CapitalismReimagined

What happens when you try playing on positive mentality against top teams?

Do you think Szoboszlai would be a good 10 to build around?

What do you see as weaknesses of the tactic?

Can anyone share what's the difference between an IW and a Winger with cut in with ball PI?

I think this is incorrect. Putting them in training units does not allow them to be mentored by senior players. Instead, selecting them for a senior match would allow them to appear in the mentoring pool... I think

What do you see as benefits of adding youth players to Senior team training units?

How did you create that visual?

Man Utd should hire you in real life!

I think OP is just trolling us.

Do you start mentoring when they're in the U18 or only when they hit first team?

There's a trick to getting your Senior team to mentor your U18 players. Is that still helpful?

I would do two things: consider setting up one central defender to be on a cover role that is marking tightly the poacher or AF striker. Try to have your midfielders to close down their creative midfielders. What do you think?

Played a season with Liverpool without transfers on. Won everything that I could except the Carabao Cup as I got knocked out by Man City. We won the Europa league on penalties too against Inter, lucky us. I built my own tactic which allowed goals and assists to come from all over the team and I think I ended the season with more than 5 people scoring double digit goals. The diversity allowed me to do significant rotations. Was not able to cash in on Thiago and Matip, and they're leaving on a free unfortunately.

Could you share your formation and your insights about TAA's movement as an IWB vs a CWB? My understanding is that the CWB can go both side and sit narrow depending on where the DM and Wide Midfielder is at. Isn't that more movement than an IWB which is just sitting narrow all the time?

Thanks @fc.cadoni, much appreciated. It makes sense to have the same tactic in 3 slots to quickly learn it but unfortunately I'm a "middle of the pack" team and want to have some flexibility in applying different tactics against different opponents. What would you suggest I do? Also, would it be possible for a single player to have full role and position familiarity on two very different tactics or do they only have the ability to master one?

I'm not up to speed here - what's the AI doing?

Depends. Do you find any gaps or weaknesses during your matches? One thought that I had was to change one BPD to a standard CD.

Thanks. My initial idea was that the WP would sit narrower and link up with the forwards. However, I guess the tradeoff there would be width on the right. Any thoughts about the CWB creating width because of its roaming PI? A combination of three changes: 1) IWB to CWB, 2) WP to Winger, and 3) PF to CF (s)

Would it be strange to have very different tactics in your 3 slots? I'm thinking a high-pressing gegen 4231, a low block counter attack 442, and a tiki-taka 433 ala Barca to cater for different types of opponents. Does it impact training and role familiarity of your players?

Anyone who has tried this database update - how has it been for you?

Could you share why that's a great combo?

I think either combination works 1) IW-S and MEZ-A or 2) IF-S and CM-A. On 1), you can also put a custom PI for the IW-S to stay wider to create space for MEZ I see the Mez as a creative playmaker already so not sure if you need another one in the CM-strata. I like the DLP-S currently as it works quite nicely with the BBM bouncing between the boxes.

I just found out about @Daveincid realism custom database update which I'm planning to try out. One of the most interesting feature of this database is added realism around injuries (i.e. 20% more injuries) which makes intensive counter-press tactics less viable due to the constant sprinting. In anticipation of that, I'm trying to develop a mid-block 442 inspired by @crusadertsar's previous article on the 442. Essentially, it works like a mid-block counter-attack tactic. Overall: Defensive Phase: Defend in a traditional 4-4-2 mid-block, hopefully overcoming 5 or 6 men forward which is usually what we see in the meta these days. TI stay on feet to keep the shape while defending Attacking Phase: Attack can originate from a few scenarios Left FB (FB-A) overlapping down the left and sending crosses in LM (IW-S) cutting in and supplying passes into the final third RM (WP-S) either cutting in or roaming depending on rest of the team RCM (SV-S) arrives late Right Wing Back (IWB-S) provides a ball from deep Other TIs Overlap left and Underlap right to enhance the above attacking scenarios PIs: Both CDs to stay winder to cover Right FB attacking runs or Left FB inverted runs DM to take fewer risks Questions: Will my PF and AF who are both on attacking position be too far away from the rest of the team in the attacking phase? Should I figure out how to stretch the field on the right as both my WP and IWB sitting narrower at this point? Maybe IWB becomes a CWB instead. PS: Unfortunately, I won't be using Liverpool in the new save but likely a Tier 2 (Championship) or Tier 3 (League 1) team just using my most recent save to build a tactic.

Strange. I thought Newcastle has a decent budget. How about a 442 with a supporting striker? I'm sure a 442 can be a 325 in possession with the new positional play feature.

Agreed on the AM change to either an AM (S) or AP (S). I think it largely comes down to what attributes this player has. Yes, I think I would change the DLP to a CM perhaps as there are lots of creators in your team such as the wingers. I also wonder if you want to change one of your wingers to support so that your tactic is less symmetrical and would have some variations.