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How do I fix this? Coaches workload is light and they are doing training such as General - Defending or a selection from the Defending category.
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What are the reasons for a players determination to decrease? And can it be increased somehow?
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What is the best way to change personality for a young player? I have a 15 year old that looks like they could be very good however, their personality is unambitious and their have a determination of 5.
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I'd highly recommend them I'm having great fun. Need to keep playing as the board have just announced they are build a new 57k stadium.
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We got to the Champions League Final in the 4th season unfortunately got beat 2-1 off Bayern. Great run to the final though.
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8 minutes ago, sedge11 said:
Nice it is a great save building them up. What season are you in? How have you been doing?
Currently in my 4th season. Doing quite to be honest won Serie A x 2, Coppa Italia x 1. Not doing to good in Europe like, best I've managed was quarter finals where Liverpool knocked us out.
Here is the current squad and tactic I use.
Sold Vlahovic at the start of our 3rd season for 120m to PSG. Used that money to buy some great players, Tonali has been immense for me.
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Absolutely loving my Fiorentina save. The team I have assembled for the amount of money I have spent has been fantastic, no idea why teams are selling so cheaply. I got Tonali for 19m and Moriba for 7.5m, Shock.
I've even bought the Fiorentina home kit as I've been loving the save that much.
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7 minutes ago, HUNT3R said:
IMO, your approach is wrong. If it's a cautious/defensive tactic (and this is a bottom heavy formation) then they aren't going to leave themselves open to counter attacks. What's going to end up happening is that you're going to try and counter with 2 players vs 4 or 5 and that's not going to be successful. It's the same with early crosses. Against a defensive tactic with a bottom heavy formation (any defensive tactic, really) there won't be space behind them as they'll be deep so your early crosses plays into their hands as they have 3 defenders against your 1 striker.
Well, I assumed I did have the wrong approach as I was never having much luck getting a result. Hence the post for help on what approach to take.
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I'm currently playing in Italy Serie A with Fiorentina in our 3rd season. It is going well however, I find myself going against the same tactic which I find hard to score over and over again. The tactic in question is a defensive/cautious 5-3-2 and I've tried lowering the LOE to standard to let them come out and then we try hitting them on the counter, I've tried hitting early crosses to see if my forward can sneak in behind to nip a goal but whatever I try the game always seems to end 0-0 or they score on a counter 1-0.
My tactic is a 4-3-3 as attached, I don't use any other tactics I always tend to stick to one.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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8 hours ago, Experienced Defender said:
In terms of roles and duties, only the striker's role looks potentially problematic (speaking of your latest tactic, which I rated as well-balanced). Not only because the AF as the most advanced and attack-minded striker role can often end up isolated, especially in aggressive systems and/or against defensive opposition, but also because you have an IF on attack duty, which is a similar type of role to the AF in the sense that both roles are focused primarily on attacking the box and scoring. Suggestion: change the AF into CF on attack duty to get better interaction between him and the attacking IF. DLF on attack is also a good choice, especially if possession is your priority in terms of playing style.
That's the only role-related tweak I could suggest as potentially helpful and logical at this point. When it comes to potential tweaks regarding instructions, that's something you have to sort out by yourself by carefully watching matches and making logical decisions based on what you observe. It's possible that tweaking the striker's role alone will suffice, but none of us can know that in advance, so any suggestion would be rather speculative (because we neither manage your team nor watch your matches).
Another potentially problematic area you need to pay attention to is player selection relative not just to roles/duties but also the very formation. For example, does Ward-Prowse have a proper set of attributes to play in central midfield within a top-heavy formation such as 4231 (regardless of the role)? How good are his defense-related attributes (tackling, positioning, acceleration, bravery, stamina, work rate, teamwork, aggression etc.)?
Thank you for the reply.
Here is a screenshot of my midfield two. I'm not too sure if a change in formation would be better overall, but that is something I will look at next season.
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So I thought I had created a well balanced tactic which would help me achieve some decent results, however I'm really struggling to beat teams in the bottom 3 at home. I thought I strengthen quite well over the summer but everything I attempt doesn't seem to work. What is becoming very frustrating is the opposition scoring with their first attempt, I have no idea how to stop this.
