Mike Dodgson Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 ** All Credit goes to the original creator of this tactic - located here: http://www.footballmanagerstory.com/2011/10/download-barcelona-tactic-for-fm-2012/ ** I came across this tactic on the footballmanagerstory.com website, and you'll quickly see that the creator 'Johnny Karp' had great success with Barcelona. Some people assume that when a tactic has success with Barcelona that it's too easy, and to try it with a different team... so that's exactly what I did. It's important to note he is also using this tactic in a low league Romanian team called Viitorul Constanta, read about that here: http://www.footballmanagerstory.com/2011/11/romanian-fm-2012-story-time-to-celebrate-or-not/ I tried it with Spurs in a new game and in my first season I won the League Cup, F.A Cup & Euro Cup. You'll also see below that I finished 4th in the Premiership - which I'm disappointed with, but not at the tactics fault. From November till mid January I had up to 8 of my main players out with long term injuries; Dawson, Bale, Parker, Huddlestone, Van der Vaart, Suazo, Defoe & Adebayor... I had to play some of the reserves/youth team and my team suffered badly with morale during this period too. When I started to get these players back my team picked up and started demolishing teams like normal. One thing I did find hard was because I was successful in the 3 cups, my permier league schedule towards the end was ridiculous - for almost 2 months I had a game every 3 days, sometimes every 2 days and again I had to field youngsters in the league as the cups were taking priority as I was so far on in them! This tactic plays some beautiful football, some of the finest I've seen in my FM years - and gives the potential to go up to the next level if your a lower team - I've tried alot of tactics, and this is truly fine work... very fluid football but also very responsible at the back. Tactic Instructions: There are no Opposition Instructions to use. There are no shouts to use. Match prep is optional - I mixed letting my assistant do this, alongside me changing it myself at times. Pitch size is maximum. There are 2 tactics, one that is 'Attacking' and one which is 'Counter'. Use the 'Attacking' one for all home games, and the 'Counter' one for all away games.... against weaker teams I was struggling to score against away from home I would change to the 'Attacking' version to break through and it usually worked. I had both tactics in my match prep and simply selected the right one before each match. As usual in any tactic - it will play better the more the team are used to it, so please give it time before judging it... please don't switch to this mid-game / mid-season and expect to see it working straight away! A helpful note would be the strikers - for the wider strikers to to use people with good Flair, Acceleration & Pace - they break away on the counter and get alot of chances, so finishing would be good here. I re-trained Lennon to a striker and he did well. For the central striker make sure he has good Creativity & First Touch - they receive the ball alot and will look to play it out to the other strikers very quickly, and also be the focal point for attacks to he will need the ability to unlock tight defences. I re-trained van der vaart here and he was great... I also signed Suazo and he had a great season! My season: League Cup: http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/4025/leaguecupwinners.jpg F.A. Cup: http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/4635/facupwinners.png Euro Cup: http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7606/eurocupwinners.jpg Premier League: http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8976/premierleaguel.jpg Tactic itself: http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1111/443tactic.jpg Download: Attacking Version: http://www.mediafire.com/?9scducodpvpeo4a Counter Version: http://www.mediafire.com/?e50ko3fe2d99egw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunwwfc Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Looks good but personally i hate that shape. If it was a 4-3-3 with wingers i would try it but i need out and out wingers in my game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cragswfc Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 when did you use the the counter ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cragswfc Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 when did you use the the counter ??? edit dint see this There are 2 tactics, one that is 'Attacking' and one which is 'Counter'. Use the 'Attacking' one for all home games, and the 'Counter' one for all away games.... against weaker teams I was struggling to score against away from home I would change to the 'Attacking' version to break through and it usually worked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dodgson Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 No probs... good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dodgson Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Has anyone tried this yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricketdave Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Mike, what kind of cm's are best? I see you used RVV alongside Huddleston and Park Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dodgson Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 The middle CM needs to be more defensive but good with passing. The right & left cm's just goo all rounders - I normally played Parker type people there - stats to look for are: passing, work rate, teamwork. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 In reading the original blog and the explanation of the tactic, I thought I'd give it a try. I'm a fan of the 433 and liked how it was described as a passing tactic. However, I've had abysmal results with this. After a decent preseason in which I used mainly to get the tactic known to my squad, the regular season was an absolute disaster. It took 5 matches before I scored my first goal. In my first 10 matches...7 straight red cards. In a 30 games season, I ended up with 16 red cards altogether. The most I'd even had in an entire season before was 3. My top goalscorer was a striker that managed 6 in the entire season. I'm also not sure if this tactic works as was described. I find huge problems the two outside strikers. When they get the ball, they run straight for the opposition's corner on their respective side. Once they get there, they do 1 or 2 things. One, they will just stand there with the ball until the opposing fullback takes it from them and two, they will start running back into my own defensive zone. They will pass back to the fullback on that side, but to no one else. Tactic was a no go for me, but I'd be curious to see how others fared.....if they dare... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataggy Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 im a try this. just won first game 2-1. lpool v fulham (im pool) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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