Description of issue
This one example is from a game in which I told my RCM to mark to their LCB. I know this will pull him out of position and I don't expect him to do it all the time because that wouldn't make any sense, but I expect in the buildup for him to stay close and press ( which teams do irl) but most of the time he does nothing, and often stands on top of one of the opposition midfielder and has no interest in the centreback opposite him (see attachment). I don't expect him to solely tight mark/ press the centre back but you can recreate it yourself and he shows almost no interest at all
I know you may say that it is simply not compatible with the position he playing in. The thing that makes me think this is not working as intended is that at half time in this game, I decided to get my left winger to mark one of the centrebacks and tell my right back to mark their left back with the hope of pushing my team up in the press. However, i accidentally set him to mark the other right back. This led him to, quite understandably, bomb halfway across the pitch, stand in complete no-man-lands and then hold hands with my left back! ( see attachment and PKM).
If my right back is willing to completely vacate his position if I tell him, why can't my midfielder press/ tight mark the centre-back opposite him? One or both of these has to be a bug.
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