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I understand that but why would a formation with amc instead of dmc be safer? Does not make sense for me.

Thanks for all the discussion. So now I am considering using a single dm as regista and with a mezzala and maybe a cm (d). I have been berated for only having a Regista in the dm slot in the past but why would a normal cm double pivot with an am be safer? I mean the am role is replaced with a dm role when I have a regista? Shouldnt that actually be safer?

@CARRERA thanks for the advice. @Cloud9 here is tactic and player as requested.

What would the best complimentary roles be for a Roaming playmaker in the cm slot? I have been trying out the role with a halfback and mezzala (S) but the roaming playmaker just doesnt seem to get into the game at all? Not a lot of passes, key passes or any impact. My first though is because of the roaming instruction on both the roaming playmaker and the mezzala?

Thank you for your reply. Some good insights. For example if I had a AML Winger (S), a CML Advanced Playmaker (A) and a Halfback (D) I guess I should looking at either a CWB or a Fullback on Support? Or would a IWB make more sense? Or which fullback role would give me the best interactions combined with those others?

I was wondering if someone can provide an explanation of the role interaction between a normal winger and a fullback, wingback and inverted wingback? what defense role is likely to get the best out of a normal winger? For instance would a wingback still overlap with a winger and would that take away some of the wingers space forcing him to move inside?

I just wanted to give a final update. I have changed to the tactic below and ended up doing the premier league & champions league double. So it all worked out in the end after 13 glorious seasons with Sunderland! I rotated two strikers during the season and both chipped in with over 20 goals and my AM (A) had a complete stormer of a season with an average rating of 7.7 and also over 20 goals and 19 assists. Players I used in SS slot also scored frequently. Regista performed very well with loads of key passes and combined the two players I used had close to 20 assists.

Thanks for the feedback. You make some excellent points. What other team instructions would you consider here? Overlap left or right? Be more expressive? Dribble less? Also what do you expect from the experimentations with the width? I have tried it before without any good results.

Hi Everyone, So an update on my current journey. Things have gone well at times and then not so well. I have managed to get up to 63 points in the prem on a couple of occasions and even managed to win the Europa League, however my current season has been a true disaster. I have continue using the regista role and I had a tactical setup that really worked well for while, but now I need to change things up a bit since I am just above the relegation zone and would probably have been fired already if I had not built up some good will. My current iteration some to not be creative enough and I am struggling to create enough chances. Here is the tactic. I would appreciate any comments or advice. Only player instructions is for the BBM who has get forward, move into channels and take more risks. The idea being having him more as a attacking link, but still keeping some of his BBM behaviors Also both the wingback and fullback have stay wider.

To be quite honest looking at your team I think with any half decent tactic they should blow other teams out the water. So not sure how this tactic will translate in a more realistic scenario? Has anybody else tested it?

How would you setup the flanks? Would you keep the IWB and I guess I would have a winger on support on that side as well. Then on the left a Inside Forward or a Inverted winger on (a) ? With a wingback on support? Or rather a fullback?

What midfield setup would you suggest? I have a really great defensive midfielder (great mentals - workrate, teamwork and 18 tackling) that played the carrilero role in that tactic that I have tried as a ball winning midfielder (d) in the cm strata which also didnt work. I thought that the Inverted Wingback would do some of the covering for the regista? What does the IWB do on (d)? Anyway how would you setup the midfield and back 4 with the regista in mind?

Thanks for the responses. Really appreciate it. I have been experimenting a bit and at the moment I am getting absolutely pumped!! I have been playing fm for a couple of years but never have I had it this bad. At the start of my save I started with the following tactic: It worked really well the only role I changed a lot was the striker. Sometime changed to target man, complete forward or deep lying forward as above. Was playing some really good, beautiful football. Then the slump came and teams started playing more defensive against me and I have just not been able to recover. By the way I have improved to team with signings and young players have developed etc. But my results have still not recovered. Then I started the new season with some optimism and a new tactic that I wanted to implement. This tactic: To say things are a nightmare is a understatement. I have tried changing the false 9 to a complete foward (s), changing the Ramdeuter to a inverted winger (a), changing the car to a ball winning midfielder (s) & (d), left wingback to a fulback on (s) and nothing seem to work. I am fully committed to make the regista work everything else I am willing to change. I have a decent player for the regista role and a young player that is not too bad either. They played the role great before. @Cloud9 I read your comment about the Ramdeuter and I guess that is the first change to make what combination of roles would you suggest for the left flank? Any other advice would be much appreciated.

I was wondering if someone has ever played a regista and a false 9 in the same team? Can it work? If so what would the setup look like? I guess you would throw a ramdeuter or inside forward in the mix? Then related to this question I was wondering what is the best way to get the most out of a regista? There doesn’t seem to be too many people that have cracked the role in a good way by creating a team that plays primarily throught the regista. Like what would the ideal formation and roles around the regista look like to get the most out of the role?

Thank you for the reply. Super interesting read. You are quite the FM resource the community is lucky to have you.

Hi @crusadertsar, I came accross this tactic of yours on the byline and was wondering if you have some more details on it and how it would play. There was no screenshot besides the one with just the formation. Would be interested to know what the in possession, in transition and out of possession instructions are. Then I was also wondering what the general view is of playing a Target Forward in a possession based system? I guess it is counterintuitive but I have been having some good results. Lastly would a SS be a good pairing with a Target Forward? BR, Bird