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Regarding Man-Marking. I have not assigned Man-Marking to the players in the pictures above. I was just wondering in general.

@Marc Vaughan Slightly off-topic but another question i have is what happens if i put "Man-Marking" to a player that is not positioned exactly on top of an opponent. For example if both teams play 4-2-3-1. Both central attacking midfielders are between the two defensive midfielders. But the defensive midfielders have 2 opponents on each side - the central attacking midfielder and a attacking midfielder on the wing. If i put "Man-Marking" on a DM - what happens? Btw thank you for your answers. It helps me to understand the game better 😀

So here are some examples. 1. No.14 and No.6 are my two defensive pivots. Their player roles are set ro DM. Pressing is "Own Half", Defensive line "Middle". Team Mentality is "Offensive", all other settings are "Normal" (the middle option). As you can see, their No.10 (McKennie) just received the ball from the midfield and my defensive midfielders open up the middle. He dribbled with the ball without my defensive midfielders trying to get the ball. My defender No.4 leaves his position to tackle him and opens up the space. He ends up making a through ball to the striker who then scores. 2. My two defensive midfielders are No.4 and No.6. Same settings as mentioned above but team mentality is on counter. My DM No.6 sits on the wing even though the ball came from the opponents No.5. So my DM moved to the flank for no reason. No.4 is occupied so it makes sense for him to kind of opening up the middle. The result in this situation is the same - Keita dribbles, one of my defenders opens up space to tackle him, through ball and goal. 3. The most shocking case in my opinion. Same game as in photo 2. My DM No.6 is WIDER than my wing-back. No.4 again leaving his position to close down a player that already is beeing pressured by my No.23. My DM's have decision making of 13 and 15, positioning 15 both so it's not that the players are bad. But this happens almost every game and even more often if the opponent has a No.10. I would understand a defensive midfielder if set to Ball Winning Mid that he leaves his position but not like my No.6 in the last photo. The ball is on the opposite side and he covers the flank, not even the half-space. For me im absolutly clueless on why he does this. But i have encountered this problem in all of my saves since FFM 23 came out, not just now. And it kind of makes 4-2-3-1 DM unplayable. Edit: Another example as a sequence. Before the throw in, my No.6 (DM) covers the space he is supposed to. But after the throw in, he moves to the opposite side and opens up the whole middle of the pitch.

I can do that but i still play FMM 2023. Should i send you screenshots anyway? Also, thanks for your answers.

@Marc Vaughan I have another question regarding defensive lines. Do the strikers/offensive midfielders also drop back more if i set back the position of the defensive line? I also got a question regarding "Tackling". Does this affect players leaving their position if i set it to hard? Does it work similar to creativ freedom that - the harder tackling i choose, the more players leave their position to win the ball? I also noticed that if you play in a 4-2-3-1 DM the two DM's (the player roles don't matter, it's always this way) leave a huge gap for the opponents No 10. They always move sideways to the flanks instead of closing the middle. Any idea on how i can avoid this?

Thank you both for your answers 🙂

Yes

I discovered something strange regarding the movement of strikers. Whenever i play with wingers, my striker moves wide without the ball - regardless of which player role and mentality or width setting. But if i change the player role to Inside Forward or Inverted Winger he actually stays centrally in the striker position. The reason because i need Wingers is because Inside Forwards or Inverted Wingers sadly don't stretch the pitch enough because they stay very close to the edge of the penalty area insted of on the touchline. So my question is: is this movement of the striker intended? Or any ideas on how i can achieve to play with wingers while my striker stays more central?

I was wondering about what each setting does? For example if i play a high line with pressing in own half - what happens? Do my strikers just let the defenders past them without doing anything? And if i choose sit-back with high line - does this mean my players just watch the ball without actually tackling? If i want to close the middle and lure my opponents to either flank and press then - how can i achieve this? Also how can i close the middle if i play on wide width? I red the description in the online manual but it doesn't really explain much on how the player respond. Thanks for help

My question is wheter setting creative freedom also has an impact on the players positioning when defending. For example: If i set creative freedom to High and pressing to 'all over', do players leave their position to cover players further away from their position if necessary? (Wing back tracks down midfielder on their respective side if my midfielder is out of position for example)

Because we don't have the Half Back player role i was wondering what comes closest to it. Is it a Anchor Man or a Defensive Midfielder? Or maybe a Ball Playing Centreback with man Marking? Any ideas?

Because a not so small amount of players are going to be stuck with the FMM23 version can we at least get a patch where bugs that exist in the game for years now get fixed? Im thinking of youth team coach not applying their formation in some leagues, players beeing permanently low on moral because of some issue that doesnt even get displayed, or when a player gets injured and you sub on a new players this exact player doesnt appear on the pitch so its an 11 vs 10? Unfortunally i dont have a file to provide for these issues but they have already been raised in past more then enough. I personally overlooked those things for years but now i think its time to actually leave a good game for us behind to play and enjoy. I think thats the least SI should do.

If the reason for joining Netflix really would have been to 'save' the game you could have come up with better ideas that wouldn't involve throwing a good portion of very passionate and loyal players under the bus. They could have just increase the price for the game and additionally start a partnership with for example Netflix. The money lost from Netflix for exclusivity would be covered by the increased price but with the same result for SI. It just wasn't about this all along, it's (as always) about making the biggest amount of money possible. The whole disaster in this case isn't necessarily switching to Netflix and dissapointing your loyal customers, above all it is the communication of the CEO himself with his comments and lack of transparancy.

Absolutly ridicolous and unfair decision to everyone who supported and bought this game for all those years. No explanation in the world can justify that. I dont even want to hear the reasons or read a FAQ because it seems the decision is irreversible but it would be interesting how they explain to us why he should pay 60$ per year for a mobile game. Im honestly regreting every word that i wrote in the past in order to give feedback or help others because i cant afford to pay for this so they clearly dont want me as a customer. Let down once again ... @MarkVaughan what have you got say to this?

From my understanding the 'Width' setting primarely impacts the team when with the ball and how far away players position themselfes. My question is what width do i need, to make my players shift to one side of the pitch (overloading one side). Is it narrow width and maybe passing focus on both flanks? Or is it wide width with passing focus to centre? Similar questuon regarding what regulates the width when defending? As an example, if i want to lure my opponent to either flank to make them get stuck there and lose the ball, how can i achieve that? (Ideally without having to move wide players like IF or IW into a central positions)