RossoneriGunner

Hi peeps, back again after a 4 month sabbatical and I hope everybody is keeping well. I am carrying on with my last save using the W-M formation. At present I am one point away from winning the EPL and have got Aston Villa in the semi-final of the FA Cup. Our Champions League run ended in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw (1-1 home and away) at the hands of PSG in the 1st KO round.

Great result, where did you get your laptop fixed....

W-M Career - Season 2013 - 2014 February 2014 Premier League Arsenal 2-2 Fulham - Walcott, Vietto Arsenal 0-0 Man Utd - Perizzi s/o, Özil (missed pen) | Vidic s/o A. Villa 2-1 Arsenal - Vietto FA CUP - 5th Rnd Arsenal 3-2 C. Palace - Walcott (2), Oxlade-Chamberlain UEFA Champions League - 1st K/O Rnd - 1st leg PSG 1-1 Arsenal - Podolski Premier League West Ham 1-1 Arsenal - Cazorla Arsenal 5-1 Cardiff - Oxlade-Chamberlain, Vietto (2), Özil, Diaby Premier League Top 5 1. Arsenal - 28 | 69 2. Man Utd - 26 | 56 3. Chelsea - 27 | 52 4. Everton - 27 | 50 5. Tottenham - 26 | 49 Bottom 5 16. Fulham - 27 | 24 17. West Ham - 27 | 24 18. Sunderland - 27 | 22 19. C. Palace - 27 | 18 20. Hull C - 27 | 15 FA CUP 6th Rnd - Arsenal v Man Utd Player of the Month 1st - Luciano Vietto Young Player of the Month 1st - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Manuel Pellegrini has been sacked by the Man City board and it looks like André Villas-Boas could be set to take over.

Great news ATB, so your ready to kick some ass.

W-M Career - Season 2013 - 2014 January 2014 FA CUP - 3rd Rnd Arsenal 3-1 Millwall - Giroud (2), Walcott Capital One Cup - Semi-Final 1st leg Southampton 1-3 Arsenal - Podolski (pen), S.Bender, Vietto Premier League Arsenal 5-3 Liverpool - Giroud, Heintz, Özil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Agger o.g Newcastle 1-1 Arsenal - Oxlade-Chamberlain Capital One Cup - Semi-Final 2nd leg Arsenal 4-2 Southampton - Balanta, Vietto, Podolski, Rosicky ----.----(7-3) FA CUP - 4th Rnd Arsenal 3-0 Nottm Forest - Giroud, Vietto, Heintz Premier League Arsenal 1-0 Stoke - Özil (pen) Premier League Top 5 1. Arsenal - 23 / 63 2. Man Utd - 22 / 48 3. Chelsea - 23 / 44 4. Tottenham - 22 / 44 5. Man City - 23 / 42 Bottom 5 16. West Ham - 23 / 20 17. Sunderland - 23 / 19 18. Fulham - 23 / 19 19. C. Palace - 23 / 18 20. Hull C - 23 / 14 FA CUP 5th Round - Arsenal v C Palace Capital One Cup Final - Man Utd v Arsenal Manager of the Month 3rd - Martin Dixon (Arsenal) Player of the Month 3rd - Mesut Özil Young Player of the Month 3rd - Dominique Heintz

I've just had an offer accepted for Luke Shaw of Southampton.

Yes I have stuck with FB's, I did read somewhere that someone had set their FB's as DC/L+R but it didn't work out and I can't remember why.... As for Lars when your attacking there are so many team mates around he doesn't really need to use throe balls and as this is a counter attacking tactic you will find that they really get forward quickly. My familiarity is now at Fluid but, it does take a while for it to get there when you first start. If I remember I was into the season proper before it went fully Fluid. When I start pre-season I play around 12 friendlies and I find my fitness levels and Morale are nice and high. Don't forget when you change a setting it take a few games for it to take effect.

If anyone wants to have a look at my W-M tactic then PM me your email address and I will email the tactic to you and then you can see all my settings and set up a test game and try out the tactic. I am going out now but will answer any PM's when I get back. Cheers lads.

