Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?
So this is my First Team tactic. It's main tactic is possession and each player ahs an instruction that allows the tactic to flow. We'll start up front. Sturridge has the defaults for defensive pressing and support runs, however his instruction is to get in behind with his attacking runs. As for Balotelli, he also has the defaults for the first two but he is a Target Man. The ball is played to him and he plays it through to Sturridge who has usually made a good run in behind the defence. Either that or Balo smashes it in. Insigne is our man behind the strikers and his instructions are to stay on the edge of the box for crosses. He is not tall enough to win headers but he has a decent shot to finish from the edge of the area. He is also give a Free Roam, meaning he drifts into whatever space available. This also makes space for Coutinho who is set to cut inside and come short, making use of his great shooting from distance. Sterling, on the other wing is the complete opposite, being told to stay wide and get in behind. Henderson's job in the hole is to cut passing lanes which is especially crucial due to Sakho's join the attack instruction to overload the midfield. The other 3 defenders have default instructions.
Interesting... I've never tried giving a striker just the target man instruction as I usually pair it with stay central. Does Balotelli ever drift wide or does the target man instruction alone pretty much keep him central? Also does he drop to ask for the ball at his feet or does he mainly just back into his marker? Wondering if there's any differences to having the target man instruction alone instead of stay central + target man.
I really like your combination of Insigne and Coutinho. Sounds like when things go the way they're supposed to they pretty much swap positions in attack. As I was driving to work today, which shows how much FIFA is on my mind, I thought about trying a 4-2-3-1 with Osasuna. Not the first team, which I want to keep at 4-4-2, but there are times when Davila will replace Palacios and play as striker next to Guillermo. Davila has been outstanding as a lone striker with the B-Team, but paired with another striker he's only been decent. So I thought about the 4-2-3-1 with Davila at CAM and Guillermo at ST whenever Palacios isn't on the field, and now I'm thinking of doing something similar to your tactics where Davila is given the free roam instruction, and Torres told to come short an cut inside. Davila being much faster could drift wide while Torres moves in like a CAM.
I also liked your back line instructions. I used to give my RCB the instruction to join the attack, but when I started to use wingers as full backs it didn't work out anymore. Seeing your tactics I really enjoy how it appears your team changes to a 3-2-2-1-2 (3-4-1-2) in attack, and I love it when teams convert to 3 at the back.
So this is my First Team tactic. It's main tactic is possession and each player ahs an instruction that allows the tactic to flow. We'll start up front. Sturridge has the defaults for defensive pressing and support runs, however his instruction is to get in behind with his attacking runs. As for Balotelli, he also has the defaults for the first two but he is a Target Man. The ball is played to him and he plays it through to Sturridge who has usually made a good run in behind the defence. Either that or Balo smashes it in. Insigne is our man behind the strikers and his instructions are to stay on the edge of the box for crosses. He is not tall enough to win headers but he has a decent shot to finish from the edge of the area. He is also give a Free Roam, meaning he drifts into whatever space available. This also makes space for Coutinho who is set to cut inside and come short, making use of his great shooting from distance. Sterling, on the other wing is the complete opposite, being told to stay wide and get in behind. Henderson's job in the hole is to cut passing lanes which is especially crucial due to Sakho's join the attack instruction to overload the midfield. The other 3 defenders have default instructions.
Interesting... I've never tried giving a striker just the target man instruction as I usually pair it with stay central. Does Balotelli ever drift wide or does the target man instruction alone pretty much keep him central? Also does he drop to ask for the ball at his feet or does he mainly just back into his marker? Wondering if there's any differences to having the target man instruction alone instead of stay central + target man.
I really like your combination of Insigne and Coutinho. Sounds like when things go the way they're supposed to they pretty much swap positions in attack. As I was driving to work today, which shows how much FIFA is on my mind, I thought about trying a 4-2-3-1 with Osasuna. Not the first team, which I want to keep at 4-4-2, but there are times when Davila will replace Palacios and play as striker next to Guillermo. Davila has been outstanding as a lone striker with the B-Team, but paired with another striker he's only been decent. So I thought about the 4-2-3-1 with Davila at CAM and Guillermo at ST whenever Palacios isn't on the field, and now I'm thinking of doing something similar to your tactics where Davila is given the free roam instruction, and Torres told to come short an cut inside. Davila being much faster could drift wide while Torres moves in like a CAM.
I also liked your back line instructions. I used to give my RCB the instruction to join the attack, but when I started to use wingers as full backs it didn't work out anymore. Seeing your tactics I really enjoy how it appears your team changes to a 3-2-2-1-2 (3-4-1-2) in attack, and I love it when teams convert to 3 at the back.
Great win against Spurs. Your squad is coming together very nicely. Leno is definitely an upgrade from Adrián and Rafa looks very good. Delph was immense against Spurs, as was Dybala. I think that you need a top class poacher or a strong, athletic finisher to really put the cherry on top. Maybe someone like Jackson Martínez or Ciro Immobile. Carroll and Wickham will be good back ups though.
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