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I’ve noticed that it’s extremely hard to convert chances so far. More often than not it’ll be long range strikes and headers etc. I very rarely see clear cut chances converted, most of the time the keeper makes an unbelievable save or the player simply chokes.
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Using the 4141, which is great. But I’ve been caught out quite a lot recently on corners because no defenders have been left back, and the opposition just goes and scores. What can I change to stop this?
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This has certainly passed the time at work! Really enjoying it. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks for the advice! Swapped to 4141 and won Ipswich’s first Euro cup since 81! What makes it better is by winning it I nicked Man City’s Champions League spot!
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Is a 4141 stronger than a 451? Always preferred the latter because of the attacking wingers.
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Brilliant so far mate, enjoying every word!
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Brilliant! Can’t wait to get back to playing 😊
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1 hour ago, knap said:
I will try to update next
Whenever you can mate is great. Look forward to it 😊
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I built my Plymouth side round this 352, and my squad will not fit any other formations, so if there are no plans for you to update this can you let me know please? If not then i'll resign and go elsewhere. I haven't played since the update and am starting to get withdrawal symptoms
Thanks.
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Any plans to update this for 19.2? Seems to have lost its effectiveness 😟
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20 minutes ago, knap said:
Should work for top teams.
Ok mate thanks. Don’t get a lot of possession with weaker teams but I assume that would change with a better team.
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Absolutely smashed it with this Knap. Plymouth in league one, record number of wins, points and goals. Just wondering if you have any plans of making a version more suited for ‘big’ teams?
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Good stuff think I may have to try the 4321 out. Once again I'm undefeated after 14 games but I've drawn 7 of them. Think this may be down to the fact that I added a few players to the squad and they may not have yelled. I'll struggle on to the end of this season and then use the 4321.
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Right i'm gonna attempt to show you how i would alter the settings of tempo, width and defensive line over two matches against Arsenal home and away. It's just an example of how you could approach a tough match home and away when using Knaps tactics. This approach works very well for me but there's no guarantees it would work for others but hopefully it does.
Spurs v Arsenal
It's a tough game so i would and always use the spurs 442 tactic at home but with the following adjustments to tempo, width and defensive line.
If for example Arsenal were just edging the game i would make the following tweaks..
I wouldn't normally risk going back to the default settings of quick tempo, wide width and push up as Arsenal are full of pace and can hit you on the break. If i start to take control of the game then i would consider going back to normal tempo, width and defensive line. It depends on how the game's going really. In my campaign i managed to nick a tough game 1-0 with Defoe scoring from the spot. Created a few CCC's.
Arsenal v Spurs
Even tougher as away from home so i would start with the away 442 tactic and these settings..
This setup usually works pretty well for me but if i'm struggling to get into the game i'll drop the tempo, width and defensive line like so..
Once again if you start getting into the game again then consider going back to normal tempo, width and defensive line. In my campaign i absolutely battered Arsenal with this setup, 2-0. We never looked like losing.
Well that's how i'd approach a tough game home and away. Of course it will differ on the opposition so sometimes you can offord to be a bit more adventurous. It would take a while to post screenies for every tweak that i make against every team because every side is different. But the above is just a general guideline i use.
Let me know if you want other screenies on other scenarios.
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Yeah no problem mate. I'll see what i can do with some screenies.
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Ok Knap i will try to explain as well as i can. Well first of all my unbeaten run in all competitions went over 50+ games. I'm managing Spurs by the way. I only lost twice in the entire campaign, once against Birmingham in the league when i completely battered them but just couldn't find the net. The other was against Real Madird in Champions League semi. I was 4 minutes away from reaching the final when Ronaldo popped up and scored the winner. I did however manage to win the Premiership, League Cup and FA Cup so overall i was pretty chuffed to be honest!
My basic approach to each game was obviously depending on the opposition and whether i was home or away. At home i would only use the spurs 442 and away i would rotate between the spurs 442 and the away 442. What i'll do is i'll pick 3 teams as an example and explain how i would approach each match home and away. I'll use Arsenal, Aston Villa and Sunderland.
If i was playing Arsenal at home as they are a strong team with plenty of pace i would start with the spurs 442. If i used it with the default settings i would be playing very risky as it's high tempo, defensive line and very wide. So what i'd do is drop each of those to normal to reduce the risk. That usually works very well but if i find in the first 20 mins that they're in control i will drop them even further so that they're all on slow, narrow and deep respectively. That way you can keep a bit of possession, you're difficult to break down and you can create better chances. If i was away then i would approach the game using the away 442 tactic and again reducing the tempo, width and defensive line to normal. I would use the same in game tweaks as at home. With this approach i defeated Arsenal 1-0 at home and 2-0 away.
If i was playing Villa at home i'd use the same approach as above as they are another team full of pace. Usually it's enough to beat slightly weaker teams but if you do find that you're struggling to take control of the match you could choose to reduce the tempo, width and defensive line or increase it depending on the stats (possesion etc). Playing away i would use the same approach as against Arsenal. I beat them both home and away.
Finally against Sunderland you can afford to be a bit more adventurous as they don't have as much quality so at home i would start with the default setting on the spurs 442. If for some reason you are failing to create good chances it could obviously be down to the quick tempo approach so i would drop the tempo, width and defensive line to normal once again and that would usually do the trick. Away from home i would start with the spurs 442 but reduce tempo, width and defensive line to normal. If struggling to sustain possession i would drop them to slow, narrow and deep. If i was dominating the game but failing to score i would increase them to quick, wide and push up. Once again i beat them home and away.
I think all of the above kind of makes sense. I would have used some screenies but i'm already into the next campaign unfortunately. I use the exact same approach for every game and i also use the very popular team talks which are explained in one of the sticky threads. If anyone hasn't tried them yet then you're missing out, seriously.
I also used the same approach when i was managing Sunderland but as the team is weaker i did have to start a lot of matches with slow tempo, narrow width and deep defensive line. But i still used the same approach as to which tactic i would use etc. I joined Sunderland from Forest with half a season to go in the relegation zone and managed to keep them up. The next season we came 7th and that led to the job offer from Spurs!
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I'll tell you something though, Knap. The Cleon theory seems to work extremely well with your tactics as I'm now 31 games unbeaten! That's including 10 clean sheets in a row in the league! I keep all of your settings the same except for width, tempo and defensive line. I use the tottenham 442 for all games except for those difficult away games when I switch to the away version.
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The 442's seem to work very well with a bit of common sense towards the defensive line, width and tempo. I've basically been following cleons method from the sheff utd project but using knaps tactics and just adjusting the defensive line, width and tempo depending on the opposition I'm facing. Seems to work very well indeed. I'm finally starting to enjoy this game!
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Thanks.
Preset Tactics
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How effective are preset tactics? I've been considering starting a save using just the preset tactics, un-altered. I'm thinking in theory they must work, otherwise SI wouldn't include them in the game? Surely if they're used under the right circumstances then you'd have success. For example using control possession preset against a counter attacking opposition? Gegen against a possession based system etc...