bit the worst performances of the season were against Atletico Madrid and Napoli, both result in defeats. The first one (Napoli) was perhaps a tad unlucky, but we didn't create any decent chances as you can see with the low XG per shot and Napoli created one really good chance which they put away. The second was a similar story in that we created naff all, but Atletico Madrid were dominant creating several good chances and truth is we were lucky to escape with a 2-0 defeat. The stats don't really reflect quite how bad we were.

@ElJefe4also want to add my thanks for providing inspiration for a new save, this got me curious whether a 4-3-1-2 with 3 DMs could work and do well and I have to say despite playing with a mid-table Italian team (Fiorentina) rather than Inter it has been a big success, really enjoyed the football with a lot of goals scored and few conceded. The front 3 are the same as you and only small changes to the back 5, mainly due to personnel available (RCB BPD on cover and LCB on a regular CB on defend and GK SK-d). The midfield DM 3 I am using are Vol-s ---- Reg-s ----- BWM-s with hold position PI on the BWM. Depending on the opposition formation the Vol does occasionally go on an attack duty, but generally speaking this has worked very well. I do also have 2 alternative formations set for if the standard formation isn't working well, a 4-2-2-2 DM AM box formation (mostly use this against opposition box formations) and a 4-3-2-1 Christmas tree with 3 DMs and 2 AMs, but the standard formations is used in about 90% of matches. Happy to post some further details if anyone is interested, but this is mostly just to say thanks :-)

This is a slightly left field suggestion, but have you considered dropping the entire CM line to the DM strata and playing Hakan as a regista? For example, if you played him on the right of trio of Vol-s ---- HB-d ----- Reg-s then he would move centrally as the HB drops and he would orchestra things from the deep position without having too much defensive responsibility. Basically make him the new Pirlo. You could probably also do something with him as a Reg in the central position with a BWM or DM-d on the right instead of a HB.

If the ML is creative then playing both on attack with the ML as WP-a could work well, you would need a holding MCL though. I've had good success with WB-a and WP-a on the same side in a 4-4-1-1 (central mids in the DM strata though)

Nothing silly in it roles and duties wise, worth testing to see if it works at least. Two things I'd look out for though are is the AP-a close enough to the RMD to feed him the ball, the winger and wing back should create some chances for him from crosses/cutbacks but good supply from central midfield could be a problem. If it is you could try making the AP-a CM-a instead and changing the CAR to an AP-s (probably would need to drop the wing back to support as well). It might not be an issue, but worth keeping an eye on. As a side note, I'd also give the wing back a stay wider and run wide with ball instruction to ensure he gives the width you need and doesn't get in the RMD's way. On the instructions, I would be cautious about using trap inside as a default instruction, for me its more situational depending on the opposition formation, yes you have 3 players in the middle, but only 1 DM and if the opposition formation and team is strong in the middle as well you could end up in trouble. I use trap inside when facing a 4-4-2 for example, but I would use trap outside when facing a 4-4-2 narrow diamond. Though I am sure some of the more knowledgeable tactics people can tell you if this is right.

Put in too many applications for other jobs and your current club will fire you for disloyalty. I find that a couple of years at a club is the minimum if you want to move up substantially, you can even get approached without an application, by a notably bigger club if you do well enough. You also don't want to apply to more than one job at a time, the clubs you apply for don't like that, you have to pick the one you most want/think you have the highest chance of getting (no use applying to Everton and AC Milan at the same time, either your rep is high enough AC Milan is viable in which case Everton isn't likely to be a major step up, or it isn't and you just make yourself look desperate. This his my experience anyway. I definitely wouldn't say these are rules though, I am sure other people have other ways of doing it, but this works for me.

Personally I've never been a massive fan of an AF as a lone striker in a 4-3-3 wide, he tends to get isolated and you do not have sufficient support from central midfield getting close to him and neither of your flank roles will provide that support either. Even though I am not a fan there are plenty of combinations that you can use if you are wedded to the AF that will get closer and provide more opportunities for him, but it does depend on the players you have available to you and the type of football you want to play. For example you could play an AP-s on the left flank, swap the LCM to a CAR or CM-s and the RCM to a CM-a. This would overload the right flank with scorers, get more players closer to the AF from both central and wide positions (including an additional player aggressively attacking the box). Essentially the plan would be to create on the left flank and left channel for the striker and the players on the right flank and right channel to score. Your attacking LB, LCM and wide AP being your primary creators with the CM-a and winger likely chipping in with some assists too. Your AF would be your primary goal scorer, with the CM-a and winger also getting good numbers. Your DM and right back will provide good defensive cover and ball recycling options. If your striker suits it you could change his role to a more scorer/creator hybrid such as a DLF-a or CF-s/a, that that wouldn't change your lack of support from central midfield so even then you would need to switch up some other roles. The 4-3-3 wide is a relatively bottom heavy formation so you can afford to be a bit more adventurous with roles and duties in the midfield, but the combo needs to work well with the flanks. Hope this helps

Probably play him as a Treq or AM-A