We are currently sat 11th, which for Newcastle isn't to bad but I have lost 8 games with 5 of those at home.
Please help me before I get sacked. I have no idea how to get my team winning.
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1 hour ago, YLSFM00 said:
By optimal defensive compactness, he means that the gap between the DL and the LOE isn't compatible with the aggressive pressing. Optimal defensive compactness is when the DL is 1 higher then the LOE, so something like High DL and Standard LOE would be optimal.
FB (AT) and WB (SU) could work.
Ok, I see what you mean. Is this a little more balanced?
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18 minutes ago, Experienced Defender said:
The following is just my personal view:
- no holding midfield role in a top-heavy system without a DM (instead, you have both runner roles, one of which is roaming at that)
- aggressive pressing coupled with less-than-optimal defensive compactness
- all 5 midfield roles (2 CMs + 3 in AM strata) essentially operating in same areas, creating needless congestion
- potential isolation/lack of proper support for the lone striker as the only player with the attack duty + in the most advanced/attack-minded of all striker roles
- fullback roles too conservative to consistently provide wide attacking support to their inside-oriented wing partners, especially in more advanced phases of attack
- I've been thinking about a holding role, but couldn't decided. Would a DLP(D) be a good role to go with? Would this impact the the AP(S) role?
- Not sure what you mean by this?
- Again, not really sure what I can change.
- I suppose changing one of the wide players to IF(A) could be a could option.
- Would changing them to WB(S) help? Or would I need at least one of them on attack duty?
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So after a pretty fantastic 1st season which resulted in finishing 6th in the league and winning the Carabao Cup, it would now seems after buying new players which that I'm not having as much luck and losing silly games. Most times I'm conceding to the first shot on target, this has happened almost 5 times this season after 13 games. I kind of getting the feeling last season was a fluke, especially with the amount of goals Wilson scored.
Could you advise where I'm going wrong? Is it balanced, or I'm I so far away from a decent tactic I should start over. I'm out of ideas.
This is my go to tactic with my strongest players.
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Um, yes and guess what having a torrid time. Currently played 6 W1 D1 L4. If we lose our next game I'm considering revert back to my go to 4-1-2-3.
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My aim is to try and achieve some success with my local team, which is Newcastle United. My goal is to play some enjoyable to watch football, things I would like to happen:
- Wilson to be top goalscorer
- St Maximim to be the main assister
- A strong engine room midfield.
This is what I have came up with on my first attempt and would like some critic please.
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Turned off first transfer window so will have to make do with what I have.
Looking at the team it isn't too bad, could easier aim for mid table I think.
Currently trying this but not having much success so far. Any help would be great.
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Started my first save with Newcastle, can anyone recommend a decent formation to play?
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Is there a particular set of PPM's you train for each role? I see a lot of plays one-twos
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I'm currently in my 4th season with Lyon and I'm pretty pleased with how we are doing. However, PSG are unstoppable at times and the issue I appear to be having is breaking down defensive teams and ending up drawing which in turn leads to us losing ground to PSG. Most teams I'm facing tend to play the defensive 4-1-4-1, even when I am the away team.
This is my go to starting tactic.
So I guess my question to the community is what would you do when in my situation? The majority of times my TI changes tend to be:
Play Wider
Increase Passing Directness
Hit Early Crosses.Any hints/tips is massively appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Brilliant. I was getting bored of possession based tactic so this has come at a perfect time for me. Well done again.
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Anyone help with this?
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I can't help but think something is fundamental wrong with the ME and possession numbers. I have tried all season to use the rules that I picked up from Cleon's amazing possession thread from a few years back and our average possession for this season was only 47%. Now I must admit in some games we are seeing positive numbers of around 55% and above however, it is the games vs teams who are shutting up shop which are the problem.
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[FM24] The Ajax Way
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I'm very intrigued by your use of data within a spreadsheet. Would there be any possible way to obtain a copy for inspiration?