Al Bundy

I came here just to post this! What a coincidence! I've been using "less dribling" to great effect! Maybe start only with that, pass into space can be overkill, not much space especially if you're favorite!

Your tactical approach has been my favorite approach this year. Switched from Klopp to Simeone because of this thread. Outstanding work.

Determination is not as important as you think it is. Good AI depends on all leagues loaded I'd say. You need to make a good footballing world to have a good competition.

Tall players and best headers: lurk near, attack near post, strong player guards GK, two forwards attack far and stand at far post. One midfielder lurks outside, more aggressive one attacks from deep. 2 players stay back, usually fullbacks. Corner is aimed at near post.

"Extended" for years.

I don't agree about Zealand, he is funny and puts a lot of useful information. Especially for beginners.

Very underated thread. Great work!

No worries, glad to help.

Yeah basically once you've found talent it doesn't matter who's next scout to check him, he has information (videos etc). Usually I will have my 18+/18+ scout give me a "week report" once other scout get me to 100% knowledge in order to double check.

No, try to scout for only a week and you'll see. Player knowledge is like a report card, nation knowledge is how precisely can he make report cards in that nation. What I'm saying, it's not dependant once you have that report card. Imagine having youtube videos, spreadsheets or whatever pro scouts are using.

Yeah I know what you mean, but scouts "take over" knowledge so they won't start from scratch, even the worst scout will miss by a half a star, it's not like they fail completely. Also they don't travel around and stop scouting your region, I guess if they're far away they watch videos or something. At least that's how I observed it.

You didn't. They're assigned randomly to scouting pool.

LOE defines your block. And to have balanced compactness put DL one notch higher so low LOE + standard DL for example. Of course, you can play in the range but those are basic "rules" IMO.

Hi. What would be the most effective way to recognize when AI is starting to press and play with high defensive line? I'm unable to recognize it everytime, usually if I'm leading I would go with more counter attacking tactic for last half an hour but sometimes AI just doesn't "chase" as you would think. Do you have any tips or clear signs that they're going with high defensive line? I'm watching with extended highlights and as I said it's not always clear. Thanks

Match engine change is save game compatible.