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Was it because his players had better form? My team is much much better than his
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Was it because his players had better form? My team is much much better than his
You probably need to look at your orders as well to see if there's anything to suggest a reason. But I find that playing the same formation as the other team I often have a team that plays a different formation. Mind you, I play 4-4-2 normally, and I win regularly so have yet to find a decent counter for it, so I'm not going to suggest a different formation against it.
Orders were Attacking - ML and MR forward - press own half - normal tackling - mixed passing - zonal marking
I've switched my MC and ST round to try and increase form for the next game tonight
Yeah, well if he was playing defensive, with or without counter then that could be an equal match to a better team playing attacking like yours was. And when you say you've switched you MC and ST around, I take it you mean that they're still playing in their normal positions, just you're using your other MC's and ST's?
I kept the same starting 11 but swamped the middleMC around and the middle ST
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rashad Hussain
No no my MCs are stll in MC position, just swapped them around
Oh, ok - I thought you'd switched the middle MC with the middle striker. Yeah - sometimes switching which position they play within the choice available to them can improve their performance.
If his AMC was good that could have been the reason why he was able to draw against you, he was allowed to feed the strikers without much resistance. Also it could just be a freak result.
His team looks decent and I personally would have been more careful if I was up against him. 3* players are sometimes better than 5* players so you can really say you are the better team.
4-3W-1-2 is actually very hard to beat if you get your orders wrong. I know, because I have used 4-3W-1-2 to win the league once. A lot of ppl think it is weak in the middle, but all you need is one good MC & AMC to make it work. And what do you know, his MC got an 8 match rating! ;)
So yeah...your orders were wrong, he wasn't even playing defensive counter IMO, because if he was he would have lost. He was probably set to Normal or Attacking and he simply ran your midfield. You're actually quite lucky it was a draw not a loss.
What I can tell you, if you are planning to play 4-4-2, you need better wingers and MCs. They may be 5* but I think they are duds.
Thats not true. Playing out of formation is NOT an illegal formation.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Naish
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by adr100
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Naish
Thanks for clearing that up. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Qambu Yaasi
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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
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 gameQuote:
Originally Posted by Buffs Mad
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. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RJSlow
positive attitiude, I like itQuote:
Originally Posted by Buffs Mad