Limited Fullbacks Question

[onurserter]

Hi everyone,

I'm on my save with RBL and all my fullbacks are excelling at playing limited fullback.

My starter left back is a regen with very low technical skills yet a wonderkid so I don't want to discard him

On right side, I got Lukas Klostermann who performed great last year as an invidiual.

I'm going through different tactics in the forum but can't find a suitable one with limited fullbacks.

Do you have any tips on how to get most of my tactics with limited fullbacks?

[OrientTillIDie]

You say they're excelling so I don't see why you want to make a change. The limited full back role isn't used by most people because it's basically tackle and kick it away. The one thing the role does lend itself to is staying solid at the back and playing fast direct football. However if they're doing well then don't change anything.

[RTHerringbone]

People generally don't use Limited Fullbacks, which is why you see hardly any on the forum. As OrientTillIDie says, if they are working for you then don't feel obliged to change. If they work but the rest of the system doesn't, you'd need to post full details of the tactic in order to get advice about the system as a whole.

[noikeee]

I wouldn't use limited fullbacks ever, unless their technique, passing, composure is so terrible you can't even trust them to make a simple pass to a nearby player. I don't use them even in lower league.

I suspect you've seen your staff rate them higher at limited fullback than other roles, and feel compelled to use them in that role because of that. You can safely ignore the staff advice, it's BS. It only means the player scores higher in the average of the attributes required in limited FB over the average needed for the other roles, which given the limited FB requires much fewer skills and all of them are basic, will happen for almost every player in that position that isn't Roberto Carlos or Daniel Alves, essentially.

[Wilesy]

I've found that playing limited fullbacks combined with limited centre backs can work very well. You're defensively solid and the defence moves together as a unit. I play LLM and have terrible full backs, when I'm working on a formation I don't make any signings so I can work on it with players I know. It works really well if the players are basically centre backs by trade as you then have a bank of big players heading everything away. Sure, it's not pretty but it's effective. It also allows the midfield to focus more on build up play than defending as you know you've got a solid base behind them.

[phnompenhandy]

I'm a LLM as well, with full backs lacking technical (or any other ) ability. I don't normally start out with LFB roles but will switch to them to close a game out, especially in conjunction with 'contain'. If I start a game with LFB I don't create enough chances to score.

[Scottdog]

Klostermann is awesome. I just play him as a normal fullback on automatic - he's young enough to adapt. He has amazing pace and acceleration and crossing stats so if you want him to get forward and get assists then give him freedom.

[Kick Wilstra]

I've used the LFB in an attempt to play a 3 man defence in possession, thus morphing my 4-2-3-1 to a 3-2-3-2 in attack. The backline I played was WB(a), BPD(d), CD(x), LFB(d), with LFB sitting narrow in possession.

I played this way because I wanted to play high line attacking football, but I only had on CD with decent pace, so I made the slow close down, while the LFB covered for him. I actually worked quite well. Still, the LFB started as a young player who was a great athlete with decent mental skills but technically fairly poor. All the playing time made him develop his technical skill however, so he's now an quite all-round full back. So the next season I acquired a CB with decent pace, and now play the former LFB in a more traditional FB(s) role.

As a side note, if you're not playing a top club in a top league, chances are the most of defender will be primarily qualified as limited defenders and limited full back by the game. I wouldn't care too much about that and just use your own judgement, and think primarily of what you expect from that role in your tactic, and whether the intended starter has the skill to do so, even if it's apparently not his best role. My whole backline is two-thirds full circles in the asigned roles and duties I play them, but they still do their jobs very well.