Season 42

[dv8r]

3b) Unless the opponent lacks totally sides or middle, i alwais play mixed: first, it let all the team touch the ball (hence you see less bad ratings - and the ones you see are clearly underperforming players who you can bench in the meanwhile)and mostly second, that way i play in the zone my opponent has chosen to play. PLaying on flanks against teams playing through middle (ie ND) surely lets you expose their weakness, but same time, since you avoid your own middle, let them expose YOUR weak points. If to that you add your MC don't touch the ball (you play on flanks), it's very probable the engine will mark them as <6 ratings hence the opponent will have easy way there

So mixed passing is better?

And what do you mean by "let them expose my weak points"?

[Morgan O'Bree]

So mixed passing is better?

And what do you mean by "let them expose my weak points"?

In real football, teams playing on flanks will have the central mids and defenders take a lot more time for "enter the game", hence their reaction at the start and sometimes for all the match will be slightly delayed, hence create openings for the opponent.

If i would translate it in t11 form, your dcs, dmc, mcs will score a lower rating, and when even weak opponents will face them, their low rate will be calculated into the simulation hence, sometimes (more often if you face simar qualities like in cup), they will be passed. That's partially why you see 3* players performing as 9*, like you often say. Point is, it's not them rather than your players where problems lays.

[dv8r]

In real football, teams playing on flanks will have the central mids and defenders take a lot more time for "enter the game", hence their reaction at the start and sometimes for all the match will be slightly delayed, hence create openings for the opponent.

If i would translate it in t11 form, your dcs, dmc, mcs will score a lower rating, and when even weak opponents will face them, their low rate will be calculated into the simulation hence, sometimes (more often if you face simar qualities like in cup), they will be passed. That's partially why you see 3* players performing as 9*, like you often say. Point is, it's not them rather than your players where problems lays.

I guess next season I'll have to try something out then... I did play full pitch today and I won 0-5. I was playing with pressing the own half and with counter attack but that doesn't always work.

So what do you (yourself) do when you are playing against a weaker opponent and you
A) are being outplayed
B) can't score (their 3* playing like 9*)

Just wanted to get some insight in the way you play

[Morgan O'Bree]

I guess next season I'll have to try something out then... I did play full pitch today and I won 0-5. I was playing with pressing the own half and with counter attack but that doesn't always work.

So what do you (yourself) do when you are playing against a weaker opponent and you
A) are being outplayed
B) can't score (their 3* playing like 9*)

Just wanted to get some insight in the way you play

I'll be frank but please do not take it as showing off. In 7 seasons, it happened twice to me to be pressured instead of pressuring the opponents: once was when i lost 2-0 home in cup this season, and once was last season's second leg's first half against Kaiserslauten. While in the first case i was working and couldn't do jack ****, in the second case i was facing a 4-3-3 with a 4-4-2 classic which wasn't working like in the first leg, so i thought that even having one more MC wasn't enough, as well as my defenders were probably suffering: i picked one MC of the two i had (the one which was shown as "committing fouls" and "refuging in corner kick" and subbed him, while i also subbed my 7* DC which wasn't mentioned once on their attacks. In the second half i squashed him and went from 2-0 to 2-3.

Against stronger teams, i never once was being outplayed, rather i've outplayed alwais them apart from the usual 5-10 mins per time in which your pressure has to diminish.

Finally, to answer your question, i usually sub one of my ST (my 3 subs are alwais: ST, MC, one between DC or a AM) as to have fresh men on the pitch, and if that isn't enough, i move the MR/ML to AMs, and turn to man to man marking and hard tackling. I never change into offensive type as when you suffer, you're likely to take in a counter.

As golden rule, i can tell you that whenever i face teams 8+ Q lower than me and the pressure bar isn't at about 65% or more on my favour, then that's a sign something is wrong with either a player or the module.

[dv8r]

I'll be frank but please do not take it as showing off. In 7 seasons, it happened twice to me to be pressured instead of pressuring the opponents: once was when i lost 2-0 home in cup this season, and once was last season's second leg's first half against Kaiserslauten. While in the first case i was working and couldn't do jack ****, in the second case i was facing a 4-3-3 with a 4-4-2 classic which wasn't working like in the first leg, so i thought that even having one more MC wasn't enough, as well as my defenders were probably suffering: i picked one MC of the two i had (the one which was shown as "committing fouls" and "refuging in corner kick" and subbed him, while i also subbed my 7* DC which wasn't mentioned once on their attacks. In the second half i squashed him and went from 2-0 to 2-3.

Against stronger teams, i never once was being outplayed, rather i've outplayed alwais them apart from the usual 5-10 mins per time in which your pressure has to diminish.

Finally, to answer your question, i usually sub one of my ST (my 3 subs are alwais: ST, MC, one between DC or a AM) as to have fresh men on the pitch, and if that isn't enough, i move the MR/ML to AMs, and turn to man to man marking and hard tackling. I never change into offensive type as when you suffer, you're likely to take in a counter.

As golden rule, i can tell you that whenever i face teams 8+ Q lower than me and the pressure bar isn't at about 65% or more on my favour, then that's a sign something is wrong with either a player or the module.

So what do you normally play with? As in terms with orders..

And I'm still trying to come to terms with passing style... I always have it on mixed and when I put it on short... not a lot changes for me

[Morgan O'Bree]

So what do you normally play with? As in terms with orders..

And I'm still trying to come to terms with passing style... I always have it on mixed and when I put it on short... not a lot changes for me

normal style, mixed passing, mixed zone, zonal marking, no counter, no offside.

[Ljepoje]

normal style, mixed passing, mixed zone, zonal marking, no counter, no offside.

This is how I play, but with offensive style of course

Ps. You up for a friendly tomorrow?

[Ljepoje]

Season 7 - Summa Summarum
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Balkan Boyz finished 3rd in the T11 Champions League this season after losing to the German team "F.C. Yamoussoukro" (result: 6-4 on aggregate) in the semi-finals. The final was played between the German team "F.C. Yamoussoukro" and the Turkish team "FC Uppercutz", a final which the turkish team won by 1 - 2. This is also Balkan Boyz 5th CL Trophy.




LEAGUE: Balkan Boyz finished at a 9th place in the T11 League competition this season after a "successful" tanking.




CUP: Balkan Boyz were eliminated in the KO-round, together with Dynamo SWAG, Orchard Utd, Fenerbahce,Malatayspor, Madrid FC, FC Miwo and the last season CUP winners "FC Ovech". Neither of the "top teams" managed to make their way to the final-eight. The final game was played between the Turkish "Burkan FC" and the Czech "FC Kunovice", a game in which "FC Kunovice" won by 3-2.

[Gasi]

So what do you normally play with? As in terms with orders..

And I'm still trying to come to terms with passing style... I always have it on mixed and when I put it on short... not a lot changes for me

Mixed is best, I have tested both short/long.
Mixed helps the engine to favour you. How? I think it weighs your players' mentality.
and the higher their mentality the more "luck" u get in terms of your team having discretion
and apply timely passes(knowing when to use long,short,or through balls.
For instance, when I tried long passes, game possession switches against me,
more like they throw caution into the win and keep using long balls even though the opponent keeps cutting it off.
When I tried short passes the commentator just wasnt active, my players went into tic-tac mode and it was hard
to tell who has the ball or who is doing what, in fact, it was hard to see my player dribbling, and there were little or no long range shorts.
For me mixed is better, especially with force counterattack.