[Any success using a 'tiki-taka' based tactic?]

Despite the match engine making it very difficult to keep sustained pressure/possession I have developed a possession tactic I'm pretty pleased with. Too many passes amongst the defence but passing numbers are strong generally and every player gets involved. In the match I've attached here, my striker had the lowest number of passes with 25 which is decent for that role. Beyond that, the inverted wingers had over 90 passes between them.

Of course it is much easier to be this dominant when you manage a team like Celtic compared to other teams. 

[Possession in fm 22]

4 minutes ago, Pattric_b said:

I haven't been having any issues holding the ball and I'm playing as Barnsley with maybe the 12th best squad. As you can see we are also out-passing the rest of the league by about 2k+ passes in total. 

I agree with what O-zil said above, if you want to play a high pressing, possession based tactic you need the right players who compliment that style of play. It's never been more true than this year. Plug and play is fading off into the sunset and people need to start adapting!

That's impressive but I created the tactic myself so haven't really plugged anything in.. 

In terms of having the right players, my pressing forward is Tammy Abraham. This is his best role according to the game and he has a work rate of 17 yet I routinely watch him allow the centre backs pass the ball between each other. 

As others have said, it's a known issue with the game and the sooner it's fixed the better. 

Out of interest I went to the pass completion stat page for the whole of Serie A and every player in the top 20 was a centre back. 5 of them had a 99% pass completion by the midway point of the season. 

I've also checked other leagues. Looked at a random City game where they played Newcastle at home (winning 3-1). Newcastle had 56% possession and Lascelles and Fernandez had nearly 200 passes between them. Think they completed 560 passes to City's 420. So stupid.

[Possession in fm 22]

7 minutes ago, crusadertsar said:

How do you press wide areas? Usually ideal pressing formations are top heavy. Either with two strikers or shapes with striker and forwards in the AMC, AMR and AML positions. This way you can start pressing early with your players already positioned high. 

 

With my full backs. I have my defensive line as high as it will go and have set my full backs to press high. As you can see with the initial screenshots I posted though, it's not just pressing in wide areas that's an issue. In the Ternana game both centre backs completed 100% of their passes. Even though I have a pressing forward with 17 work rate and 2 narrow attackers behind him set to press too.

I'm not claiming my tactic is perfect but it's a definite issue and is taking away a lot of enjoyment from the game.

What sort of pass completion are opposition centre backs getting against you?

[Possession in fm 22]

17 minutes ago, crusadertsar said:

That's really weird. Pressing high works well for me. Actually better than it did in FM21. Can we see your tactic with roles and instructions? 

Here it is. In possession instructions that don't fit into screenshot: short passing, play out of defence, work ball into box.

Genuinely happy to take feedback on the tactic and how I can get it to press better. I created it myself and I'm not really an expert like some are. 

[Possession in fm 22]

This issue has completely ruined the game for me. There's just no immersion because when you watch the matches there's an invisible barrier on the pitch that your players won't go past. It's infuriating. No matter what your tactics are, you just have to sit there and watch average teams pass the ball between themselves at the back. I have a Roma save and am playing an aggressive high press tactic, however it just doesn't materialise so there's basically no point.

I can't believe this issue wasn't ironed out in development. How does defenders completing 95%-100% of their passes not ring any alarm bells? Pressing is one of the most important aspects of modern football and it's been rendered pretty much obsolete in FM22. 

Take a recent game where I played away at minnows Ternana. Their back four completed 331 passes in the match with an average completion rate of 97.7%.

I just can't play the game whilst the match engine is like this. The minor issues in previous games like too many goals from crosses I could look past but this is too much for me to turn a blind eye to.