Something Wrong With The Settings In This Game (Orders Not Obeyed)

[Tactician]

Well, my remark had nothing personal nor did it concern your personal situation. What I meant is: we all have reasons to complain about this game. But it remains what it is: a game. Do not take it to seriously. I do no trust whatsoever what the highlights show me. IMO, they are just cosmetic and I do not come to any conclusion after watching them. You may play short pass and center and still, see you AML score from long distance after a long pass to the wing.

Yes, but the highlights are supposed to represent what formation the teams are using, what they have been instructed to do, and things go according to the functioning of the formation and also according to the orders set. From the highlights, despite them being very short, one can deduce things about teams such as the mentality, the passing focus, arrows and other orders. For sure, there are nonsense at times, especially in the case of a fixed match or a 'troll' match.

Suppose you set your team to short passing and through the middle, your team will still make some passes in the flank area if you are using a formation that has wide players, just that the focus passing should be through the middle. Suppose your AML is free to receive a long pass, one of your players will send that long pass to him if he is free to receive that pass and if the player can send him that sort of pass as the aim is to move forward towards the opponent's goal post to score. It is same for counter-attacks; a team will still counter-attack if the opportunity presents, even if force-counter attacks have not been set, or will your players pass the ball to each other in your half only without any aim when there is a clear opportunity to attack and score?

My point is that I set the passing focus to the left flank and I was getting highlights for the right flank only (not even one for the left flank, nor one for the middle) as if I set the passing to right flank for a particular match. Clearly, something is wrong in the game in this area. Nordeus should have a look into it.