SmileFaceGamer Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 So I started a Nottingham Forest save to continue into the main game as the Beta seems not so bug filled. I had originally tried to impliment my way of playing (A quick passing 3313) but after that rather ambitious plan failed, i switched to a more sane 433. Same style of play, one that normally leads to goals at both ends led us on a run of poor preformances and scraped wins. So I looked at the squad report to see if the issue was the players. Short story, it was. They are neither suited or unsuited to my style. So after looking at the report, I saw we had good dribblers and technical players in generall, a lot of CB's, few strikers and good wide players. So I created a 343. Preformances have been mixed. We've not been great, but we've not been poor either. A win, a draw and a loss so far while using it. So what I ask is: where can I improve the system? The idea is to try and defend in a tight mid block, forcing teams to play over us to our fairly quick and decent in the air CB's (particularly Diagne) or play through us, where we press aggresively before looking to counter quickly through the wide spaces, trying to find space in the channels for either a cross or a shot. Wingers have been told to roam. Any help appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJ403 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Firstly I have to discredit you for using F*rest. Up the Rams. But on a more helpful note, I'm running a 343 with Racing Club pretty well atm, but mine is slightly more high pressing/block than yours. Not at my laptop atm, I will provide screenshots later if youd like? Its a little like this: DLF-S RDM-A W-S DLP-D B2B-S WB-S IWB-A BPD-D CD-C BPD-D SK-S I have no PIs, and look for the right underlap and left overlap, we play out of defence and (I think) pass into space. We counter, counter press and distribute to centre backs. We have much higher d-lines and lines of engagement, with the most intense pressing, offside trap, PSGD and tight marking. I have had brief success in a trial save with the far superior Derby County where we played the highest d-line, offside trap and most urgent pressing, but the deepest line of engagement and narrow d-width. It made us very compact and hard to break down, we just lacked options on the break on occasions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmileFaceGamer Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, OJ403 said: Firstly I have to discredit you for using F*rest. Up the Rams. But on a more helpful note, I'm running a 343 with Racing Club pretty well atm, but mine is slightly more high pressing/block than yours. Not at my laptop atm, I will provide screenshots later if youd like? Its a little like this: DLF-S RDM-A W-S DLP-D B2B-S WB-S IWB-A BPD-D CD-C BPD-D SK-S I have no PIs, and look for the right underlap and left overlap, we play out of defence and (I think) pass into space. We counter, counter press and distribute to centre backs. We have much higher d-lines and lines of engagement, with the most intense pressing, offside trap, PSGD and tight marking. I have had brief success in a trial save with the far superior Derby County where we played the highest d-line, offside trap and most urgent pressing, but the deepest line of engagement and narrow d-width. It made us very compact and hard to break down, we just lacked options on the break sometimes In bold is the main issue. But I’ll take your idea on board. Only thing is we don’t have any raumdeuters so I’ll play a IF-A instead with PI’s. Thanks for the help Also I did win in the derby incase your wondering Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJ403 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 53 minutes ago, SmileFaceGamer said: Also I did win in the derby incase your wondering Thats the sort of thing that can only happen in FM... Maybe you could combat the lack of options by not telling your players to counter and maybe give some of your front 3 really passive PIs, like ease off tackles, or the lowest closing down? Not sure if it'd work or not though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmileFaceGamer Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, OJ403 said: Thats the sort of thing that can only happen in FM... Maybe you could combat the lack of options by not telling your players to counter and maybe give some of your front 3 really passive PIs, like ease off tackles, or the lowest closing down? Not sure if it'd work or not though Yeah. One possible idea your post did give me was increasing the line of engagement so our players are further forward, especially if we win the ball in the Forward line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Experienced Defender Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 9 hours ago, SmileFaceGamer said: The idea is to try and defend in a tight mid block, forcing teams to play over us to our fairly quick and decent in the air CB's (particularly Diagne) or play through us, where we press aggresively before looking to counter quickly through the wide spaces, trying to find space in the channels for either a cross or a shot. Wingers have been told to roam. Any help appreciated Huh... If I correctly understood what you want to achieve, one possible way could be this (the formation remains unchanged): DLFa IFs Wa BWMd APMs WBa IWBd CDc BPDst CDc SKs/d (depending on his attributes) Instructions you should remove (in my opinion) - run at defence, work into box, overlaps (both), much higher tempo, extremely wide, higher d-line, lower LOE, extremely urgent, stuck in (not sure about offside trap). Actually, most of your instructions seem superfluous to me. Advice - start with as few instructions and possible, watch your matches and see if (and which) adjustments are needed in terms of adding/removing certain instructions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenYid Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 11 hours ago, Experienced Defender said: Huh... If I correctly understood what you want to achieve, one possible way could be this (the formation remains unchanged): DLFa IFs Wa BWMd APMs WBa IWBd CDc BPDst CDc SKs/d (depending on his attributes) Instructions you should remove (in my opinion) - run at defence, work into box, overlaps (both), much higher tempo, extremely wide, higher d-line, lower LOE, extremely urgent, stuck in (not sure about offside trap). Actually, most of your instructions seem superfluous to me. Advice - start with as few instructions and possible, watch your matches and see if (and which) adjustments are needed in terms of adding/removing certain instructions. I second this. To try to play with as few instructions as possible at the start is the key in my opinion. If you have a clear idea of how you want your team to play I think that you will notice pretty quickly where you'll need to make your adjustments. Good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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