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I've found that 

2 hours ago, knap said:

Virtually every tactic uses counter and deep D/Lines invite trouble,.

This has been my experience as well. I'm desperately looking for a way to play that isn't Ultra high line Gegenpress, Short Passing & Work the ball into the box. It's too easy and become boring.

Any alternative strategy suggestions?

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@knap do you have any tactics or suggestions with counter attacking and/or a deep defensive line and exploiting space in behind?

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@knap do you have a Route66 for FM22? Or a similar alternative?

I can't seem to find a 442 or deeper / more direct style, thanks.

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47 minutes ago, knap said:

@baggiez

Since the introduction of the LOE P&P Tactic tend to use similar ideas.

Big Sam would be ROUTE 66 which may even have a target forward and Poacher

I tried looking for Route66 for FM22 but couldn't find it on the table. There was one tactic marked as 'Direct' which was called GOODBYE but that has Shorter Passing, Work Ball Into Box, Play Out from the back, etc. so it's not really Big Sam stuff.

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Looking across the Knap tactics table the vast majority of the best tactics for FM22 (and FM20 & FM21) are based on the same principles:

In possession: Shorter Passing, Play out of defence, Run at defence, Work Ball into Box, Low Crosses etc.

Out of possession: Offside Trap, Extremely high defensive line, Much higher lines of engagement, Extremely urgent pressing, Get stuck in, Tighter marking & Prevent GK distribution, etc.

 

Have there been any major changes to the match engine this year?

Are there alternative ways to approach tactics and find success, i.e. low defensive line and direct football? I'm desperate to do a Big Sam and make it work.

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@knap thank you.

I notice that your tactics rarely (if ever?) have Hit Early Crosses or Whipped Crosses.

Do you find these to be objectively sub-optimal in this ME? Or is this a personal preference for the type of football you want to play.

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1 hour ago, knap said:

@baggiez

Same as last year, although the Beta was best of the MEs.When you have the AI sitting back and being defensive it is very difficult not to go on front foot and take the game to AI. If you want to play around with switching tactics during a match or match to match , then it may work.

DOOMBAR would be only tactic that may be worth trying.

Can't find DOOMBAR on https://www.fmscout.com/f-knap-tactics-for-fm21.html

Do you have a link to your own site or where I can see DOOMBAR?

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Have there been any major changes to the match engine this year?

Are there alternative ways to approach tactics and find success, i.e. low defensive line and direct football?

Are there no successful tactics built around sitting back and being direct?

@knap I've looked through your archive and this year seems very similar to last year (expected unless the match engine has changed significantly?)

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All of the best tactics for FM20 were based on the same principles:

In possesion: Play out of defense, Run at defense, Work Ball into Box, Low Crosses

Out of possession: Extremely high defensive line, Much higher lines of engagement, Extremely urgent pressing, Get stuck in, Tighter marking & Prevent GK distribution, etc.

 

Have there been any major changes to the match engine this year?

Are there alternative ways to approach tactics and find success, i.e. low defensive line and direct football? I'm desperate to do a Big Sam and make it work.

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14 minutes ago, knap said:

@baggiez

In general I mostly use those settings but there are exceptions. foe example ROUTE 66 Tactics

@knap thanks for replying

I've dug around and found a Route 66 of yours.

Looks largely the same but with a few minor tweaks?

• More direct
• Lower defensive line

That looks about it.

Do you find that you're still dominating the ball this way or is it a sucker-punch tactic?

 

 

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All of the tactics I see on here seem to be formation varients of the same principles;

In possesion: Play out of defense, Run at defense, Work Ball into Box, Low Crosses

Out of possession: Extremely high defensive line, Much higher lines of engagement, Extremely urgent pressing, Get stuck in, Tighter marking & Prevent GK distribution, etc.

Due to how many tactics follow all of these instructions, I presume this just simply 'the best' way to approach this match engine.

 

But are there any successful tactics that don't play this way?

Lower defensive lines looking to exploit the space in behind? (I'm thinking Leicester title win) I'd love to play a Direct Counter-Attack style but I don't see any on here...