Emulating Pep's Possesion Tactic on FMM 16

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After the City/Sunderland game, I decided to try create a tactic similar to Pep's one used at Barcelona, Bayern and that he will use at City.This is a screenshot of my 2-3-2-1 formation. When in possesion, the tactic plays as a 4-3-3:With the tactic, it takes longer for the breakthrough, so it is pretty nerve wrecking sometimes.

Off the ball, the tactic plays like this: A very compact shape, and the committed tackling aids us retain the ball.

Results include:

Two high scoring games. Possession, shots and clear cut chances. All you want in FMM.

After all, the key to not losing is to not let the opponent have the ball (for long). Some people criticise this way, calling it ball hogging - but I believe in Pep and I know that he'll lead city to great things.

 

Team Instructions:

For general play (0-75 mins):

For attacking football (75+ mins) (lack of defenders hurts, more goals conceded):

 

 

I reccomend you try this tactic with better teams. I used this tactic with a VNS side (the worst in the game), and managed to scrape a 1-0 victory over a VNL side.

Exceptional players to buy:

John Stones, ENG, 21, Everton (in FMM 16)

Paul Pogba, FRA, 22, Juventus

(anyone with high Passing, Decisions, and anyone who's specialist role is one to retain possession)

[samuelawachie]

In the Sunderland game, the two fullbacks were coming well inside (right into the middle of the pitch; playing almost as Central Midfielders when City had the ball); and then Fernandinho was definitely playing as a half-back (splitting the two center-halves when City had possession and going just in front of them when they were out of possession. It was all very weird and unorthodox and would be difficult to recreate in FM.

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20 minutes ago, samuelawachie said:

In the Sunderland game, the two fullbacks were coming well inside (right into the middle of the pitch; playing almost as Central Midfielders when City had the ball); and then Fernandinho was definitely playing as a half-back (splitting the two center-halves when City had possession and going just in front of them when they were out of possession. It was all very weird and unorthodox and would be difficult to recreate in FM.

I know and since its FMM and I can't give individual instructions and the tactics aren't as detailed, I tried to get Fernandinho playing  a BBM while he could change to a DLP. The formation itself is quite unorthodox because on paper it plays 2 at the back.

[Lordluap]

aside from the use of the Inverted Wing Backs that sat narrow in CM when in possession - which cant happen on FM16 - i would set up as:

 

----BPD---BPD----

CWBa--HB--CWBa

-----CMd--CMd-----

APa-------------APa

---------DLF----------

 

OK, you wont get the Inverted Wing Backs sitting in and the CMs moving up with the Wingers staying wide, but you will have the correct SHAPE when IN POSSESSION - The APs(wide) act like the CMs, the CWBS act like the Ws and the CMs act like the Inverted Wing Backs,

 

As i say, impossible to recreate full in FM16, but this gets close to the overall shape.