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Editorials
How Will Jose Mourinho Manage at Real Madrid? (Part 7)
Last time around I showed you the gaping holes in my tactical plan. Against smaller teams, my players were not imposing themselves enough on the game, nor were they able to break...
Strategy
From Giant to Underdog: Managing a Bulgarian Powerhouse (Part 2)
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...
Management
Why Squad Gelling Is So Important For Your Football Manager Success
The following conversation between Gareth Millward (Millie) and Jordan Cooper is a transcript from Part 5 of the audio compliment for Communication and Psychological Warfare...
Formations
False Nine Tactics
When we think about modern football trends, we think about the fall of the 4-4-2, the introduction of inverted wingers and the rise of the 4-5-1. But there is one other tactical...
Players
Building your defence: Football Manager full backs
The modern full back is quickly becoming one of the most important players on the team sheet, infact even back in the days of Brian Clough, fat ed' argued that because of the space...
In-Match
From Giant to Underdog: Managing a Bulgarian Powerhouse (Part 3)
After setting the tactics for our team in the previous post, we'll look how they are going to play out in a game situation. Our first friendly will give us a chance to see how our players...
Training
Lessons From Hinckley: Training Schedules
Recent discussions on the forums about training have got me thinking. There seem to be, broadly speaking, two camps. One that likes to sort their training by position alone,...
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Building your defence: Football Manager full backs
The modern full back is quickly becoming one of the most important players on the team sheet, infact even back in the days of Brian Clough, fat ed' argued that because of the space these players get in the final third thet players could be the most important.
I have found that having great full backs in my sides have become essential to making my tactics work. You may remember my last post some time ago talking about the false nine. Much of which would have been impossible if it wasn't for having Santon and Fatic on the wings.
As teams start to play narrower and narrower to boss the midfield, the full backs are becoming the main source of natural width. The popularity...
False Nine Tactics
When we think about modern football trends, we think about the fall of the 4-4-2, the introduction of inverted wingers and the rise of the 4-5-1. But there is one other tactical rise that seems to have been used with caution with by a few of the top managers, many abandoned just as quickly. Roma have executed the 4-6-0 brilliantly, Manchester United successfully and Barcelona with much grace. Manchester City seem to be the latest to opt for the false nine, but will these systems ever take off?
The false nine is essentially a position in which the lone striker drops deep, often as deep as the midfield line. Strikers dropping deep is not something new, in fact this is what...
An Open Letter To The Football Manager Community
To view Sports Interactive's response, click here
FM-Britain will no longer be producing regular content. Sports Interactive have objected to our content model of charging for annual strategy guides, and have threatened to remove all FM-Britain staff members from the beta testing process if we continued. They also threatened to put us under legal review despite our absolute conviction that nothing that we have done violates copyright law.
The absolute priority of FM-Britain has been to improve the quality of the Football Manager community. We felt it most important that Richard Claydon (wwfan) was able to continue to beta test the game and develop the tactics creator...
How Will Jose Mourinho Manage at Real Madrid? (Part 7)
Last time around I showed you the gaping holes in my tactical plan. Against smaller teams, my players were not imposing themselves enough on the game, nor were they able to break through more disciplined defences. What was the solution? Pressure – and lots of it.
Tactical Plan v. 3.0
I wanted to stick to the “4-3-3” principal of my original tactic but allow it to be flexible enough to cope with different situations. The solution was a slightly modified version of the “dominate” tactic – the “withdrawn” formation, with the left winger encouraged to run from deep into the attack. The thinking behind this was that a quick winger such as Drenthe or Marcelo would...
From Giant to Underdog: Managing a Bulgarian Powerhouse (Part 3)
After setting the tactics for our team in the previous post, we'll look 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 the team is splitting and every player takes his position, according to how the team is shaped in phase attack, there is huge space between our main playmaker and the front four.
The negative of this is that our attacks becomes one-dimensional, at least in terms of vertical and horizontal...
