Never Say Die Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 After watching my world class LB run half the length of the pitch to close down the opps left CF who was being closed down by my RB and RCB, actually running past my LCB who then followed him to leave the opps R Mid and RCF free to prance through the middle with the latter getting on the end of the lovely ball the opps LCF managed to put past four players! After watching this, I notice that the bloody marking issues are still not sorted! Was a very important game too btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayahr Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 You shouldn't tell all your players to man-mark the same guy then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never Say Die Posted March 18, 2010 Author Share Posted March 18, 2010 They are set to zonal! It's happened a few times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeesterCat Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Have you set your full backs to very low closing down? I spotted the advice to do that on the Tactics forum and its been a great help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never Say Die Posted March 18, 2010 Author Share Posted March 18, 2010 Have you set your full backs to very low closing down?I spotted the advice to do that on the Tactics forum and its been a great help. It's not set very high, just under 'whole pitch' I think. I'll tone it down some more and see. Ta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeesterCat Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Its worth a try. As was explained in the thread (I forget which one, sorry) it means that your defence, in theory, should form a solid bank of players which will be harder for your opponents to bypass with neat little triangle passes. I've set mine to 2 or 3 notches up from the minimum and it definitely seems to help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarian Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 It's not set very high, just under 'whole pitch' I think. I'll tone it down some more and see. Ta. Whoa, I think that is pretty high. I set mine to just above Own Area and my CB even lower then that. They still occasionally close down a bit too early for my liking even on those settings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never Say Die Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 In past fms I had my full backs closing down set to max and have always had one of the best defences. I think fullbacks should be closing down up and down the pitch. That's their job. I've tone it down now though and they are doing a lot better. Closing down a lot but sticking to their own side of the pitch. (as a fb should without ANY instruction at all tbh) cheers guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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