Can I win this hopeless game?

[KT Cole]

Well played that man. You got a draw. Nice work. I'm guessing he didn't turn up to the game then? If he plays the same formation in the next leg my suggestion is to play Force counter on and play 4-3-1-2 to start with and play long balls through the middle. If he plays with a diamond formation. Attack down his flanks if you so wish and see what happens there. You could well get some joy out of that too, by pressing on his backline. Keep it the same in midfield and defence or possibly switch to three at the back, 3-5-2 with two defensive midfielders pushing up to midfield.

Check who you're playing against to see how they played in previous games and adjust to suit, but still play to your strengths, but try to play against their "weakness" as it were.

Hope you get the result you need to get past him in the next leg. Good luck


This is how I'd play. DML and DMR push up with my DMC all able to move into the Midfield if needed and my AMC moving up to ST
to give me a 3-5-2 formation. I sometimes use this as a 3-2W-3N-2 formation.
I could even drop my AMC back into Midfield and leave my Def Midfield as it is. Flexibility is key. It's taken a little while but I'm nearly there with "Total Football" [Well. Sort of...!]

With this team, I'd start off with Hard Defending and play through the middle, against the team you played, and take it from there.

This team, and formation has stood me in good stead in a lot of matches against higher level players.
Sadly this season I'm out of both Cup comps. as Nordeus borked the game (Server issues etc) and my squad got clobbered with suspensions/red cards [on normal/easy settings would you believe.]
There's a school of thought that suggests when you get to a certain level then Nordeus like to hit you with various problems. Starting with loss of stars when you "level up" for a new season is par for the course, but why, when you're basically playing teams that are the same level as you anyway?
Some players are even harder to train up due to age. Then there's the issue of being present at games, sometimes you can, sometimes you can't. You can almost, with a fair degree of certainty, say that if you're not there then you may well lose the game if both teams are evenly matched or as you've seen, you can pull a great win out of the bag if a higher level team is un-managed. Sadly a few of these players will be past their prime in a season or so. A cull will have to take place to remove certain players, and I'll sell them off, making some money in the process to fund the club.