Hi Mark, I did set my wide forwards to AP/a with 'Play Wider' set in team instructions and they started well but didn't seem to be playing very well. I now the them set to W/a and removed the Play Wider option and they are playing really well especially Chamberlain who I have on the left and he is awesome.

This is probably my best team at the moment. I started off with Chamberlain and Walcott as IF but seemed very ineffective so I changed them to W/a and they are playing better especially Chamberlain, he's scored 14 goals in 21 appearances with 14 assists and 3 MoM whereas Walcott has scored 9 in 22 games with 8 assists and 1 MoM. The positions that Chamberlain and Walcott occupy are actually striker positions and if I play a AMC/L/R in those positions they don't play as well as when I play a striker there. Even though my FB's are set to FB/d they still get forward but they don't have far to go because when we are attacking my back line are up around the halfway line so in effect I have my 5 forwards plus my 2 HB's making 7 attackers and then if either or both my FB's go forward then I've got 9 players in attacking positions. When we have to defend then all five defenders come back together along with my forwards with only Giroud/Vietto staying forward. I know we have conceded a few goals but we are conceding the same as all the other top teams in the Premier and also down to me being lazy and not dropping back my D-line when I should. Also there are games where we have been 3-0 or 4-0 in front and in the second half have conceded goals to end up winning 3-2, 4-3 and this has nothing to do with my teams performance but down to the ME as my players can't pass to team mates, lose all 50/50 balls and just stand there waiting to be tackled. At the moment we are going well and I am happy with the way things are going.

If people read up on the W-M they will see that you have 2 banks of 5, 5 defenders and 5 forwards and when you push up your D-line your back 3 are usually around the halfway line and when you have to defend both your HB's (DMC) come back, so in effect you have 5 players in your back line.

Thanks James, a group of us were trying out the W-M in 2009 with FM10, but it is something that you have to persevere with. I started a W-M thread in Tactics and Training but not many people were interested so I have let it go.

W-M Career - Season 2013 - 2014 December 2013 Premier League Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal - Giroud Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham - Walcott, Cazorla Chelsea 1-3 Arsenal - Giroud (2), Walcott UEFA Champions League - Group Stage Arsenal 3-0 Galatasaray - Oxlade-Chamberlain, Heintz, Vietto Premier League Man City 1-1 Arsenal - Wilshere (pen) Capital One Cup - Qtr Final Arsenal 5-1 W.B.A - Vietto (2), Özil, Arteta, Giroud Premier League Arsenal 2-0 W.B.A - Wilshere, Özil Arsenal 5-1 Swansea - Cazorla, Özil, S.Bender (2), Podolski Hull C 1-2 Arsenal - Rosicky (2) C. Palace 2-4 Arsenal - Wilshere, Özil, Oxlade-Chamberlain (2) Premier League Top 5 1. Arsenal - 20 / 56 2. Chelsea - 19 / 37 3. Everton - 20 / 37 4. Man Utd - 18 / 36 5. Southampton 19 / 35 Bottom 5 16. Sunderland - 19 / 18 17. A. Villa - 19 / 18 18. Fulham - 20 / 18 19. C .Palace - 20 / 14 20. Hull C - 20 / 8 FA CUP 3rd Rnd - Arsenal v Millwall Capital One Cup Semi-Final - Southampton (1st leg away) UEFA Champions League 1st K/O Rnd - Paris Saint-Germain (1st leg away) Manager of the Month 1st - Martin Dixon (Arsenal)​ World Golden Ball 1st - L. Messi, 2nd - Mesut Özil, 3rd - C. Ronaldo World Player of the Year 1st - Mesut Özil, 2nd - L. Messi, 3rd - E.Hazard European Golden Boy Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Its the best I've ever had him play.

For me at the moment Mesut Özil is priceless. So far his stats are...... League - Apps 11, Goals 10, Assts 4, MoM 2 Europe - Apps 7, Goals 5, Assts 5, MoM 1 Cup - Apps 3, Goals 1, Assts 1 Total - Apps 21, Goals 16, Assts 10, MoM 3