Medio Volante

Tactics wise, maybe you can add "low crosses" instruction so that small strikers doesn't have to deal with high balls from your own wingers & wingbacks.

Good read so far

Yeah, I have. I love this approach too, more realistic as a weaker team. What I don't like is obviously the more realistic results . Last 8 matches in PL -> 1W, 1D and 6L. Opposition's long shots and near post corners have been the bane of my existence. But hey at least I am in the semi final of FA Cup, gonna be facing Liverpool. Savio has been great, I have tried 4-3-3 playing him as a right W(at). 8 G/A in 5 matches in that role, but the 5 G/A were against West Brom and Blackburn in FA Cup. In the league, 4-3-3 has been awful for me, that's why I switched back to 5-2-2-1. Still sitting in 11th though, so not too bad. I'm in need of new goalie and midfielder, the current ones have been dreadful. Maybe I will put some clips later showing Savio's actions. Edit: The magic of FA Cup!

Is it worth developing a player's weaker foot? What does it look like from CA/PA standpoint?

Yeah, that's what I thought too. My train of thought is that currently, I have 2 wingback type of fullbacks on each side (4 totals then), my CBs are young and I still haven't trusted them to protect the backline solidly in a back 4 formations. That's why I opted for 5-2-2-1. So, my plan currently is to just ride the wave, get a mid-table finish in my 1st season in PL. After that I can start thinking about using different formation. One thing that I'm considering is to play in a 4-3-3 so my left fullback can push up forward to combine with Philogene. During this transfer window, I also want to add some experience to my backline by getting Jannik Vestergaard for 2.8m (I know he's slow + maybe there are better young alternatives, but I want to keep the save interesting ). 4-3-3 idea with Savio as my W(at) on the right (still no ideal right FB (I want someone in the IFB mould in order for me to play 4-3-3) and DM other to replace the stop gap Cheikhou Kouyate): I guess I can retrain Serdar Saatci to be my FB(su) after getting the Jannik Vestergaard deal over the line. These are Jannik Vestergaard's attributes: My CBs' attributes: Update: Savio deal done Thankfully those clubs didn't put a bid quick enough besides Brentford. Next season is gonna be great having him on the wing. Let's just hope no UCL club will activate his release clause of 46.5m now.

Try taking a look at this guy my scout found, Kacper Tobiasz:

Need your opinion, guys @Cloud9 and szymunk . I'm currently half way through the season, it's Jan 2025. I just sold Abdulkadir Omur for 11.5m pounds (Saudi came calling), my go to attacking midfielder. Do you think Savio is a good replacement for him? What I want from my two AMs (I play with 5-2-2-1 formation, attached below): Ball carrier to carry a potent counter attacking threat Ability to maneuver in small space when I want to break down teams as strong as/weaker than my team (same shape + balanced mentality, play out of defense, and standard defensive line) Do you think that Savio is a good replacement for him? I can get him for 18.5m, fighting against Brentford's (Championship team) 14.5m pounds bid for him. Savio's agent demands to be given star player + 39-52kp/w wage - making him the highest earner in my team. The highest paid players currently in my team are on 35kp/w (Leif Davis, Jaden Philogene, and Kelechi Iheanacho). Abdulkadir Omur's attributes: Savio's attributes: My tactic right now against bigger team/away fixtures in PL (Philogene/Iheanacho as AM(a)/shadow striker): Thanks ahead!

Got it. Thanks.

Agree. That Kroupi guy looks so good. One question though: can you remove things like inconsistency and doesn't enjoy big games through mentoring? I'm currently trying to survive my first year in PL too as Hull City and have been trying to find a CF/DLF that can be an all-actions type striker for me. But since my budget was only 35m and I can say that my squad quite over-achieved by getting promoted too early (thanks to the loanees, Liam Delap, Fabio Carvalho, and Tyler Morton), I needed to spend my money conservatively. Ended up getting Kelechi Iheanacho for free and Alexandr Sobolev for 6m pounds. Pretty happy with that! Currently sitting in 10th place after 18 matches, winning 8, drawing 3, and losing 7 matches. Kelechi Iheanacho: Alexandr Sobolev:

Slightly modified Fluid Counter-Attack preset works too! 3-1 victory against Arsenal. Tactic and match result: One of the goals scored through quick passes to the final third after regaining the ball:

Position (AML/R), but of course if they play in 4-4-2 shape or back 3 formations you can adjust which positions to mark (ML/R in 4-4-2, WBL/R in back 3 formations). This is not the only tactic that I use though.

Nope. Just the man-marking PI. The matches are not gonna be pretty, you will not be making many chances and will be under attack for the whole match. But for me it gets the job done, which is surviving PL.

Crafting this nasty 6-2-2 out-of-possession shape for my newly promoted Hull City side in the Premier League to go toe-to-toe with The Big 6. Using both of my wingers to player-mark their wingers. In this case Harry Vaughan (not Philogene) was tasked to mark Bernardo Silva & Abdulkadir Omur was tasked to mark Jack Grealish. After 4 matches in the PL, I'm currently 4th with 10 points from 3 wins and 1 draw. Tactic: How it looked in-game: Result: 1-1 draw at home against Man City, 1-2 away victory against Aston Villa

Can never get tired of 4-4-2 defensive shape. Looking forward to seeing how it looks in-game.

Hey guys. I have a question. What pitch size do you guys choose for counter attacking/defence-first play style? Is it smaller to have less space to cover defensively or bigger to have more space to expose the opponents when they have the ball? These are the options that I have:

Thanks, I've found the solution. If anyone encounter the same problem, go to FM24Light-Main/settings/fm-color settings teal.xml and change the value of these:

Still no luck. Maybe there's a manual way to change it through the .xml files or something? Sorry to bother.

I've tried that and my attribute colours still haven't changed. Does anybody know the fix? Thanks ahead!

Currently playing with 4-2-3-1 myself, how do you like the movements of your double pivot? Do you feel like they move up too far, especially with 'counter' instruction on? Because that's the reason for me to always have one guy on defend duty, mainly Anchor. Even sometimes I catch my anchor being too aggressive (both in possession and in attacking transition).

Beating Real Madrid with ease. Handing them their first loss of the season (Prior to the match stats of Real Madrid: P10 W9 D1 GF31 GA3). They conceded more goals in one match against us than in their previous 10 league games. Result: Real Madrid XI: Tactic: And btw, I already won the league with Everton.

Inspired by Gasperini. Agree, the downside is you lose your OOP shape. Thanks!

Can you achieve man-to-man marking across the pitch by using "tight marking" opposition instructions on all outfield players?

Based on the Real Madrid pass map vs City and vs Bayern: What I've been doing is looking pretty wild on the tactic screen, trying to create the Rodrygo and Vini overload on the left side. I think it's better for me to create a separate thread about it soon! It needs more than a quickfire answer. Thanks for the help. @Cloud9 @Poison

What are the letters behind the year though? For example 63 - YA1.

What do guys think of the role of Toni Kroos this season? A regista or DLP on support? Trying to recreate Madrid here.