Getting others involved in goal scoring – Dominating Long Periods of Any Game.

Concentrating on improving the strike rate of forwards is important(through training of course or tactical instructions), but overemphasis is dangerous. For that I usually set up my tactics on a split mentality scale.

When the attacking set of players are on normal, I know that the main focus are the strikers, but when my mentality scale goes to attacking more attempts are made by my wingers/midfielders. So how do you improve this further?’

* Play at a normal or slower tempo
This allows play to develop in/around the AI box, bringing others into play.

* Passing should be set on short/mixed.
Combined with the tempo this allows play to develop. It’s possible to use direct passing with link players like playmakers if you want.

* Long shots, setting the DMs to long shots actually drives them forward when chances permit, adding more variety

* Width..
It’s interesting playing on wide, there’s a hell of a lot of flank running and overlapping fullbacks, but sometimes too wide a setting, sets them off to early..I play on normal-wide..If I need more penetration I sometimes go wider. Haven’t had to change it yet.

* Defensive lines
Each player has his own dline, so when you set it too deep, there’s a lot of pressure on the mids to actually do something with the ball allowing others to come into play. If I want to do wholesale domination and force the AI into submission, I very rarely play on low settings. Of course I haven’t found myself in a position to defend, but then again this is about dominating matches, not about defending and hitting on the counter.

* Set-pieces
I can’t emphasize this nearly enough, its so important in the game, and even now too many goals are going in from setpieces. Set ALL your set pieces properly, these should include: Throw ins; Corners and Freekicks. You can dominate corners over and over again. And you can set up your tactics in such a way that you can get freekicks around the box, and have run down byelines often enough for players who can get you corners as well.

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