Tactics 4-1-2-1-2 [EME]

[Titjes]

Questions & Answers (please read before asking questions)

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Is the tactic for OME or EME?

In case you missed it in the title, it's EME

 

Did I Use Sugar Daddy?

Yes, because I wanted to have some fun putting together a team

 

Did I test the tactic with other teams?

No, feel free to do so

 

 

The tactic:

 

 

The League:

 

 

Fixture List:

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The players:

Left AF + Backup

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Right AF + Backup

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AM + Backup

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LW + Backup

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RW + Backup

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LB + Backup

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RB + Backup

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Game Stats:

 

 

 

Thanks for reading.

Feedback and further testing is always welcome.

[Dagion]

Ooh, I always liked the 4-4-2 diamond back in the days. Will try this out once I get a decent team I guess. Is there a reason you went with two AF's instead of the more traditional pairs up front (i.e. TM and P)?

[Titjes]

7 minutes ago, Dagion said:

Ooh, I always liked the 4-4-2 diamond back in the days. Will try this out once I get a decent team I guess. Is there a reason you went with two AF's instead of the more traditional pairs up front (i.e. TM and P)?

I hope it works out for you, make sure to post your results here 😉

I went with 2 AF, as I wanted them to both score and assist. Maybe I could/should have tried a TM + AF/P up front 😅

[Schwantz34]

Interesting this 👍

[Dagion]

First result looks promising, considering the quality of players at my disposal. Front two monsters are on loan, why they would come to the French League 2, no idea. But they look pretty lethal.

Also have a DM on loan, ML and DC so those 5 are solid. Keeper is meh, so that is going to be a problem this year.

[Titjes]

1 minute ago, Dagion said:

First result looks promising, considering the quality of players at my disposal. Front two monsters are on loan, why they would come to the French League 2, no idea. But they look pretty lethal.

Also have a DM on loan, ML and DC so those 5 are solid. Keeper is meh, so that is going to be a problem this year.

Looks like a promising start indeed 🙂

I wonder how much goals those 2 can bang in 😁

[Dagion]

So far, so good. Giving away quite some chances but I brought in a new goalie who is doing pretty well. Still no SK but I'm playing him as one. Some matches that were close got decided by Esposito.

Also doubting if I should play a more defensively solid player in DLP or just the more creative one.

Defense can be better, but considering all (especially my defensive minded players aren't that good) it looks promising.

Think you need a lot of pace in defense, lacking that at the moment.

[Mike Dodgson]

I’ll give this one a whirl as Newcastle in a fresh save! 

[Titjes]

8 hours ago, Mike Dodgson said:

I’ll give this one a whirl as Newcastle in a fresh save! 

Great to hear, make sure to post your results here 😉

[Mike Dodgson]

I will - going to be starting this today.

A few questions for you @Titjes, if you don't mind?

- Do you change anything to protect a lead? If so, when?
- Can you specify a few leading attributes for each of the positions based on how you've set this up?

Any other pointers you can give would be appreciated!

 

[Titjes]

10 minutes ago, Mike Dodgson said:

I will - going to be starting this today.

A few questions for you @Titjes, if you don't mind?

- Do you change anything to protect a lead? If so, when?
- Can you specify a few leading attributes for each of the positions based on how you've set this up?

Any other pointers you can give would be appreciated!

 

I change nothing during a match. Only time I do something is when a central defender gets a red card, then I switch the remaining central defender to the middle, no idea if it helps though 😅

 

There is an article for position attributes on the forum somewhere mate 😉

[Mike Dodgson]

Half way update;

 

 

[pajani31]

hello, did the striker need to have good heading attribute

[Dagion]

My season in Ligue 2 is finished and it performed pretty darn good I can say. Quite a slump after clinching the title, but to be fair I played some listed players to gain interest and some young prospects of my own instead of the temporary snipers up front.

If you've got decent strikers you will get some nice counter goals. They seem to get launched quite often. Not sure about the heading, but it looks like they can utilize it since Esposito did better than Silva and his heading is a bit better. Both played the same amount of games, Silva a few more.

Not sure about the wingers, tried retrained IF's, retrained WB's and some natural wingers. Maybe a slight advantage for the retrained IF's, but that can also be because they had better pace than my backs or wingers.

Didn't get much from my AMC, but to be fair he was the least skilled player in my starting 11.

[Titjes]

10 hours ago, pajani31 said:

hello, did the striker need to have good heading attribute

Isn't good heading always better on a striker?

 

10 hours ago, Mike Dodgson said:

Half way update;

 

 

Not bad, but you seem to get alot of goals against? Defenders not that good?

 

 

8 hours ago, Dagion said:

My season in Ligue 2 is finished and it performed pretty darn good I can say. Quite a slump after clinching the title, but to be fair I played some listed players to gain interest and some young prospects of my own instead of the temporary snipers up front.

If you've got decent strikers you will get some nice counter goals. They seem to get launched quite often. Not sure about the heading, but it looks like they can utilize it since Esposito did better than Silva and his heading is a bit better. Both played the same amount of games, Silva a few more.

Not sure about the wingers, tried retrained IF's, retrained WB's and some natural wingers. Maybe a slight advantage for the retrained IF's, but that can also be because they had better pace than my backs or wingers.

Didn't get much from my AMC, but to be fair he was the least skilled player in my starting 11.

Looks like a great result to me. With better defenders, the goals conceded would go down also 

Usually for Wingers I look at Pace & Crossing (and Decisions most of the time)

My AMCs didn't do that great either if you see what they scored/assisted

 

[Mike Dodgson]

These are my defenders and GK, what do you think? Should be improved?

Just about to finish the 1st season off, will let you know how I finish up.

 

 

[Titjes]

52 minutes ago, Mike Dodgson said:

These are my defenders and GK, what do you think? Should be improved?

Just about to finish the 1st season off, will let you know how I finish up.

 

 

They are not that bad imo. Maybe it needs more tweaks to work better for premier league 🙂

Edited April 7, 2020 by Titjes

[Mike Dodgson]

Finished 6th and got beat in the FA cup final to Cardiff!

 

[Dagion]

Quite vulnerable in Ligue 1, but my players aren't that great so I think the tactic holds up good in France. Got some nice players developing and upgrading my facilities and currently floating between 7th en 12th.

I really like the action from both AF's you get, AM actually seems a little bit more involved. Maybe because my MR is more a defensive winger?

Also, I never changed anything during matches, reminds me of the RoOmbus diamond back in FM2007. Plug & play away!

[Titjes]

10 hours ago, Mike Dodgson said:

Finished 6th and got beat in the FA cup final to Cardiff!

 

6th ain't that bad for Newcastle I think.

 

7 hours ago, Dagion said:

Quite vulnerable in Ligue 1, but my players aren't that great so I think the tactic holds up good in France. Got some nice players developing and upgrading my facilities and currently floating between 7th en 12th.

I really like the action from both AF's you get, AM actually seems a little bit more involved. Maybe because my MR is more a defensive winger?

Also, I never changed anything during matches, reminds me of the RoOmbus diamond back in FM2007. Plug & play away!

Great to hear it works out.