Formations and tactics ideas!

[Tactician]

Any tactical idea for using 4-2mc-2W-2st?

By just looking at the formation, it is evident that you have to make use of the wings. Appropriate passing orders will more likely be mixed or short. DR and DL may be asked to provide support in attack, especially if short passing is set as preferred. It can also be played with high pressing.

In terms of personal preference, it's not something that I would like to use. I have used this formation only once or twice, where on one of the occasions, it failed against a weaker team despite looking good as counter formation on paper at that time. This formation, while it might look very pleasing to the eye (seems very good in attack), will likely to fail in many cases, because it is very weak in midfield, especially the centre part. An opponent can easily exploit this. While you might score a few goals if your opponent has weaknesses on the wings and at the back, you will likely concede a lot goals and also fail to retain possession; and, given the fact that a team using such an attacking formation can only score provided that it has enough possession, if you cannot get enough hold of the ball, you will have trouble scoring goals despite having 4 players upfront. It is likely that you will lose or draw games (1-0, 1-1) against weaker normal or defensive teams, especially if you do not attend the match, and can 'easily' lose games with high scores against attacking and very attacking teams. This formation can be classified as an inferior formation for general use.