[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

I am asking for another manager game (MMO) which is very similar to FM but is not so active in terms of asking help there. I am looking forward to the moderator kindness to allow me to ask for generic football advise non game specific and answer it. I am aware the advise might be off, but it doesn't hurt to ask generic football principles:

 

I have a team full of 27-31 year old players with great mental stats like: Anticipation, Composure, Decisions, Determination, Reading of Game, Teamwork, Tenacity, Vision, Work Rate etc... etc... While I am superior mentally, I am not lacking physically or technically.

That said I am looking to take advantage of that mental advantage:

Here are the sliders the game offers:

Mentality: Defensive Normal Attacking

Passing Style: Short mixed Direct

Defensive Line: Deep normal High

Width: Narrow normal Wide

Philosophy: Rigid Normal Fluid

Tackling: Cautious normal aggressive

Closing Down: Back Normal Press

Tempo: Slow Normal Fast

 

As I said,  I am looking to take advantage of that mental advantage over other teams.

 

Thanks!

 

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

herne79, isn't there something that teams in real life, or players in FM prefer who play narrow formations? Is there even a 1% slight margin in favor of short or direct?

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

If you want to play a narrow formation like this:

2DC

DR

DL

3SC

 

And variations of (1 DMC, 1 MC, 1 AMC) or 3MC or (2DMC 1 MC) or (2DMC 1AMC) you get the picture....

 

Do you want a short or direct passing style? 

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

Can a bad team (relative to other teams in the same league) play a possession style football?

Or in other words what contributes "more" to possession? Quality of the players or tactics? How much would you "weight" each factor?

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

Another question: How do I fix my team making better passes?

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

I am playing the worst team in my lower league, and I use a rigid counter style tactic. The results is that I have one of the best defences in the division but the worst attack.

The worst attack concerns me.

How will I know who to blame for the poor goalscoring record?

Is it the counter style? Is it the slightly fast tempo? Or is it just the bad quality of the players?