I'm trying to use a 3421 tactic with Atalanta. Not going horrible but also not going great atm, still trying to figure out how to play exactly.
Some things I noticed:
- I switched from DLP to DMC-s (with PI's for passing), but then my team started focusing a lot on the right flank, the side the DMCs (Koopmeijners that game) was on. I'm hoping using a DLP-s fixes this a bit. Because a DLP seems to be more involved in the play.
- During this game I noticed my WBR (Hateboer that game), often was in a lot of space, but even though I was using 'pass into space' the ball was pretty much always passed either into his feet, or short. Meaning he either had to wait or come to the ball, both costing time. This seems to be a trend in general.
- Made worse by players being static. I pretty much use the 3421 posted on the 2nd page of this thread with Koopmeijners as AMC-s (trying him there because he is more a playmaker then de Ketelaere) and Ketelaere or Lookman AMC-a. It feels like my team responds sluggish in attacking transitions and static in possession. I have seen some nice attacks but those usually come at the end of games and I only see a few of them per game.
Basically I rarely see counters and not a lot of interplay between the amcs and the striker. I am trying Scamacca both as an ADF-a and a CF-a btw.