crouchaldinho Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Problem with 4-4-2 is it's dated. Works at sunday league level best where players/coaches don't have the time to work on tactics plus majority of players are used to playing that way. That's nonsense really, isn't it. The majority (27%) of line-ups in the Premier League this season have been in a 4-4-2 (second most popular is 4-2-3-1 with 25%). This is according to Football-Lineups.com. Clearly it is still a very popular system even in the top flight, and it obviously still very much has its place in the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 It's very effective in Football Manager 10, as seen by my 4-4-2 experiment thread on the tactics forum where most of the participants achieved lots of success with the formation. To answer the OP, I use a 4-4-2 occasionally. I tend to prefer the target man/poacher combination up front if I can, and I like a ball winner and playmaker in the midfield. More regularly though, I will tend to use a 4-4-1-1, with one of the strikers withdrawn to the AMC position. It gives the advantage of a five man midfield while not in possession, while acting like a 4-4-2 in attack, and also has the benefit of a hole player between the lines. This is probably my favourite FM formation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUTactician247 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I play for a Sunday League team and we play 4-5-1 so I don't know what you're on about there. We often experiment with tactics during friendly matches so I don't understand what you're saying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siven Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Very rarely. Mainly if i have a young striker i want to blood in, i have him alongside a first team striker. Otherwise i prefer a 3 man miidfield formation. Most matches can be won or lost in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayahr Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I still use a stadard 4-4-2 with attacking wingers in FM10 and achieve with it about what I should achieve when looking at the quality of my teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholes=legend Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Yep been using 4-4-2 for all my 16 seasons at Arsenal. It won me the Treble last year and over the course of my career 7 Premier League titles, 3 Champions Leagues and 5 F.A Cups plus countless other cups that have come with winning the others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
that\'s play soccer Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I like to use 4-4-2 with 3DC and Libero(attack). When attacking it look like 3-5-2. When Defending it look like 6-2-2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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