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Fox-7- started following From 4-4-2 to 3-1-6 (and beyond) ? , Rest Defence, Rest Attack and the Rest of Positional Football , How to improve Tackles Won???! and 3 others
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How to improve Tackles Won???!
Fox-7- replied to RDF Tactics's topic in Tactics, Training & Strategies Discussion
@RDF Tactics Intersting defensive approach with narrow 4-2-2-2, i love It...I could take inspiration for my actually empty third tactic slot. Here are three examples of my defensive shape when the opponents are in possession (they played in a 4-3-3 DM), using the tactic posted in my previous post. As mentioned, the only OIs are to never press or mark GK and CBs. My two front players are focusing on closing the passing lines towards the middle and we manage to defend compactly with two well-defined banks of 4, you can see that I don't have the same problem as you with the player on the far side that remains too wide. In the first image we have just forced a pass back from their right wing towards the CB and the team has shifted organically on our left side, and the only thing I would expect to be better is having my #6 slightly narrower to prevent the pass to their #7, but in fact we were just coming back from a pressing situation after the ball has been correctly addressed to the flank as required. Potential issue in the second image, where my #9 goes for the pressing instead of prevent a pass to their #8 that could force a disruption in my defensive shape if my #10 choose to step up to close #8, but luckily their CB in possession passed to the other CB. There's however a tendency to be slightly wider than expected by the wide players, maybe in order to be ready to press if the ball was played on the flank As for the tackles, that was the focus of OP, my players performed very well with this setup, look at how many players has 100% of tackles won. Maybe less in numbers, but more well timed. Only Deas struggled a bit, but maybe because he is a CB deployed as FB in this game, a less familiar position could have negativelly impacted his performance. Additionally, the most tackles attempted are all by my wide players (Mayo RB, Deas LB, Elias RM, Cortinovis LM, subs Mogos RM, Scales LB and Watson LM), central players doesn't need to engage too much in battles for the ball -
How to improve Tackles Won???!
Fox-7- replied to RDF Tactics's topic in Tactics, Training & Strategies Discussion
@Cloud9 DW IMO is still a very underrated and underused role in FM, especially in systems with two banks of 4, because defensive responsibilities are generally left to the fullback (at least on one flank). In my current system I would say that he is one of the key players, and in this role I am using a lot of retrained fullbacks who already have a good base of defensive skills, possibly refining the offensive attributes such as Crossing, Off the ball and Dribbling with the focus of individual training. On the other flank I use a WM on the wrong foot side to resemble a more solid IWs, and here too I often deploy in this position a retrained hardworking CM. This is my current primary setup, the screen is from a few days ago. @RDF Tactics Next time I'll play FM I'll try to provide 2D screens of my defensive shape during matches Additionally, to try to force the opponents to play away from the centre I often ask in the OI's to never mark nor press GK and CBs, in this way my two upfront concentrate themselves to prevent passes directed to DMs or CMs -
How to improve Tackles Won???!
Fox-7- replied to RDF Tactics's topic in Tactics, Training & Strategies Discussion
I think some elements are missing to allow us to give you suggestions regarding your problem. -What mentality are you playing with? You already have a high pressing trigger, if you have Positive or Attacking set your defensive shape could easily be negatively affected by this -Are you using man-marking or role-marking PIs on your wide players? Or do you have OIs of marking or pressing on their wide players? I'm using a 4411 with a DMs pair instead of CMs (set as SVa/DLPs or SVs/DMs depending on the opponents I'm facing) with Standard mentality, mid block with higher DL and standard pressing using Trap Outside TI, and the last time I checked the team stats I was 7th for tackles won (in a 12 team championship) but 1st for tackles won ratio. Perhaps the fact of using CMs with a standard DL leaves too much space between the lines and many times when the opponent finds the player behind your CMs they are forced to run back and a tackle is less likely to happen, while with DMs they would find themselves to face opponents by being able to choose a better time to make the tackle with greater probability of success -
Yeah, it's a 4-4-1-1 a little more modern than the classic kick & rush. In possession I try to get the 2-3-5 or 3-2-5 shape, even if WM on the left despite having hold position and sit narrower doesn't line up exactly with DM/IWB or DLP and he is still wider and more roaming than I wish it in order to free up VOL and WB/FB, but it's currently the best option I've found. Basically I'm trying to build over the years a tough and annoying team to beat, looking for aggression, bravery, strength, tackling, work rate, determination, jumping reach (as well as height) as main characteristics (dirty behavioral traits are welcomed) and play on these as main weapons, with a strong defense and a clinical attack.
