How to Win Against Any Formation?

[Accyrover]

So you are saying that where Nordeus advise not to use illegal formations, there are neither penalties or they are misleading everyone just for the hell of it. So we can all forget now about, minimum three defenders, 2 flank players and one striker, not forgetting the keeper.
I've played four illegal formations this season already, 3 away from home and had 78/80% possession, the opponents also seemed to pick more than the usual amount of cards in a game, could have been down to their selection of hard tackling but I'll never know that.

[Rapyer]

you are close but now quite.

[al12]

How to counter 4-2-2-2 without the use of AMs?
DR-DC-DC-DL
MC-MC
AMR-AML
ST-ST

I only have a AMR and quite a good ML.
The opponent team is if higher average team rating than my team.

[Rapyer]

that formation is really attacking and he commits a lot forward, so he will be vulnerable to counter attack

[Cường Trần]

What formation should i use against 4-3-2-1 christmas tree ?
-------ST----------
-----AMC---AMC-----
---MC----MC----MC----
DL----DC-----DC-----DR

[Potemy]

I've played four illegal formations this season already, 3 away from home and had 78/80% possession, the opponents also seemed to pick more than the usual amount of cards in a game, could have been down to their selection of hard tackling but I'll never know that.

Does this mean that illegal formations are fine to use? The four times you've used illegal formations, what were your possession stats? Do you have screenshots, maybe?

[Smoggie]

What formation should i use against 4-3-2-1 christmas tree ?
-------ST----------
-----AMC---AMC-----
---MC----MC----MC----
DL----DC-----DC-----DR

this reply can be found on page 1 .by Ade Gammel

to counter 4-3-2-1

--------ST---------
AML---------AMR
---MC-MC-MC----
--DL-DC-DC-DR--

An excellent attacking formation and strong in wing attack..

Can be countered by:

3-2-3-2:

-------ST---ST-----
----MC-MC-MC---
DML---------DMR
----DC-DC-DC----

A logical choice formation to use against the 4-3-2-1.. 3 DC to block 1 lone striker, a DML and DMR to block attacks from the flanks coming from the AML and AMR, 3 midfield to keep control and 2 strikers to go for goal.

3-2-2-2-1:

ST
AML-AMR
MC-MC
DML-DMR
DC-DC-DC

Fight fire with fire, 3 DC again to block a lone striker.. DML and DMR to block the AML's and AMR's which can feed passes up your own AMLs and AMRs to take advantage of the lack of wing defence and one lone striker to go between the 2DC..

There is no such thing as the perfect formation, however you can look for areas exposed in certain formations and take advantage.

[Adel Gamal]

Hey Adel

So I should be playing a DMR/DML or ML/MR? I think I do not have the players for DMR and DML and I'm thinking instead to go:

DL----DC-----DC-----DR
----MC-----MC----
AML------AMC------AMR
----------ST-----------

What do you reckon? How does your version of 3-5-2 actually line up?

3 5 2 means flat with Ml/R and 3 MCs ... or play with 3 4 1 2

[Adel Gamal]

I need a formation to beat 4-2-1-2-1 of
DL-DC-DC-DR
DMC-DMC
MC
AML-AMR
ST
Now 2 teams play this way in my league and both are unbeaten any help thanks.

DC-DC-DC
DML-DMR
MC-MC-MC
ST-ST

normal mentality ... down both flanks ... own half ... counter attack ... no offside trap.

[Adel Gamal]

there is some bad advice on formations here, it seems nobody knows what they are talking about. it appears a lot of you simply throw up formations out there, without knowing exactly why a certain formation counters another formation.

the game also has a design flaw in regards to illegal formations so you can exploit it to your fullest

and it seems that you don't like that this thread take above it's important I'm with you but all of these guys are my friends and the newest mates they need help i give them what they need to be experienced.

i already typed it up and posted it, but then i realised everyone would simply start abusing it and it would ruin the game, so i edited it out. adel has the general idea, kudos to him, but he is not using the game rules to the fullest

you think I'm not the good one for these kind of threads ... thx.
I help as i can and as what i see and learn from these games .

And even morinhoo will not perform too much excellent as needed .. so I want you to know something, there is no rules here is this game and by this way we use the formations we used before to counter another formations and the orders also; so let's be far from the rules and anything ...

I used the rules as the book say for these game from 3 season and what the result ? I lost the league and lost the champions while i was the best team in both competitions knowing that i had had 11 scouted players and the best rules needed to win against any one and what?

I didn't won any trophy that season so thx right here and let's listen and see you experience and your trophy room and see who talks from knowledge and who is not?