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@crusadertsarhalfway into the season and I'm still using your 4231 brazilian tactic but I'm noticing that more and more team is now gegenpressing me and I'm having trouble countering it. The only solution that I have right now is to out-press them but then the tactic turns into a gegenpress which I don't want to do. Do you have any suggestions on how to counter a gegenpress tactic without trying to press them back? I did read a couple of people saying that just like in fm 22 that the ME still favors gegenprss tactics.

I think it's definitely a bug because this is happening with my CBs too, Bastoni + Silva, which are very very good players. The inability to handle high long passes is definitely not normal.

I always use 442 diamond narrow and even though it's still ok in FM23 I find it way less effective compared to 22 which leads me to switch to 4231. I usually play my 442 diamond in 'fairly wide' setting (positive mentality) I don't think you should play it narrow unless you have really good physically strong midfielders otherwise you'll keep losing possession.

This is FM you should know better than to assume anything

I never like the PI man marking because it will eventually pull your player(s) out of position. I usually use it on my attacking players to mark some of opposing defenders but I rarely use it on my midfielders or defenders. The OI tight marking on the other hand I think has been much improved compared to FM 22 and I think if you don't have an OI ready for each match you're really reducing your chance of winning a match.

I just take a quick look at the tweaked brazilian tactic (brazilian V2) and actually even though the tweak seemed subtle I think the tactic will play out quite different than the original one especially because now the team will play much wider. I will try it out in my next couple of games. The 4321 is really interesting although I can see that the team will need a very fast, strong and skillful forward just like OG Ronaldo, probably Haaland or Osimhen.

interesting. So you're doing full press and rely on counter attack then? I'd assume it's hard to retain your tactical form if you man mark almost everyone. How's your team physical condition after each match?

I was using a 442 narrow diamond quite successfully in my newcastle save before switching to an asymmetric 4231. If you're trying to go with a flat 442 I think in this ME you have to use double DMs.

@NilsFreedhom first of all great results with BHA! second, when you say man mark do you use the OI tight mark instruction or do you go to the players personal instruction and tell them to specifically mark someone?

So after 3 games in I'm convinced this is THE BEST attacking tactic. Look at the amount of possession this tactic manage to achieve! I know I have 3 clean sheets but i do notice that this is because Pope pulled some amazing save as you can see in his rating in the community shield game vs liverpool and the derby match vs middlesbrough. The defense does give up quite a bit of ground to the opponents and still there are some through balls that should have been goals conceded. I'm lucky enough to have a good keeper and a solid CB pair (Bastoni + Antonio Silva/Scalvini). I'm thinking maybe the tactic could be pressing a bit more so we can win the ball higher up the pitch maybe? @crusadertsarHow did you set up your defense in your 3 back formation?

Max is simply testing to see if the instruction really work according to the tooltip or should I say how Max interprets the tooltip. I'm not saying he's right or wrong or if the way he conducts his test is right but for God's sake don't crucify the man for trying to test it out.

That's the actual tooltip of step up more. It's 100% different than what @Jack Joycesaid. If you look at that tooltip especially the part that says"...the defenders to press typically higher up the pitch...." it's clear and obvious it means all the defenders will step up. Now if your defenders step up what does that mean? that means your line of defense will also go up higher because that's where your defenders set up. If anything then it's SI here who is misinforming us. EBFM even replied to the comment in his channel about @Jack Joyceexplanation. He didn't deny it he simply said if this is the case then the tooltip is wrong and he is right!

That's not even an accurate comparison. If anything this is about testing a feature as it is advertised it's more like you test if your turn the high beam switch in your car it really will turn the high beam on because that's what the manual says. All I'm saying is why are we crucifying this guy? There's no intentional malice in what he did. Lets be honest here before @Jack Joyce explain how this feature works none of us here know exactly what it really does. Nobody here try to test it and even though a lot of people claim they know how the feature work (funny how most of them said this after @Jack Joyceexplained it), did they really know all along though? Everybody should take a chill pill and relax before start accusing people of trying to deliberately spread misinformation. If anything we should be thankful that there's at least one person out there who try to test this game out.

I'm very disappointed with how they made scouting completely unusable. It literally doesn't work. The ME is also buggy it's definitely unfinished. I think they drop the ball this year at this stage this game is at best still in beta form.

But he made that video based on what the UI and tooltip say so @jeru is right. The problem here is SI should improve their UI and tooltip so they don't end up misinforming players.

I'm a little confused here so you wont the league, crushing it actually and you think the game is too hard?

@crusadertsar I just want to say thank you for this beautiful tactic. I'm trying it out right now and while only been trying it out for pre-season friendlies the tactic is playing some beautiful football! Here is my best XI: the team is still trying to get familiar with this tactic since we're switching from a 442 diamond high press system. I'm hoping for a good season!

We really can't help on how the AI reacts to your tactic only you could. One advice that I can give you is to play with comprehensive highlights or even full match so you can see what's going on. You will immediately see if the AI is sitting deep and counter attacking or if they're playing aggressive and tackling hard trying to bully your players. You can then react accordingly by adjusting mentality, attacking/defensive width, passing tendency, etc

actually it is possible just look up Newcastle 2021/2022 season, they could not win a game in the first half of the season and then they light it up on the second half.

I like it too when it's working. I keep getting updates on recruitment focus that has been completed: so there's 9 recommendations but 0 recommended (??????) and this recruitment focus actually has ended for more than a month so yea, scouting is NOT WORKING at the moment.

I just don't understand why they remove the ability to assign an 'assignment' to a scout instead of this focus system and yet still left the 'scout assignments' option on the menu!

does team fluidity have a significant effect on how the team perform? I really don't pay enough attention to it, maybe I should.

I must be blind because I can't find the link. Do you mind posting it again? I'm curious to try this with newcastle where I'm about to start the 2nd season. EDITED: nvm I found it! I'm also looking at signing marcus edwards but in my save apparently he doesn't like big matches which

Yea I'd like someone from SI maybe reply to this issue whether we're doing something wrong with the scouting or if there really is a bug and that they're going to address it. I mean if you're a EPL club with 4.5 star world reputation scouting for an at least 3 star striker in Serie A you would think that Victor Osimhen would be recommended, but no.

Physios with high physio attributes will shorten the length of injuries. You will notice it right away actually as soon as you improve your physio staff. Sports Scientists are responsible for the conditioning of your player. The better SS you have then the less fatigued your players will be.