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

3 hours ago, Experienced Defender said:

If I was looking to replicate Atletico's 442 tactic under Simeone, I would in the first place pick either Atletico or a team that is very similar to them in terms of quality and player types, because for any tactic to work - you need suitable players (otherwise, the attempt of replication is likely to fail).

Now, on your question regarding instructions. If we speak solely about mentality and out-of-possession instructions, I would start with Balanced, standard DL, lower LOE, tighter marking and get stuck in (ocassionally more urgent pressing, but not necessarily and not always). However, defending - like attacking - consists of much more than just that. The setup of roles and duties, plus appropriate player instructions, are no less important.

Thanks for taking the time for such a detailed response, i was undecided on whether to include tighter marking as a team instruction or just to select certain players but i'll try it out and see how it works out. Thanks again for the help.

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

Hi all,

I’m trying to create a tactic which is similar to Simeone’s 4-4-2 at Atletico Madrid. In my head and from what I’ve read they seem to set up in a mid block which will press high up the pitch with the two strikers to try and regain possession, but if that press is beaten they drop back to their mid block and try and win the ball back in midfield through coordinated pressing traps.

I was just looking for some advice on how to set up the defensive line and line of engagement to achieve this. My initial thoughts were perhaps a balanced or cautious mentality with a standard or higher defensive line and then perhaps a lower line of engagement. The only problem I see with a lower LOE is the front two being too passive. 

I’m basing most of this replication on how they set up in the 2018 Europa league final, mainly because the game is readily available on YouTube to rewatch and there’s a good analysis of the match on spielverlagerung.

[New Laptop/PC Advice -Please Read the Opening Post]

20 minutes ago, phnompenhandy said:

My Dell's rapidly dying so looking to replace. How does this look?

Dell Inspiron 7559,15.6″ Touch i7-6700HQ 8GB 1TB SSHD

Dell Inspiron 7000 Series

Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz 6MB Cache

8 GB DDR3L SDRAM

1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5

Display: 15.6 inch 4K Touch

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

 

I know it would run FM fine, but how well - five star, full graphics (currently I'm in 1.5 stars, low on graphics!)?

How quick would surfing the net with tons of tabs open while playing FM manage?

 

Cheers :-)

I’ve had the non touch version of this laptop for the last three years, no issues until this years football manager edition where I’m seeing some stuttering in the 2D engine. Although at this stage I can’t say whether that’s due to the machine or the game.

Graphically it gives three stars but under recommended for the pc settings it sets everything to high.

Multi-tasking is efficient although generally I’m not browsing too much when FM is on.

I’d say it’s still a solid laptop but the graphics card is a bit dated, depends how much your paying for it though I suppose.