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Subject: tactics
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Kbailie77 [del] to
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hey guys, jsut a question on tactics. I know it al depends on the formation being used, but in general is it better to have your faster guys (mids and defence) on the outside rather than center? or is it good to push the slower guys to the sides of the pitch and put the fast guy in the middle and give him that space.
In general, (and all other things being equal) I use my quicker players wide and slower players in the middle.
My justification is that the outside players (generally) have a lot more lateral movement to do, while having comparable north-south requirements.
I can see some benefits to having a slowish central midfielder. It can mean he has a little more time to do something with the ball before he runs into a defender. The slowest player amoung my starting 11 is my central midfielder (Sierny).
If I have a slow defender in the back-line, I kind of like having him in the middle too. He's the one most likely to be lagging when the line traps - when that happens I want the laggard in the middle and not out wide. I played a lot of seasons with "Sami Hyyppia" style central defenders with some success.
It does depend some on the threat from the opposition. If your opponent has speed demon strikers you might be better served with your fast guy in the middle. The past few seasons my defense has had a great deal of difficulty keeping with some of the CPL's top strikers (Arbonnier in particular), so I bought more of a "sweeper" style central defender (Surman). He's been in horrible form, so I can't really comment on how he's worked out. :)
My justification is that the outside players (generally) have a lot more lateral movement to do, while having comparable north-south requirements.
I can see some benefits to having a slowish central midfielder. It can mean he has a little more time to do something with the ball before he runs into a defender. The slowest player amoung my starting 11 is my central midfielder (Sierny).
If I have a slow defender in the back-line, I kind of like having him in the middle too. He's the one most likely to be lagging when the line traps - when that happens I want the laggard in the middle and not out wide. I played a lot of seasons with "Sami Hyyppia" style central defenders with some success.
It does depend some on the threat from the opposition. If your opponent has speed demon strikers you might be better served with your fast guy in the middle. The past few seasons my defense has had a great deal of difficulty keeping with some of the CPL's top strikers (Arbonnier in particular), so I bought more of a "sweeper" style central defender (Surman). He's been in horrible form, so I can't really comment on how he's worked out. :)
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