Need advice with tactic

[StalOlympus]

So we are not the strongest team in our league (we are expected 10th), but the board wants us in top 5. I have a lot of old players. My striker is pretty good and so are my wingers. I thought I could create a direct-counter revolving around those players. I just can't get good results though, I could use some advice.

 

[Experienced Defender]

Your right winger would make more sense on attack duty than the left one, given that he has much better off the ball. 

You keeper can be a decent SK on defend duty (considering his attributes). 

You do not necessarily need to use a low team mentality in order to play counter-attacking football. In fact, a bit higher mentality (e.g. Balanced) is usually a better choice, because it encourages faster attacking transitions.

I would rather play Castro in the DM position (regardless of the role) than Soner, given that he has considerably better defense-related attributes. In my setup, Castro would be a DM on defend duty, Borges would be a DLP on support duty in MCR position and Soner would be a CM on attack duty in MCL.

The striker (Wilczek) could play either as a PF on attack or TM on attack (more likely the former). 

In short, here is how I would set your players up in terms of roles and duties:

PFat

Wsu                                Wat

CMat    DLPsu

DMde

FBsu    CDde   CDde   WBsu

SKde

[StalOlympus]

6 minutes ago, Experienced Defender said:

Your right winger would make more sense on attack duty than the left one, given that he has much better off the ball. 

You keeper can be a decent SK on defend duty (considering his attributes). 

You do not necessarily need to use a low team mentality in order to play counter-attacking football. In fact, a bit higher mentality (e.g. Balanced) is usually a better choice, because it encourages faster attacking transitions.

I would rather play Castro in the DM position (regardless of the role) than Soner, given that he has considerably better defense-related attributes. In my setup, Castro would be a DM on defend duty, Borges would be a DLP on support duty in MCR position and Soner would be a CM on attack duty in MCL.

The striker (Wilczek) could play either as a PF on attack or TM on attack (more likely the former). 

In short, here is how I would set your players up in terms of roles and duties:

PFat

Wsu                                Wat

CMat    DLPsu

DMde

FBsu    CDde   CDde   WBsu

SKde

Thanks, I'll try it. Would you recommend get stuck in too?

Edited June 25, 2020 by StalOlympus
Adding a sentence

[Experienced Defender]

2 minutes ago, StalOlympus said:

Would you recommend get stuck in too?

Depends on the team mentality you eventually decide to use. The same applies to the pressing urgency.