Please analyse what went wrong !!!

[adifairus]

Thanks for your observation..

I got 5 managers in my league who are very active && equal or stronger teams.. Its fun but difficult too..

Maybe I got very conservative && gave too much respect to my opponent yesterday.. I had more shots, nearly 60% possession but my attacks were very ineffective.. At one point I was clueless as his players ratings kept going up my defenders && GK went below 6 in ratings.. But your analysis is convincing.. I didnt use my AML/AMR properly..

With normal mentality what works better: high pressure or low pressure?

the meaning of high pressure is full pitch pressing,
which mean all your player will press the opponent including at their defenders zone to intercept the ball,

if you play zonal marking with high pressing, all your player including Striker will press any opponent player that enter their zone.

but high pressing will tire your player more than low pressing.

Low pressing is half pitch pressing,
your player only press the opponent when they enter your own half of field which usually involve your MC and defenders,

Man to man marking is one player choose one opponent to mark.
the disadvantage on man to man marking is if your player is weaker, he cannot win the one on one battle while others will not support him because others is busy with their own man to mark, also if you don't have enough player at specific zone to mark the opponent, one opponent will play freely without being marked. so choose wisely.

when facing almost equal strength, its better to start with normal mentality, zonal marking, LOW/HIGH pressing doesn't really matter from my observation,

it just high pressing seem to tire your player faster, but it not really a problem if all your player got high fitness and start the match with 90%++ condition

but if you change to attacking mentality, High pressing really does matter, you need to do high pressing if play attacking mentality, because in this mentality, many of your player will going forward, so you have enough man to do full pitch pressing, and you need to intercept the ball fast at any area of the field to attack from everywhere. this time you need to ON offside trap because many of your player going forward and need some trap if being countered

while if you against stronger team with favorite mark, its better to play defensively with low pressing, zonal marking, and using long pass counter attack, don't ever play man to man marking against stronger team, because the result will be obvious you will lost one one one battle in all zone.

by the way, i never use man to man marking even facing weaker opponent, seems zonal marking is suitable against any type of opponent until now

Defensive mentality is suitable with low pressing because many of your player is going down to protect your own half pitch, so half pitch pressing is more effective in this case, no point to order your ST alone to press at opponent side when most of your player is going down.

Off offside trap because many of you player is going down when play defensively, so, the more player going down is the more difficult to do offside trap, so better to OFF it

[Agger99]

the meaning of high pressure is full pitch pressing,
which mean all your player will press the opponent including at their defenders zone to intercept the ball,

if you play zonal marking with high pressing, all your player including Striker will press any opponent player that enter their zone.

but high pressing will tire your player more than low pressing.

Low pressing is half pitch pressing,
your player only press the opponent when they enter your own half of field which usually involve your MC and defenders,

Man to man marking is one player choose one opponent to mark.
the disadvantage on man to man marking is if your player is weaker, he cannot win the one on one battle while others will not support him because others is busy with their own man to mark, also if you don't have enough player at specific zone to mark the opponent, one opponent will play freely without being marked. so choose wisely.

when facing almost equal strength, its better to start with normal mentality, zonal marking, LOW/HIGH pressing doesn't really matter from my observation,

it just high pressing seem to tire your player faster, but it not really a problem if all your player got high fitness and start the match with 90%++ condition

but if you change to attacking mentality, High pressing really does matter, you need to do high pressing if play attacking mentality, because in this mentality, many of your player will going forward, so you have enough man to do full pitch pressing, and you need to intercept the ball fast at any area of the field to attack from everywhere. this time you need to ON offside trap because many of your player going forward and need some trap if being countered

while if you against stronger team with favorite mark, its better to play defensively with low pressing, zonal marking, and using long pass counter attack, don't ever play man to man marking against stronger team, because the result will be obvious you will lost one one one battle in all zone.

by the way, i never use man to man marking even facing weaker opponent, seems zonal marking is suitable against any type of opponent until now

Defensive mentality is suitable with low pressing because many of your player is going down to protect your own half pitch, so half pitch pressing is more effective in this case, no point to order your ST alone to press at opponent side when most of your player is going down.

Off offside trap because many of you player is going down when play defensively, so, the more player going down is the more difficult to do offside trap, so better to OFF it

Thanks a lot man.. Very good explanation.. I will not buy tokens so it wont be easy to compete against those who buy.. I have few guys in my server who does.. But anyways its all about having fun.. I will be trying my best to compete with my resources && all your valuable suggestions..