From Giant to Underdog: Managing a Bulgarian Giant Part 3

After setting out the tactics for our team in the previous post, we will look to see how they are going to play out in a game situation. Our first friendly will give us a chance to see how our players will handle the tactics. The first friendly Firstly, In this video we can see our main attacking weakness, at least in terms of formation and players positioning in phase attack. When… Read more

From Giant to Underdog: Managing a Bulgarian Giant Part 2

August 18th, 2010 in Strategy by Mihail Vladimirov

The Tactics Given the fact that I have players, which don’t possess the all-round skill to transition between the phases well enough, I think it’ll be more productive to stick to rigid type of players positioning  and movement on the pitch. With such a formation, the... Read more

From Giant to Underdog: Managing a Bulgarian Giant Part 1

August 16th, 2010 in Strategy by Mihail Vladimirov

Editors note: Cagiva once again has produced a work of great tactical analysis of his current game. Cagiva this time manages in his home country of Bulgaria where he takes on a team with huge expectations in their domestic competitions. But in Europe are seen as the underdogs. Cagiva... Read more

Strategies to Tackle Pre-Season

August 9th, 2010 in Strategy by Malcolm Clarke

Every Football Manager 2010 player will use their pre-season friendlies for a slightly different core purpose but you should approach this important part of the season with as much care as you do other parts of the year. This means selecting your matches carefully, your team... Read more

How will Jose Mourinho manage at Real? Part 6

August 2nd, 2010 in Editorials by Gareth Millward

I mentioned in the last article that we had some issues with smaller sides; the ones content to sit back and make us break them down. Counter-attacking doesn’t work if the opposition never attack, and so earlier I had created a new system to try and beat the opposition by putting... Read more

How will Jose Mourinho manage at Real? Part 5

July 26th, 2010 in Editorials by Gareth Millward

Article 6 – The Champions League Group Stages: Part I Having taken you through my first two games in detail (those against Barcelona and Almería), I will broaden my analysis to include a few games and discuss some general trends. In this article we will take a look at the first... Read more

England: The 4-4-2 is not dead – Part 1

July 20th, 2010 in Formations by Thomas Levin

So much has been said over the past 6 weeks about the death of the 4-4-2, the rise of the 4231 and that England would be better to get rid of a formation that has been a stable of its footballing culture for over 30 years. It is also a discussion that even in modern football at the... Read more