How to beat 4-1-3W-2

[cousland]

My team:



Stats: (I'm black)



Orders were:
Normal
Through middle
Mixed
Normal
Zonal
Own half
no force counter
no offside trap

My ratings were terrible. 6's and 7's from players that have never gotten lower than an 8 before. Every member of my team is better than every member of his by at least one star. My starters were ALL at max condition and morale. I'm reluctant to say that it's the players because I'm still dominating in the cup and CL with those same players.

Thanks for all your advice/input. This is beyond frustrating now.

[Tactician]

My team:



Stats: (I'm black)



Orders were:
Normal
Through middle
Mixed
Normal
Zonal
Own half
no force counter
no offside trap

My ratings were terrible. 6's and 7's from players that have never gotten lower than an 8 before. Every member of my team is better than every member of his by at least one star. My starters were ALL at max condition and morale. I'm reluctant to say that it's the players because I'm still dominating in the cup and CL with those same players.

Thanks for all your advice/input. This is beyond frustrating now.

Why did you put red arrows on the ST? These were not from the orders I suggested.

Did you change the orders (to defensive and force counter attacks) when you switched to the other formation for the second half?

[cousland]

Why did you put red arrows on the ST? These were not from the orders I suggested.

Did you change the orders (to defensive and force counter attacks) when you switched to the other formation for the second half?

The red arrows on STs weren't there until after the second half, when I was already 2 goals behind. At that point it couldn't possibly hurt. And yes, I did change the orders to what you recommended when I changed the formation.

[Tactician]

The red arrows on STs weren't there until after the second half, when I was already 2 goals behind. At that point it couldn't possibly hurt. And yes, I did change the orders to what you recommended when I changed the formation.

Don't use red arrows on both strikers. If you want to experiment, or try red arrows on strikers to change the course of a game, use only one red arrow on one striker. Putting arrows on both STs does not mean that they have been instructed to attack more; no one from the company has told us what the arrows actually do.