mcpay Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hi all, this year I switched from EA´s football manager to SI and I am pretty happy, but... unfortunately I have not been a very successful manager so far... I usually start in December in Bundesliga and choose a team from bottom half to have a challenge. Friendlies (also against teams from Bundesliga) are going well, but normally as soon as the first league came comes, my team is struggling and I am having a lot of defensive problems. Last time I already tried playing with a defensive set up as below: DF S TQ A DW CM CM DW S A D S FB CD CD FB A D D A GK D Mentality: Standard (I switched to defensive after some games) Fluidity: Fluid Morale: Okay Do you think it is a problem of tactical familarity and I just need to be more patient? I am glad for all help you can give to me. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giantplaything Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Welcome to FM! I'm glad to see your enjoying it so far. Have you got any team instructions set? Also, what area of the pitch are the opposition goals coming from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpay Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hi there, sorry, forgot to mentin the team instructions. I started to use retain possession work ball into box shorter passing get stuck in hassle opponents i have no individual instructions set thanks a lot for welcoming me:-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpay Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 and opposition most often scores by just passing into space (often with "lobbed" passes) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giantplaything Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Hi there, sorry, forgot to mentin the team instructions. I started to use retain possession work ball into box shorter passing get stuck in hassle opponents i have no individual instructions set thanks a lot for welcoming me:-) and opposition most often scores by just passing into space (often with "lobbed" passes) Thanks for the info. You may find that with both hassle opponents and get stuck in combined may pull players out of their defensive positions and leave you vulnerable at the back. If you're wanting to close down space then try swapping Hassle opp. with push higher up. That way there's less room between defence and midfield but players aren't running out of position too far to press. Also as a side note, I'm surprised you don't have look for the overlap selected with defensive wingers and attacking fullbacks. I hope this is helpful to you. I'm sure others could add more to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Not sure a Trequartista & a Defensive Forward will work well together - not sure either brings the best out of the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnUrF Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 the question of who scores comes to mind. Treq is more a creator also DF doesn't sound like a finisher. -SnUrF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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