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You know everyone here finds his way to keep this game alive. My own one is to randomise the starting nations, the tactic to use and then select a random team too. 

Sometimes this brings to very tough situations and to be sacked in some cases, because some roosters suit not to a specific tactic and you have no money to change that. But on contrary it is nice to study and improve tactics that are not popular.

Starting nation: Holland 🇳🇱

Other playable nations: Italy🇮🇹, Germany🇩🇪, France🇨🇵, USA 🇺🇸

Tactic: 4-4-1-1

Random team: PSV Eindhoven

It is a lucky choice but to stay on a 4-4-1-1 with this rooster will be the challenge. 

As the tactic won't work at once and the club expectations are high I choose continental reputation. 

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The rooster 

Here are the rooster and the initial tactical proposal you will find at the club 

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This is not the best rooster for a 4-4-1-1...but the work ahead is the real fun. 

Reserves team

PSV has a lot of young talents but I suggest EVER to look at reserves before thinking about the market, sometimes you can find what you need here, especially if you have to change tactic. 

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In this case I have left most of the youngs here as they have the possibility to play a real competition. 

On contrary I need a defender (Ramalho is too slow) and a full back on the left (Boscagli is not so solid) , so I canceled the loans of Baumgartl and Max at once and in a second time also the one of Vertessen. 

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Tactical transition to 4-4-1-1

Defence: it is the sector where less changes are needed. It remains 4 men based. In the centre I bet on Brantwaite and Baumgartl with Ramalho and Seelt good replacements that can sustain Eredivisie level. Teze, Obispo are full backs in my mind but I cannot refuse 20M (!!) for the first and a good offer for the second that is not so convincing. Part of the money were reinvested in Vojvoda (RB). 

Midfield: the defensive midfielder is changed with an attacking one, the 2 players in the middle remain. Sangare probably is the best player at the club, you would say he can do any role... But this is not. I tried to use him first as a CD (he doesn't want to retrain at) then as a BWM but his performances are not convincing, forcing me to bet on Khedira. As the more creative of the 2 midfielders, Veerman is my first choice with Simons as a replacement (he need some more experience in big matches). Hazard is perfect in the advanced position with Till as a sub. The wingers must be taken on the midfield line. A lot of them have the possibility to play there and also good secondary attributes like teamwork for example. After some experiments Mauro Junior (left) and El Ghazi (right) are considered as starters. 

Attack: the only attacker is very important and De Jong despite the attributes is unconvincing, Van Duiven is the future but not the present. Silva can do something but is not enough. So I invested my budget on Borja Iglesias (and modestly it seems the right choice). 

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The tactical dashboard

This is the standard 4-4-1-1in the game... 

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... for sure you can see by playing games that it doesn't work! 

After some debacle with stronger and weaker teams due to tactic tests and to the players tested in different positions/roles, things have stabilized even with room for improvement. Below the instructions. 

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And this is one of the last starting XI (Borja injured):

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And my road for now :

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Mid season update

Tactical adjustment: I have changed the roles in midfield, my general configuration to protect the defence even with attacking mentality is the one below (but I make further modifications for single matches even based on the player attributes) 

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Trapped in the market: I decided to buy another CD as Branthwaite is on loan (6 league goals for now!). With the money at disposal, I took Verissimo. 

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Even if I am very happy of Borja Iglesias, I received a late offer from Lazio and I accepted it... I sealed the deal with Benfica for Araujo but he rejected the contract the last day of the market...Try to get Belotti as an emergency but the time was out! Poor me... Screenshot_2024-03-04-15-25-27-856_com_sega.soccer.eleven.thumb.jpg.bb4a68dccbf39aae3ce80ea17a6de7a1.jpg

My January market chased profiles:

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My road: after a bad period, I made corrections to midfield and things has got better. 

Still in cup Quarter finals, UEL playoff, and in the battle for league title. Screenshot_2024-03-04-15-48-03-054_com_sega.soccer.eleven.thumb.jpg.e2a1b3217aacf9146937d9af9eb44d14.jpg

The last defeat with Feyenoord is the first game without Iglesias... It seems a bad news for the future. 

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Season Results

Not being able to replace the main attacker in the winter market was a plus to the difficulty of the campaign. 

I did not make the last step with some regrets in every competition... 

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I lost on penalties the chance to play the Dutch cup final and the chance to play the UEL semi final. 

A defeat in Utrecht and a draw with Go Ahead Eagles costs me the possibility to even win the Eredivisie

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I don't consider the direct matches where you can leave points, but sometimes we weren't lucky, i. e.  last game in Alkmaar... Screenshot_2024-03-24-22-41-20-889_com_sega.soccer.eleven.thumb.jpg.20b322d78da7cf308a0998e97a1389ec.jpg

Tactic last configuration 

This my choice (some adjustments) in the last part of the season 

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Performances

Some remarks, Xavi Simons is my preferred in the end (also as style and interpretation as I saw all the extended matches). 

Best debut / young: Comenencia as a right FB from the second team. Branthwaite (loan) as a central defender with 10 goals in the season. 

