kennypavey

The main issue seems to be the transitions ironically. My pressing doesn't seem to work at all, and opponents just pass through and have a good opportunity on goal, and when I get possession (often further back than I want) the players just squander it, leaving to a dangerous transition the other way. Most of my attacking play seem to be against a set defense and most of my defending seems to be chaotic transitions, which is the opposite of what I want...

It's FM24 and I'm trying to master transitions in a 4-3-3, but I can't seem to get it functioning the idea I want it to. The team is Sweden, which currently has: Average but industrious midfield 3 (Jens Cajuste, Hugo Larsson, Mattias Svanberg) Great attacking players in front 3 (Alexander Isak, Viktor Gyökeres, Jesper Karlsson, Dejan Kulusevski, Roony Bardghji etc.) "Standard" defenders (Quite traditional fullbacks in Augustinsson and Emil Holm, central defenders in Lindelöf and Hien/Ekdal/Starfelt). My attacking players are almost all at their best with the ball at their feet running at the defense in quick transitions, so my basic idea is: Out of possession, drop a bit (mid-block) and then try to win the ball (trigger press more often). When winning the ball first option should always be to launch front 3 in space. Full backs support Midfield mainly for ball-winning and recycling, but players like Svanberg might pop-up late in penalty box Generally I prefer defensively solid tactics, and I rather win 1-0 and 4-2. Unfortunately, the latter is how I currently seem to be winning. Another issue is against much weaker opponents everything seems to be a bit hasty. I still want the counter to be the first option, but we need to be more patient when that is not an option. Can anyone see where I am going wrong here?

I think a misconception is that no instructions is representative of a irl manager saying “just do what you want”, in reality 0 filled in team instructions are just as detailed as 35. E.g. tempo set to standard just means the manager saying “move the ball in this tempo”, changing it is just saying “move the ball in that tempo” instead. so it is perfectly reasonable and realistic to be succesful with 0 instructions if the formation and roles make sense.

I want to create a style of play that basically is “annoying to meet”, in that they run a lot, disturbs opponents and in general works hard. Struggling a bit to find key instructions. In terms of other tactical settings I am very pragmatic and I intend to change approach and formations depending on opponent, but I want the DNA intact. In defense we should hassle opponents (press but not necessarily a high line) and be in their face. In offense we should take a lot of sacrificing runs. So far I have identified that I need players with high value in team work, work rate and stamina (maybe aggression?) . Tactically I am thinking a more intensive, compact press, and counter ticked on. The rest I am not sure of. ant ideas?