Erith22
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I acquired a player at early age 22, 170 CA / 200 PA
He has an 11 ambition and 14 professionalism. I have world class facilities, every coach gives 4.5 stars in their category. In two years he's now a 169 CA. He's had a handful of slight to moderate injuries, never missing more than 3 weeks. This last season he played 37 matches, 12 goals, 12 assists, 5 POM awards 7.16. I just won the EPL for for the first time and won the Champions League Last year and quarter final this year so he's had top notch competition. Club rep is worldwide.
Why isn't he improving? Is 11 ambition so low that he is stuck? He's 23 will turn 24 next season, which I know is at the end of the development curve. Is he basically as good as he'll ever be?
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The tester was great thank you. The one thing I've noticed about it is its REALLY hard to make a 'perfect' tactic where all the minimum numbers for support, penetration and solidity are met. Solidity especially is very difficult. It basically seems essential that you have a DM to get close to 15.5 But still definitely makes you think through the details.
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Any advice on how to get DLP to more effectively impact play? I have a few elite to world class DLP but whether they are at DM or CM, they are always getting pressed like crazy, meaning they will either get skipped over by my players or they'll play a quick back pass when they receive the ball.
The result is they are often my player with the lowest match rating, with minimal assists. Support or defensive doesn't seem to matter and I've tried several different formations.
Also does a BPD attract the ball the same way a playmaker does? If together do they tend to just pass to each other?
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I've been running Vertical Tiki Taka and for the most part it works quite well, except...
I'll have some matches where my Gx will be excellent, but I'll fail to score. What is happening is that I end up with 3-4 players and accompanying defenders stacked up right in front of the goal in the box. They are then shooting when they get the ball, and sometimes multiple rebounds, but since the box is so congested, it just ends up in block after block. These register as good Gx shots, but they really aren't, because there's a wall of defenders (and their teammates) in front of the goal.
How do I open space in the box without losing the good parts of the tactic?
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18 minutes ago, CARRERA said:
Well, in the end he is a striker, so he will position himself accordingly in the final third. Its also likely, that another player is already occupying the space between the line or there simply is no space to drop into as the other team is protectinc that area with one or more DM
Yes the 2 DM formations are very common. But then, how do I use him in that case? My question is less 'why isn't this working' but 'how can I make something that does.'
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There seem to be a lot of small strikers in my save. I've acquired an elite one who is good at pretty much everything except being tall.
Any advice on how to use him in a 433? I have naturally inverted wingers. I've tried playing him as a DLP(A) and (S), F9, and Treq. Despite a 19 off the ball, he still seems to crowd deep into the box with the two IWs set on support and my Mezzala(A), resulting in a lack of space which with his stats he clearly needs since he's not going to out-jump or out-muscle defenders.
I thought with the DLP, F9 and T roles, he'd back off and find space between the midfield and the defenders, but its not happening. He does that before the ball reaches the final 3rd, but after that point he's leading the line of the attack. Suggestions of what has worked for others?
Rough formation:
T/F9
IF(S) IW(S)
BBM MZ(A)
DLP(D)
CWB(A) CD(D) CD(D) WB(S)
SK(S)
It's build on vertical tiki taka as a foundation.
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18 minutes ago, FrazT said:
Hard to judge after 1 season. If you are using the latest game update, I don't think that the game is broken and your performance and league position after the first season when the AI managers get used to how you play will be a better guide.
ok, well if this is not a common problem then I'll assume I got lucky and take it from here
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I haven't played FM since 2019. I picked it up as part of XBox game pass on my PC. Decided to start as Fulham, since I wanted the challenge of building a side up. First season, took a default tactic (fluid counterattacking), mostly used autopick for my squad, made no significant signings, and finished 6th. I finished 2nd with only 30 goals allowed. Is the AI broken, or did I just get lucky? Gx allowed was 39. Also, the whole season there were a total of like 2 penalties and maybe 1 DFK goal in my matches (both sides combined). I beat Liverpool twice. I made some in-match adjustments and usually just took the pre-match advice from my staff. Previous versions I'd be banging my head against the wall trying to scratch out enough points to stay up with a squad this bad (not a single player better than 'decent premiership player' and mostly just championship level talent.
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Any suggestions on how to apply the philosophies here to single striker formations?
Seems like the strikers in this tactic serve as much as decoys as anything else. I (and many others on the forum) seem to be struggling with getting goals from single striker formations.
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So given my attempt to implement something 'like' this tactic for Sheff Wed, with my main issue tons of possession but a lack of chances/activity in the penalty area, what things would you suggest I look at, in general?
My intuition is anything I do to put in more creativity and through balls will result in killing the high-possession benefits of the tactic. How do I get both? It seems like one of the great benefits of the original tactic here was DiMaria beating defenders and charging into the danger area. But there really arent players like that in the Championship, because of the lack of PPMs and high technical skills (even relative to the level). Without someone like that, what approach would you take to creating attacking threats?
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Obviously, my players don't have the same attributes given the level of play.
I guess here is my point. I've played FM for over a decade. I've played a lot of real long saves. I've designed and refined dozens and dozens of tactics and read a lot of stuff on the boards.
I know that tactics absolutely matter. But there is still a nagging question. Are my tactics working because I've refined them to a razors edge? Or are they working because I've finally managed to obtain such good players that I win even though my tactic is far from perfect (note I don't say 'bad'. a 'bad' tactic can take down any squad, even one with world class players at every position).
I'm bringing this up because lets face it, while the flat 4-4-2 is the classic tactic, it certainly isn't used to great success in the footballing world nowadays. Has this thread shown how you can make the 4-4-2 work, or has it shown, given the right talent, any tactic can work?
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So I implemented this system in a save I'm doing with Sheff Wed, because they start with 4-4-2 personnel for better or worse.
I've found it generates tons of possession but very few goals, while being very vulnerable to long balls over the top.
I'm wondering if its possible to succeed with this tactic offensively without a roster full of offensive stars like DiMaria, Tevez and Kane?
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I guess the world has changed a bit by 2028. Still, the next highest non-Euro club is 25th
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Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)
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det 14. It may be screaming into the void, but obviously player development should not be done at 22. He's a winger, and the game itself says players shouldn't peak for several more years.