Its about possession football philosophy, numbers are helpful, but not my point. In 1974 we had total football, players changing positions and filling for each other. Something as simple as this isn't even possible. Possession football was derived from cruyff and its principles. Having a lot of possession, will make opponents run more and become frustrated and more prone to error. A old fkn concept, and not available in game. You love stats so much right? Check your in game distance run, and you will see no differences in distance run of you and your opponent, who plays another style. This is just ONE example, there are more. This game is supposed to resemble football, yet the rules are different, football concepts dont apply in fm. Heck ake and walker , overlap sometimes as an ifb, yet even though heavy man city marketed , we cant even replicate this simple concept. Or like one wing back attacking and the other staying back, basic football concept, yet again not available in game. The lack of possession based tactics in the last years are a result of how garbage this me and company is. Even fm arena confirms how disasterous the plug and play tiki taka tactic is , i.e. playing this style is shooting yourself in the foot even with years of squad building whatever. BUT a fkn knap tactic, a creator who was been laughed at years ago, now the top creator, use his tactic and your team will perform better in like a week.
You're tactic is the best I've seen and used from forums all over, but still for me not satisfying when i watch it play out, as you get battered against teams (not only top teams) who full press.