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Hi! So I've just started a new save with my team, United. Was given £90 million which is a decent amount but not amazing in terms of buying quality players. So my main goal was signing young players on cheap deals and improving overall squad depth, as I know the injuries are quite frankly overkill in this game. But I need some help in regards to how I set up my squad, I wanna try a 4-1-2-3, with one holding midfielder there to provide cover for the attacking left back, Shaw or Tierney. However most of my players are box to box midfielders and/or playmakers, which perhaps suits a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. My right wing options aren't great, Jesse Lingard and Jesus Corona being the two natural ones, Sanchez might play there, but I wanna use Martial on the left a lot, as an Inside Forward on Attack Duty. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any good CB options, so I'm stuck with the current five, three of which are incredibly injury prone and another is Smalling. I like a CD (S) with a BPD (C) combination, reminiscent of Vidic and Ferdinand respectively. In the last few years I've always favoured direct wing play, but with a previous save that got yeeted, the approach was very inconsistent, and my midfielders, unless they scored, got **** poor ratings for some reason, as well as one of my two fullbacks getting a 6.2 more often than not. Feel like I wanna use the playmaking abilities of the likes of Pogba, Bentancur etc. (Mata was shocking in the previous save and I kinda intend to sell him on for some money) in the midfield, to play balls over the top to guys like Martial, Rashford, Sanchez etc. Perhaps Lingard as a 10 could work, with Pogba as the Mezzala, Bentancur as the deep playmaker, and someone like Fred or Herrera being the box to box. So yeah, what roles, formations and tactical approaches would you recommend? Cheers xo

My Formation (Manchester United) ---------------------AF (A)------------------- ---IF (S) --------------------------- IF (S)--- -------------RPM (S) --- DLP (D)--------- --------------------RGA (S)------------------ FB (A) --- CD (D) --- CD (D) --- FB (A) Can someone advise what is the potential risk I am facing with this system? I am using Season1 Manchester United squad. Facing issue to get goals...like 0

