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February 15th, 2010 in Strategy
Traditional thinking of forwards are those of goal threats. When you think of great players, you think of Ronaldo who scored in his last two seasons 30 to 40 goals as an inside forward. When he is scoring goals it is easy to forget about the defensive duties performed by the likes of Rooney,... Read more
January 27th, 2010 in Strategy
You can't lose a game if your not conceding. Although you may argue you can't win without scoring, but 1 point can make a big difference opposed to losing 3 to your league rivals. What elements of your squad and tactics make up a good defence? Starting a series of posts I start with the last line... Read more
January 20th, 2010 in Strategy
No sooner had I written this article than I saw Fantastic's post on his experiments with a libero in Football Manager 10. Great minds think alike, as they say. So I would urge all of you to join in the debate on Fantastic's thread. This week's download is about the libero, or "free" defender.... Read more
December 23rd, 2009 in Strategy
Quite a lot of Football Manager players will argue that things are not working as they should when they dominate the statistics but still lose the match. The argument being that teams who have more possession and more shots should win more matches. But is this true? What is the real logic here?... Read more
November 25th, 2009 in Strategy
The new tactical interface, the tactics creator and the in-game shouts have converted tactics design from a secret science into something almost as simple as watching a football game. Unless you don't know that the vast majority of football tactics use four defenders and have at least one holding... Read more
October 28th, 2009 in Strategy
New member of the FM-Britain tactical think tank, playmaker (peterij here at FM-B!), has written a superb guide to the basics of real-world football tactics. He has kindly made this available, in full, in the download pack for Tactical Theorems '10. The full version also comes with some rather... Read more
October 27th, 2009 in Strategy
The new creator has migrated from FML to FM10. Learning how to use it will make a massive difference to your team's tactical fortunes. The information here is taken from Tactical Theorems '10, available now for free at FM-Britain.co.uk. Brand new to Football Manager 2010 is the tactics creator.... Read more
November 23rd, 2008 in Strategy
Match Strategies The Standard Match Strategy This is arguably the most important of all match strategies as, by carefully balancing risk and reward, it enables a manager to assess the match situation and how well his team is playing prior to switching to a more specialised tactical plan. It... Read more
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