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Update: These are my two tactics that I currently use that deploy a TF The first is the one I use against most teams, that are at my level or lower, while the second is the one I use against tougher opponents. Small adjustments are made here and there based on the opponent and the moments of the match. With these tactics here are the performances of my three TFs in the squad (Hornby is obviously the starter, Diabatè and Coulibaly alternated as reserves)
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Second season ended in Kilmarnock...the year didn't start very well as we lost in the Europa League qualificarions against Lech Poznan, and subsequently in the Conference League playoffs against Lask Linz, so we couldn't play any continental competition. On the other hand this allowed me to focus on the SPL, and to stabilize myself as the best side behind the Glasgow teams. We thus finished in third place in the standings, although again in the last 5 matches after the split we had slightly disappointing results which almost cost us the comeback from Aberdeen. For me the greatest achievement is to have the second best defense in a championship where many goals are scored by all teams , although I would like to reach the goal of keeping an average below 1 goal per game conceded In the national cups, Celtic gives us delusions, given that it eliminated us in the quarter-finals of the League Cup but most of all defeated us in the Scottish Cup final, after we managed to beat Rangers in the semi-final on penalties. With these results the finances have undergone a very good increase, now I believe I can start to do some really interesting things in building the team in view of the upcoming season
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[FM24] - Free Transfers and Hidden Gems
Fox-7- replied to Bigpole's topic in Good Player & Team Guide
Lumeka in my Kilmarnock side in SPL it's unstoppable, double digit in both goals and assists, I can play him as an IWa on the left, a Wa on the right in the CM strata, or even as an AMa centrally...It doesn't really matter, he will score or assist his teammates -
Against teams that park the bus in front of you I would make some changes to add variety to your attacks (obviously I don't know what players you have and it would be to see if they would be suitable with my ideas): -WBR from support to attack -IWR from attack to support -WBL to FB support -IFL to W support/attack IMO by doing this you would have a wider attacking front, while in your current setup IW and IF cut inside (I also think that IF blocks the path to your AP who carries the ball centrally), and from behind WBs on support aren't so aggressive in attacking the flanks. Furthermore you have also set higher tempo and direct passes to the offensive players which certainly do not help to favor runs from deeper positions In TIs I would actually lower the tempo to at least standard, they leave the ball to you for a long time, so make your players take their time to think and make the best choice (and in combination with this I would leave the direct passes only to the players who have to create your actions, so ideally APa and IWs in my setup). Lower DL perhaps lengthens your team too much by not giving it compactness, having players in every strata if you don't feel totally comfortable with a structured high pressing you could still keep DL on Standard
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I'm not at PC atm and I'm not sure when the next time I'll be able to open FM will be, but I can tell you the tactic with my eyes closed Is a 4411 DM with the AMC positioned in the AMCR spot. This is my default tactic, tweaks happen based on the opposition From right to left GKd IWBs CBd CBd WBa Wa DLPs VOLa WMs AMs TFs Balanced mentality, Play for set pieces, Counter, Distribute to CBs, Mid block, Higher DL, Press more often, Trap Outside, Invite Crosses. PIs: WBa and Wa aim crosses at TF, WMs sit narrower and cross less often, VOLa and AMs take more risks, AMs get further forward
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I'm using a 4-4-1-1 tactic with a TF on support as a lone striker and it's working well for me, halfway through the 2nd season I'm sitting 2nd in SPL with Kilmarnock in a point-to-point battle with the Glasgow teams. The regular starter is the team's best scorer and has scored 13 goals in 22 games in all competitions (8 coming off the bench), and his two back-ups respectively 6 goals in 9(5) appearances and 3 goals in 3(7) games. Crosses (both from the byline and deep) to the far post are the main source with which I trigger them
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Hi guys, I've started a save test with Fiorentina but I haven't played a match yet, I'm thinking of setting up a tactic with a bit of Emery-ish inspiration from his Aston Villa. Therefore I want to start from a 4-4-2 as a defensive shape which transforms into an ambitious 1-3-6 in the phase of prolonged possession (only situational in Emery's Villa), to still give me a solid rest-defense especially against teams who play with 2 AMs and a lone ST such as Monza, Atalanta, Torino... So I thought about setting up the team like this Balanced mentality, the only TIs are Counterpress (with 6 advanced players it's a logical choice for me, but I want to evaluate if it leaves us too exposed to counterattacks, especially against teams that use AML/R players, I could change it with a split block by setting the pressing individually via PIs), Much higher defensive line and Step up more with Mid block (to keep the team ultra compact and try to often put opponents offside like Villa does), Concede crosses (to defend tighter). I have a couple of questions: -Should this role setting be able to trigger the right rotations as I imagined them? -At the moment I think of using Bonaventura as a WMR. Even if he is right-footed, will putting Sit Narrower and Cuts inside with the ball in the PIs leave enough space for the RWB to advance? Or if I set himvas IW-s I'll obtain this movement more hardcoded (although I wouldn't want a player who dribble with the ball to the inside too much)? -I would like to try the attacking pair like this (ideally Nico Gonzalez as SS, who also has the Runs with ball often trait, and Beltran as PFs), do you think it could work? Beltran also has the Likes to beat offside trap trait, so should he give me that mix of hard work and running into space that Watkins does at Villa?
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How do you choose your FM manager name?
Fox-7- replied to rp1966's topic in Football Manager General Discussion
Nah, as I play almost short-term saves (6-7 season) the real counterparts in game doesn't get involved as head coaches, so they don't became 'main carachters' in my saves. I basically let them have their own career in the save as staff members around the world and avoid to sing them in my team. However, to avoid this 'immersion issue', when I plan a save I don't choose a former player that has already a coaching career at good levsls IRL, so i.e. I never played as Steven Gerrard, De Zerbi or Arteta