Having spent a long time basing my Football Manager tactics on ones created by other users on this forum (much like striker-less, possession based tactics for FM2017 which worked an absolute treat), I thought I'd share a tactic I managed to create myself. Hopefully this helps and inspires others who might be struggling to create something for themselves like I was before this. It all started with a tactic based on 4 games between March and April 2015 was then developed slightly to more suit the current squad available. After a very inconsistent start to his first year in charge, Louis van Gaal suddenly pulled a tactic out of the bag that resulted in Man Utd playing their best football of the season, culminating in a 6th straight Premier League win. The four results were: Man Utd 3-0 Tottenham Liverpool 1-2 Man Utd Man Utd 3-1 Aston Villa Man Utd 4-2 Man City I started by trying to re-create the tactics used in these matches. Apart from Marcos Rojo coming in for Chris Smalling in the Aston Villa game, the starting XI didn't change. The players lined up in the classic 4-1-2-2-1 formation. Here's my interpretation of the roles they took up: GK - De Gea - Goalkeeper (Defend) - Although excellent with his feet, De Gea is very much a goalkeeper who prefers to stick to the basics of goalkeeping and remains on his line more often than rushing out to cover in behind the defense. RB - Valencia - Full-Back (Attack) - Having started out as a winger, Antonio Valencia has always been more comfortable going forward than he has been defending - while not quite being an outright wing back. CBR - Smalling - Central Defender (Defend) - Plain and simple here. Just your normal, every day, central defender. CBL - Jones - Central Defender (Defend) - As above. LB - Blind - Full-Back (Support) - Blind didn't get forward as much as Valencia did on the other flank with most of the attacking threat coming through Young so a support duty full back is perfect here. DMC - Carrick - Deep Lying Playmaker (Defend) - Kept the team ticking with his brilliant passing ability and the way he could read and dictate the game. Didn't venture forward at all. MCR - Herrera - Carrilero (Support) - I was so happy when this role was introduced into FM18. Herrera would provide adequate cover out wide when Valencia overlapped Mata. MCL - Fellaini - Box To Box Midfielder (Support) - Spent most of his career at Old Trafford as a much maligned figure but was one of the best players during this period. Causing havoc when he got forward and surprisingly handy in defense. AMR - Mata - Advanced Playmaker (Support) - The main creative outlet when he drifted inside off his flank, opening the space for Valencia to gallop into. AML - Young - Winger (Attack) - Would be the main provider of width on the left hand side. His crossing and dribbling caused problems for all teams. Was in such good form that the Man of the Match from the previous year's Champions League final, Angel Di Maria, had to make do with a place on the bench. STC - Rooney - Complete Forward (Support) - Would drop deep and help link play but was also the main focal point up top. Mentality: Control Team Shape: Fluid Team Instructions: Retain Possession Play Out Of Defence Work Ball Into Box Close Down More Now for the changes. Obviously, since early 2015, Man Utd have spent a lot of money, A LOT of money, so the squad has improved quite a bit. So when I took the job on FM, I placed what I believed was out strongest current side into the above tactic and it was clear that a few role changes were required. I also amended the individual roles for a couple of the other players: De Gea - Role amended to Sweeper Keeper (Support) - I like my teams to play with a higher line so need my keeper to cover the space in behind. Distribute To Centre Backs and Roll It Out PI's added to help keep possession. Lindelof in for Smalling - Role amended to Ball Playing Defender (Defend) - With Valencia pushing forward and Lindelof's far superior passing I slightly amended this role to give him the more risky passing PI. Bailly in for Jones - No role change. Shaw in for Blind - No role change. Matic in for Carrick - No role change. Pogba in for Fellaini - Role amended to Roaming Playmaker (Support) - Pogba is, in my opinion, THE roaming playmaker. Outstanding stats all round for the role. More risky passes PI added. Mata - PI added to Stay Wider to help stretch the opposition defenders, creating space for Pogba's movement forwards. Martial in for Young - Role amended to Inside Forward (Attack). PI added to Stay Wider for the same reason as Mata. Lukaku in for Rooney - No role change. Team Instructions added: Push Higher Up Higher Tempo Prevent Short GK Distribution All in all, this helped me to an unbeaten season in the league, setting a new record points hall in the process (W33 D5 L0). 84 goals scored and only 16 conceded were both league bests. Unfortunately I've already moved into season 2 so not sure where to look for possession stats but I believe I had the highest average in the league. Here's to, hopefully, no second season syndrome! Thanks for reading. I'll be happy to answer any questions others might have.

Any tips to make my Ajax tactic more a potent goalscoring threat? Here's the tactic:

In my first season with Ajax I am playing a 4-3-3 (Strikerless) tactic which has been mixed so far. We have dominated possession in games but it seems we are wasting goal-scoring opportunities. We do this either by 1) Shooting from long range when their are much better passing options and 2) passing backwards or sideways when a player is through on goal and only requires one good forward ball. This is my tactic and TI's: I am aware you could say I need to add 'Work Ball Into Box' to reduce long shots, but this also decreases the likeliness that players will but a dangerous cross or through ball into the box. Example: This is an example of match stats (1-0 friendly win v Mechelen) Any suggestions to solve this problem would be appreciated.

So I'm in the 6th season of my Salford career (original i know) and have been stuck in the Vanarama National for a few years, been close to giving up on this career multiple times as it feels like it has stagnated. So in my first season I was promoted playing a 4-3-3 narrow formation with 2 defensive forwards, and a similar midfield to how I have it now. This slowly changed into a 4-3-1-2 in my first couple years in the VNL as my forwards decreased in stats and I brought in a very good AM (he's left now). I got up to 3rd using this tactic but lost in the playoffs so decided to pivot to the tactic I am currently on. I have always thought its better to go out and attack and score lots since I have a very defensive back 4. I have a fairly high rated starting line-up most of which are the team who almost got promoted, and although my expectations are to finish mid table I really feel the team is good enough to go up. Have included the squad, my last three seasons and and idea of the tactic I'm playing, any help would be hugely appreciated.

I think it would be great if u guys introduced wide forward in the game It would make playing a 4-3-3 formation much better With those 2 wide forwards acting as a winger sometimes We see the use of wide forwards in modern games a lot U can say we have inside forwards. but thats for 4-5-1 It doesnot give u the full experience of the wide forwards Who are supposed to be at the same line as a strikers Please fm introduce wide forwards i will love u guys