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Khris - pros and cons of playing from the second line in attack?
Ok before i explain the pro & cons i have to explain my way of playing

- The "overload theory".

When i started to play strikerless during a lot of tests, friendlys, by swapping-changing positions/formations i saw that the game allow movements of a player if this have a space ( for example a DR will go up if there is not a winger in his flank ) so i did a test one day and i noticed that if you play with a ML and AML (or MR and AMR )and leave the ST spot free the ML go up and the AML cut inside occupying the ST "free" spot becaming a sort of a stricker. So this opened a world for me and i started to work on it.

These are some examples of the movements i saw my team doing during the matches against varoius formations :







So the aim is to use these overloads to move the oppostition players out of position in order to create space to exploit.

Pros :
- having always 1v1 during attacking phase that are enough to create difficulties for the opposition team( especially if your team is stronger )

- having a +1 man in defensive phase ( like you can see in the animations ) and all the players cme back defend ( ST's dont came back to defend ) so the
opposition team will have more difficulties to score

- Dominate possession : You will always have a " free" man in the field and this give the team always a "passing solution" to escape the opposition team
pressing ( my average seasonal poss% is around 70 , in difficult matches from 60 to 65 )

Cons

- Experience is needed : In order to play in this way you always need to adapt your formation according to the opposition and sometimes when the other
manager is watching you need to change fast during the match. This require fast thinking . You need to have in mind the formations that are needed to
counter a new formation that the oppo can use.