Tactical Question for matches

[MacroGuru]

Alright,

I have a slight question on what I should do.

I am sitting third in my series, I play a new team this week, however next week, I play #2, however, he is 4 points ahead of me, but he is beatable, as he is a defender trainer, and runs a 5-3-2, and his MF is pretty stacked.

Now here is my situation.

1. I am a forward trainer, thus my primary formation is 3-4-3
2. I know that #1 is not within my reach, however, I doubt the #1 in our series will promote.
3. I REFUSE to place 4th, it's either 3rd or higher, or lose to 5th or 6th. This is a matter of money, as 4th is the worst place to place I think.
4. I have a Solid/Poor coach thus my TS is just the base, however, the good news is, I can MOTS and not have it hinder me to much.

Now this is what I am thinking, and you can shoot holes in my theories, provide suggestions or whatnot.

I am thinking of running the 3-5-2 this week both in league and the Friendly, that will pull my formation experience up to Solid and have me ready for the #2 next week.

As for training, I am not really tanking anything as my most important trainees (18 yr old Outstanding, 18 yr old Formidable, 19 yr old Excellent, 17 yr old Solid) will all play.

I am thinking about doing this for the MF gain I would get, once I get the formation experience up, I would run 3-5-2 in league matches, and a 3-4-3 in friendlies for the rest of the season.

With the MF gain, I should be competitive as my MF's and WG's are as follows. (Ajax, close your eyes)

Bengt Bokerberg 2
TSI = 1 000 , 21 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina:	passable	Keeper:	disastrous
Playmaking:	excellent	Passing:	poor
Winger:	poor	Defending:	weak
Scoring:	weak	Set Pieces:	inadequate

Waylon Mccabe
TSI = 1 210 , 28 years, inadequate form
Has inadequate experience and poor leadership abilities [Powerful]

Stamina:	excellent	Keeper:	disastrous
Playmaking:	solid	Passing:	weak
Winger:	weak	Defending:	weak
Scoring:	inadequate	Set Pieces:	solid

Virgil Manole
TSI = 1 460 , 20 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina:	solid	Keeper:	disastrous
Playmaking:	excellent	Passing:	poor
Winger:	wretched	Defending:	weak
Scoring:	inadequate	Set Pieces:	wretched

Harry Oosterhof
TSI = 2 670 , 29 years, solid form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina:	excellent	Keeper:	disastrous
Playmaking:	excellent	Passing:	passable
Winger:	poor	Defending:	poor
Scoring:	wretched	Set Pieces:	poor

Sven Thorwald
TSI = 620 , 28 years, solid form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina:	excellent	Keeper:	wretched
Playmaking:	inadequate	Passing:	passable
Winger:	inadequate	Defending:	wretched
Scoring:	weak	Set Pieces:	wretched

Juan Carlos Abitera
TSI = 880 , 23 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and solid leadership abilities

Stamina:	passable	Keeper:	disastrous
Playmaking:	passable	Passing:	weak
Winger:	passable	Defending:	wretched
Scoring:	weak	Set Pieces:	wretched

Olavi Vides
TSI = 50 , 35 years, passable form
Has solid experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina:	solid	Keeper:	disastrous
Playmaking:	inadequate	Passing:	poor
Winger:	passable	Defending:	weak
Scoring:	wretched	Set Pieces:	passable

Jewell Ashcraft
TSI = 870 , 21 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina:	excellent	Keeper:	disastrous
Playmaking:	weak	Passing:	weak
Winger:	solid	Defending:	poor
Scoring:	weak	Set Pieces:	inadequate

(Ajax, open your eyes now)
Granted the players forms will change, and I could get a rash of injuries, I should be fine.

Basically, I think, if I play the 3-5-2 league wise for the rest of the season, I can actually solidify 3rd place or even move to 2nd, however, If I am able to beat #2 and then #1, I can take the lead to the 1st place, and cross my fingers and hold onto the hope I get a horrible series IV team for promotion play.

Anyways, enough of my ramblings, I guess basically, I am asking for a suggested course of action, or approval of my thinking.

[larrymcg421]

I think the training that you will lose is not worth the extra prize money at the end of the season. You say you aren't tanking anything but you can get two passables for cheap and they would likely pop by the end of the season. Would this not get you more profit than the prize money?

I would suggest playing an off balance 343, which is what I do. I pull my extra forward from the winger slot and extra IM from my CD slot. This still gives me strong midfield ratings and I've competed pretty well with it in my IV series.