LJ_ Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Hi, I just started a new game on the 9.2.0 patch. My defenders are having trouble dealing with fast strikers/wingers. My team has been caught on the break for MANY occassions. Also, i find that my anchorman has not been very effective in breaking up opposiiton play. My team set-up is as follow (4-2-3-1/4-1-2-2-1): fullbacks: mentality: 10 (+1 = mid point) CF: 6 (+1 = mixed) CD: 10 (+1 = mid-point) FWR and RWB = mixed Long shots and TB = rarely cross ball = mixed centre backs: mentality: 8 (+3 = mid point) CF: 6 (+1 = mixed) CD: 8 (+3 = mid-point) ALL rarely DM (4-1-2-2-1, DM-MCd-MCa-AMR-AML)/MCd (4-2-3-1, MCd-MCa-AMC-AMR-AML): mentality: 10 (+1 = mid point) CF: 7 (-1 = rarely) CD: 13 (Team setting) FWR and RWB = rarely Long shots and TB = mixed cross ball = rarely TEAM settings: mentality: 14 (-1 = mixed) CF: 11 (= mid-point) Tempo: 13 (+1 = high) Width: 12 (+2 = wide) CD: 12 (+2 = often) D-L: 12 Is there anything wrong with the above settings? Please advise. thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgins Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 What team are you playing with and what season are you in, give some more info please. Do you use man marking/ zonal/ tight marking ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ_ Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 i'm using Lyon. First season. I got several injuries tho ( i lost Grosso, Toulalan, abenzoner, fabio santos, cris, clerc and reveillevre). I used zonal marking (i also tried tight marking for my centre backs). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgins Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Try this settings for marking: fullbacks on zonal + tight marking Dc's on man-marking + tight marking Set you dc creative freedom to 1-2 Look if your defense improves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ_ Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 thanks. i will have try ur settings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ_ Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 just wondering... how much closing down my defenders need to be? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgins Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 just wondering... how much closing down my defenders need to be? add 1-2 clicks (add 0 for dc) to your mentality system to have your closing down setup. Probably you should lower a bit your defenders mentality, if you continue conceding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam NBH Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Try CF for CB's at 3/4, and I tight man mark for my aggressive CB, FB's and DM. I also put my other CB on Loose man marking but I play a high D-Line. I also match mentality to closing down and match MR/L, and CF's CF to their Creativity attribute. I do play with Arsenal though who have very quick defenders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ_ Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 speaking of defensive line, i read somewhere in the forum (the Framework) that DL must tie to the base mentality... how does that work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgins Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 speaking of defensive line, i read somewhere in the forum (the Framework) that DL must tie to the base mentality... how does that work? Your d-line should nearly match the mentality of your dmc (or your defensive Mc, if you play with a flat midfield). So if your dmc has mentality of 10, you could set your d-line from 8 to 12. To stay safe. Remember that mentality, closing down and d-line are all linked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne'o Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Your d-line should nearly match the mentality of your dmc (or your defensive Mc, if you play with a flat midfield).So if your dmc has mentality of 10, you could set your d-line from 8 to 12. To stay safe. Remember that mentality, closing down and d-line are all linked. Hi Higgins, If this is true would just setting them all to the same level across the board to the best way to go about it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgins Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Hi Higgins' date='If this is true would just setting them all to the same level across the board to the best way to go about it?[/quote'] No linked doesn't mean to the same level, means that when you change one you should change the other. Only for my dc's I set mentality =closing down (I don't want them to be dragged away) For the other roles, for example you could add 2 notches to every players mentality to have your mentality setup for every man on the pitch. Just an example, anyway, you could try different setup too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ_ Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 Your d-line should nearly match the mentality of your dmc (or your defensive Mc, if you play with a flat midfield).So if your dmc has mentality of 10, you could set your d-line from 8 to 12. To stay safe. Remember that mentality, closing down and d-line are all linked. Hi Higgins, What do u mean by CD and d-line are linked? I like to play dominant attacking football with lots of possession. I'm thinking of pushing my D-line fairly high up the park and pressure my opponents at their own half, so i should give my players instruction to close down more often, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinGoodey Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hi Higgins,What do u mean by CD and d-line are linked? I like to play dominant attacking football with lots of possession. I'm thinking of pushing my D-line fairly high up the park and pressure my opponents at their own half, so i should give my players instruction to close down more often, right? Correct - but you should also then increase their mentality too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgins Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Correct - but you should also then increase their mentality too. That's what I meant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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