How did I draw this game

[Rashad Hussain]

Was it because his players had better form? My team is much much better than his

[John Naish]

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.

[Rashad Hussain]

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

[John Naish]

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?

[Rashad Hussain]

I kept the same starting 11 but swamped the middleMC around and the middle ST

[John Naish]

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.

[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.

[Rashad Hussain]

No no my MCs are stll in MC position, just swapped them around