[Football Manager 2018 Announcement]

I really hope beta will drop today. Horrid day at work. I just want to get home later, take the kids to bed and relax while playing FM18...

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

I'm planning ahead for fm18 and want to play a 352 with a dm, 2 cms and 2 fw. How would I tell the team to play it short in the first 2/3 of the pitch but try long passes at the end of the pitch?  Will shorter passing and play through balls be enough? 

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I'm getting so frustrated. I play Monaco with a 3 at the back. But it's like they are only decoration, as every low cross from the left is a sure goal against me.  

 

I play them DC(D) - BPD(D) - DC(D), but instead of being more stable in defense I'm feeling like I'm even more open. Do my defenders need some kind of speciality to play them 3 at the back? Workrate etc.?

 

 

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

So I tried the formation yesterday. I won all of the games but there were a couple things to my disliking. First off I wasn't as dangerous as I wanted to be. 

 

Also what I wanted was a transition from 

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But my DLP(D) never ever dropped between the central defenders, my AP(A) midfielder and the CM(S) always were on the same height, despite the AP had "go further forward" and the CM "hold position" and so there was no link up play with my CF(S).

It looked like this:

 

Because of that my defense was open and invited the opposition for through balls. I switched to more pressing which solved this matter, but wasn't what I wanted in the first place. 

 

How should I instruct my midfielders? I'm tempted to give both fullbacks an attacking duty, but feel like my defense will be even more open unless I get my DLP(D) to dropping into a back 3. 

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Whats the biggest difference for my wingers in a 4-1-4-1 and a 4-3-3? Are players more restricted by their role or their position in the tactics screen? 

If I want them to cut inside and play one-twos, I need to put them further up the pitch and play as IF (or RD) right? 

The idea is to let my defensive DLP in dm position drop into a back 3 with the full/wingbacks closing up to my CM(S) and the wingers creating a "flat diamond" with the AF and AP (whose start in cm position). kinda like a 3-3-3-1 in offense.

 

Also is CM(S) the right position, if I want the player to stay between offense and defense to link them up? the other player in central midfield is a AP, who is going to push up further the pitch to be the main creator.