Best purchase: Iglesias. 

Most effective player in this (forced) tactic:Thorgan Hazard, as a Shadow Striker he was very good. 

Worst player: DeJong (but good mentor) 

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Conclusion

With this forced tactic I set up a good team, maybe I should have done slightly better (maybe without the striker problem). But at the moment I don't know if it is worth to continue...

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That's not a bad season buddy, I love managing in Holland (always find good cheap players) Jong PSV have 2/3 quality players! Think 2 fwds and a cm 

With that tactic I personally would have 1 AP and 1 CM or 3 CMS (2 either side CM, 1 in the middle AP) And the ATT as either a AP or SS

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Sometimes it's hard to play and, at the same time, write about your saves. Down here some news about this. 

I started a second season at PSV where results became more stable. The most important players acquisitions were: the confirmation of another 1 year loan for Branthwaite, the purchase of Torreira from Galatasaray in the midfield, the (finally) purchase of Araujo from Benfica. 

In the middle of the season everything was fine, still running in all the competitions

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when suddenly a big club in trouble knocked to my door...

🟩🟩✈️🤐🇩🇪

A 17th place sitting Werder Bremen is betting on me to maintain his Bundesliga spot. 

Honestly, this kind of desperate situations are very exciting... When I arrived in February the market was already closed, but they have a good rooster. The question is does it fit with my (forced) tactic? 

The rooster

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An experienced Malinovskyi seems perfect. Rough defenders (Danso) , some good wide players (Mojica, Guiherme), different types of attackers (Fullkrug for the power, Openda for the speed)... I think we can do it. 

An early injury for Fullkrug made the decision easy to start with a Counter mentality and use the pace of Openda (I started away with Leipzig). 

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Step by step I recreated the "2 teams" mentality which is a pillow of this football game. For Example, Schmid is a good alter ego of Malinovski. Biancone is a real surprise as a sub or alternative in some games. Fernandes can do everything in the middle... 

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At the moment I can battle to survive with an advantage. 3 games to go, with the next against Paderborn. 

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Unfortunately in the last two we grabbed no points, we only managed to give a good impression in front of strong quality armies.

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First task: avoid the Paderborn trap. As expected it was a blocked match where nobody wanted to risk anything. A mistake of Paderborn defence gave us the lead then our over confidence in the second half took to their equalizer. 

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This result almost secured our position and the last two home games were satisfying for our lads.

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Mission accomplished and a recognition for the good work done in these months (third place in the manager of the year award) 

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The key of this half season challenge was to give a chance to 2 players abandoned from the previous manager to replace poor performers in the starting XI. Burke as a right wing and Biancone as a right full back, both of them taken back from the reserves.

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What I have learnt tactically by this experience: in a 4411 situation, when you face teams with an attacking midfielder, to better fill the holes btw midfield and defence, you can choose a BWM and a DC on one side and a CM with a NCB on the other side (With similar teams I also tested 2 CM and 2 NCB, the aim is to reduce the space between the lines) 

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Achieving the 3rd place in Manager of the year award (in 3 months!) probably raised my reputation in my new country. 

A really stimulating project proposal arrived on my desk... 

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I don't know why, but despite all their staff believe in 4231, they are in the default tactics sheet in a 442 shape.

Of course (I point it out again) I am forced to stay on 4411 as part the conditions to keep the game spicy. 

This will be the most offensive variant of my 4411... And it is not guaranteed that it will work! 

But let's start from the existing situation. 

First team

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Reserve team

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A lot of quality in the first team, I have identified two quick needs to cover. One more central defender and a central midfielder but with a little more defensive skills (in a past career I used Gvardiol as a DC, this time I will use him as FB). 

The reserve team was a bit upsetting... Two potential superstar keepers (Bagnolini, Seimen) and nothing more... OK,we'll try to work on this also.

Last but not least, I reshuffled some backroom staff to raise the quality in all the 3 main sectors. And I took a decision about last year contract players. In particular for Forsberg, I decided to leave him in the team, due to his weight on the dressing room, and to loose him in a Bosman regime as its value is not so high anymore.

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I have organized Red Bull Leipzig in the following attacking 4411:

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The narrow option is the one that guarantees the effectiveness of Werner and Nkunku even if on the midfield line. Their quality allows to set them as wingers or inverted wingers depending on the game and the situations. Angelino is suitable also for a WM instruction (basically it depends on how you set the full backs role and attacking instructions). Gvardiol will give help also in the central defenders rotations. 

Summer tests and the start of the Bundesliga were quite good 

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Pro: we conceded few occasions. Using two NCB reduced the distance between defence and midfield and makes it possible to stay with two CM. 

Cons: the converting rate should be a little bit higher but I am confident we will improve with the developing of Sesko for example.

Friendlies 

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DFB Pokal frights😱

In the early stages with high physical loads in the legs, Pokal offered surprising results and embarrassing K. O. s... We saved ourself on the penalty lifeline. 

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UCL nice debut 💪🏻

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