Quote Originally Posted by freken1972 View Post
I am thinking a little bit like manchester city right now and would like to try this

dc - dc
dml -dmc -dmr
mc - mc
aml - amr
st

i have arrow down on all 3 defensive midfielders

does any body know the penalty of playing with 2 defenders? if there are any.??

i know the is a chance to take, but i would be nice to try

anybody tried this one over a period of time then i would like to know.

all inputs are welcome

ty
You get a possession penalty, I do not know how big it is, would guess at 5-10%, something like that. Definitely not a game-killer so to speak, but at the same time a disadvantage that isn't completely insignificant.

With one of my accounts I have solved this with a back-line of:
DL-DC-DC-DMR

Arrows up on the DL, and often the DMR too.

Try it and let it know how it goes!

With City, I would probably try
Sagna (DR)-Ota(DC)-Stones(DC)------------------
----------------------Fernandinho(DMC(R)--Kolarov (DMR)
---------Grundogan(MC(L))------------------De Bruyne
Sterling (AML)-----------------Silva(AMC(L)-----------
Auguero (ST)

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KDB would be very offensive even as a ML with the offensive arrow. I recon you would want him to be the FK-specialist. Kolarov should definitely have the Shadow-Striker ability, would get to take a lot of long-shots from that position. Silva and Grundogan as Dribblers to help you get more possession. And so forth.