I type this on my cell phone so I can not provide a screenshot of my tactic. The player roles and formation are as follows:
IWs. SSa. Ta.
CMd. Wa.
BWMs
FBa. BPDd. BPDd. FBs.
SKs
The right back sits narrower and left centre back wider. In the offense the tactic transforms into a kind of 2-3-5 like most tactics do nowadays (5 advanced players). Obviously, I left a gap in AMCL spot so that my IW can cut inside there. Sometimes the left back also ends up there if he doesn't go down the outside.
My team instructions are all about pressing high with minimal instructions how to play on the ball, and in the few games I used the tactic I was succesful.
So please comment on the tactic if you have any advice or wish to try it out yourself.
Your central attackers are cut off from the deeper midfielders. There is something wrong with your setup. Nobody is using the space in front of the dm unless the am shifts left - I can't say since I have not played the new game yet with its improved positional play.
But I would switch the dm to support and Ws to W (atk).
I watched the highlights against WH. The first goal is an exception to that rule as Zaniolo dribbles down the left wing and cuts it back for Watkins who assists Luiz.
It shows variation in Villa's play, partly due to Zaniolo's footedness. So if you produced a mirrored version of your tactic you could have McGinn narrower as an IWs and Zaniolo as a regular WMa. But that would mess with the strikers' footedness and positions as the support role would be on the left. No longer could Diaby come central onto his stronger foot to shoot or serve Watkins.
Thanks for sharing, but I was asking about beverage's tactic.
If McGinn goes narrow in his tactic, there is no width on the right side. On the other hand, McGinn is not a natural wide player and he is left footed.
Thanks for replying. He looks better further forward even though he has been Lille's dlp in real life. Not that I have watched him play but he should have been made at least somewhat usable defensively.