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DEFENCE Despite the fact that there are four ways to play a diamond formation on FM, the differences between them are few and usually subtle. As a starting point, one thing each of them do have in common is a back four in defence. The defence will generally have more protection in the middle than with a flat 4-4-2, especially […]

Last week Chelsea v Liverpool became the biggest tactical talking point of the season. Liverpool revived the the 3 man defence that Kenny debuted against Stoke. While with the introduction of Torres for £50m Ancellotti was forced to crowbar in El Nino into the side and returned back to his 4-4-2 Diamond which seemed to define his time at AC Milan […]

Last year, I wrote a guide about how to play a simple 4-4-2. One of the major components of that is the back four. In fact, most modern formations build upon four defenders; two full backs and two centre backs. It’s clearly very important to know how to set them up. So - how do you set them up? There […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 separated lines should have enough cover between them just because they are in pairs and more imporatantly – […]

So much has been said over the past 6 weeks about the death of the 4-4-2, the rise of the 4-2-3-1 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 top it […]