How did I draw this game

[adr100]

You'll get a possession penalty for playing players out of position. If you play them like that you will only get 20% possession no matter how many friends and fans turn up etc.

Thats not true. Playing out of formation is NOT an illegal formation.

[John Naish]

Thats not true. Playing out of formation is NOT an illegal formation.

Well I've certainly played against teams who have an otherwise legal formation, but have a player out of position and they've had 20% possession.

[Qambu Yaasi]

Well I've certainly played against teams who have an otherwise legal formation, but have a player out of position and they've had 20% possession.

OOP does not result in 20% possession penalty. In your case, the OOP may have cost his team to only get 20% (I'm guessing this is the minimum as I've never seen an 18% or 17%). OOPs usually earns you 70% ++ possession.

[John Naish]

OOP does not result in 20% possession penalty. In your case, the OOP may have cost his team to only get 20% (I'm guessing this is the minimum as I've never seen an 18% or 17%). OOPs usually earns you 70% ++ possession.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[RJSlow]

Illegal formation will get a 20% possession regardless of anything else. Out of position players give you a slight possession loss (from other forum members research, they assumed minimal loss of around 2%) and will have generally worse ratings. Part of formations being legal include GKs being used as GKs, so a formation could look fine but actually there is an outfield player as goalie and that makes it illegal

[John Naish]

Illegal formation will get a 20% possession regardless of anything else. Out of position players give you a slight possession loss (from other forum members research, they assumed minimal loss of around 2%) and will have generally worse ratings. Part of formations being legal include GKs being used as GKs, so a formation could look fine but actually there is an outfield player as goalie and that makes it illegal

What about a goalie outfield when another goalie is in goal? I think that's the situation in which an out of position player earned them 20% possession.

[RJSlow]

It does not make it a 20% possession. It is still considered legal, although the out of position rules apply. There have been people who have lost to a team with 2 GKs in the outfield

[Buffs Mad]

Yeah I lost to a team earlier with a striker in goal but legal in all other ways....and I had 80% (but 0 goals XD)

[RJSlow]

Yeah I lost to a team earlier with a striker in goal but legal in all other ways....and I had 80% (but 0 goals XD)

Those results I can't stand. Hope it wasn't an important game

[Buffs Mad]

Those results I can't stand. Hope it wasn't an important game

CL - I'll get over it - one day I might remember playing 90 mins with 80% possession and getting 2 shots on target without his keeper (striker) getting dirt on his gloves and maybe even manage a laugh.