[Too much crossing]

39 minutes ago, rossenori said:

 

the main problem is players not the weighing their options no matter how low you've set the tempo. work ball and PIs also don't make as much of a difference as it should. you get the ball out to your LB/RB on the flank and you're praying, begging to god your LB/RB does one of the following - hold up the ball, or play a through ball to your IF thats making a run, or cut it back to an open midfielder, but instead they whack it against the first defender and it goes out for a corner or worse case scenario it bounces off the defender in favour of the opposition team and now they're on the counter while you're pushed way up trying to break the bus.

whats even worse is when your LB/RB is played in to space and they still somehow manage to whack the ball in to the defender because they mis-controlled the ball in the first which let the opposition defender catch up, or for once they held the ball up when they should've crossed it before the defender caught up - (my theory, they did this so there wouldn't be as many successful crosses like in previous games. I put over +1500 hours in to FM15 and skipped everything in-between till 2019. whenever a cross made it past the first defender, there was high probability it would be scored) 

city has the 2nd highest amount of crosses per game in the premier league at an average of 24.3 crosses. sevilla has the highest average in the la liga at 18.6 per game, while barca on the other hand with the least amount in the la liga with 7 crosses a game. Barca also attempted a total of 59 crosses in 7 games this season in the champions league, thats around 8 crosses a game with 16 crosses completed, a success rate of 27. im not sure if the 27 corners are accounted into the total crosses though. 

 

This is exactly what happens to me, I'll just keep experimenting until I find the right formula that works for me.

[Too much crossing]

13 minutes ago, Experienced Defender said:

Give them more viable passing options, to begin with. For example:

F9

IFat                                 IWsu

APsu   MEZat

HB

WBsu   CDde  BPDde   IWBsu

SKsu

Ok thanks, i'll make those changes and see how it goes. Another question how would hugs line affect the position/movement of the IWB?

[Too much crossing]

What changes could I make to this tactic that would encourage my players to cross less and attempt more through balls?