[Tactical Geniuses Needed FM2018]

Hello everyone,,

I wanted to begin a career save and take a team from the National league south in England as far as I could. I've been hoping to get back into it after not playing for a while due to boredom/annoyance at the ME. Anyhow, I chose Margate so you know the quality of players at my disposal. It was obvious that there would be no tiki-taka or gegenpress happening in this save. 

 

I started of by using Highly Structured - Counter 4-4-1-1

 

                           TM/s

 

                            SS/a

 

W/a             CM/d    CM/s           W/a

 

FB/s           CD/d       CD/d          FB/s

 

                          GK/d

Team Instructions-

Deepest defensive line, close down less, more direct passing. 

I managed to sign (for this level) players who should be able to compete at least for a mid-table finish.  My thinking was to defend deep and not leave any holes/gaps that could be exploited, suffice to say that didn't work so I changed it a little.

 

This is my new formation 594d011cd9c20_Margate_Overview-2.thumb.png.ae657c802a32c62515726494af384a95.png

   

and instructions

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Ok, this is where the help is necessary. I am conceding goals galore. Despite defending deep and on low-block I'm getting caught out with balls behind the defence and my defenders are absolutely calamatous. They are unable to win headers from crosses into the box when attackers smaller than them are right next to them. I had to use shorter passing and work out of defence in the latter formation to stop the defenders kicking it aimlessly into ridiculous areas of the pitch. 

So, my reason for attacking/control mentality - I wanted positive forward passing without hoofing the ball aimlessly or changing the tempo too much. I just want to have a defensive shield that defends as a unit without breaking ranks (which constantly happens with this formation despite the instructions) which in turn plays positive football when possession has been won back. I have tried different mentalities to combat the closing down and nothing changes except for the style of play but I will concede that I know very little about how the game works in reality due to its ambiguity so am genuinely interested in feedback to help me conquer this formation!

[70% win percentage, second in the league, just been sacked LOL]

Hello everyone,,

So I’ve recently started a new save with Charlton. I’ve had a superb start to the season and currently sit in 2nd after 18 games with 13 wins 3 draws and 2 defeats. My only disappointing result was a 6-0 stuffing at home to Coventry which appeared to be one of those freak anomalies FM likes to throw at us now and again lol.

Anyways Charlton are the subject of a new takeover and the new owner decides to sack me for absolutely no reason.

So this past week of dedication and hard work trying to mould the Charlton squad into strong candidates for promotion has all been a waste of time. It’s a shame because the team were playing very very well too with some great young talent in there. Who knows where it could’ve went.

Brilliant.