Subject: All about Tactics!!!

If you want to discuss about tactics this is the right topic!!
To keep a kind of order use a number before each question!
Really soon (when i`ll found a bit of spare time)i`m going to create a tutorial with pro and cons of each tactic, trying to explain everything also with images!!
I don`t know how long it will take..but stay tuned!! :)

1) 442 with a defensive mid
This is the link for the picture :Example of 442 def
-Let`s start talking about the defense..as you can see i keep my defs close to each other..this helps a lot in not leaving empty spots to the opponent!
If you look at FIG 1/2 i mke my central def to cross...this movement is really usefull when facing 1 ATT or 3 ATT with a central one (i suggest you to use only if you have a fast def)
The heigh of the defense in the picture is medium/high..it should be used only if you have Defs with a bit of pace..i suggest you to use the heigh in FIG 5 (if your defs are slow) or FIG 4 (very slow) as maximum height!
-This is a 442 with a defensive mid..i think that is obvious that he must have a good defense level!
-About the mids..i don`t keep them very far from each other cause we are using only 3 of them (so consider the left and the right one as mids and not wigs)
-In FIG 1/2/3 i keep my forward quite large..this is helpfull when you are facing an opponent with a high or medium/high defense to succed in counterattacks.
In FIG 4/5 i make my forwardds cross, in FIG 6 move to the left and in FIG 7 to the right..this is a good movement to create empty spots in your opponent defense (this is only a way of making them move..just use your immagination..but remember..the greater are those movements..the higher must be their speed)!

This is only a short description..so if you have any question just ask me!!
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oh tis is good. i'm wating....=)

Nice initiative. Look forward for this.

jiha!! ;) first time i have play with my 3-5-2 and i won :)

Thanks=) I still think the 3-5-2 works best in this game...

jeah but your tactic have nam 3-5-2 but it's a 4-4-2?

ps your defs play very low
do you get many goals of a long distance?

=P Dont discuss my tatics in public!=P

and your rival ( last match ) plays with the same tactic as you :S ;)

I`ve started as a Mid trainer using the 352 scheme...now i`ve changed to 442 or 433 cause i think is a lot better..
In order to use 352 you need really complete Def (..and a lot lot fast)...cause if you have to face a team (of about your strenght) using 433 or 442(with an high winger)..there are really high possibility you are going to lose!

i've been saying this for a long time...the best tactic is with 4 defs in line,close ont to another, so your oposite can be surprised in offside, and if one looses the ball, then the one near him can go for a tackling. I'm training strikers since i'm in soccer (i love to score a lot of goals :D) and first i've been using 3-4-3 but i had some problems on my opposite counter-atack...I had over 55% posession in allmost every game, but i often losed because of 3 defs. So i modified in 4-3-3 and I had promoted in that season :D. Look at my tactic now, i intend in modify it but only in MID and 1 striker...:D

For me sokker should be played in attack and after years of tests I understood that the best tactic is the 4-3-3, that everyone can customize as you wish!!

jip i know i go only play 352 against teams who are not as good as me :)

against teams who are better as me i go play with a 451 ;)

ps my defs sucked

before i traine mids

i had train att's and with a 4-3-3 you have less possibiletys i think and when you go to a higher competition you have problems with 3 mids ;)

For me the best formation is 442..allow a great number of changements according to my oppenent!!
(4 mid, 3 mid and a defensive mid, 3 mid and an offensive mid, 3 mid and a wing, 2 mid a defensive mid and an offensive mid..these are the 5 main cases)
This will be the first formation i want to talk about cause is the one i know better..this weekend i`m going to write about it :)

jip you're right but when you train mids it isn't easy to play 442 ;)

yeah...but if you play 4-4-2 what are you training? no matter what you train, 1 player looses training...for example, if you train def, you can play 4-4-2, but like that, 4 defs in a line, 1 defensive mid witch you are going to play as a def, 3 mid and 2 strikers, so, practicaly you play 5-3-2...if you train mid you can't play a def as a mid, but you can play an offenive mid as a striker with MID orders, so you play 4-5-1 ....and so on. In my opinion 4-4-2 is the best tactic for a NT team, but that depends too...