Quote Originally Posted by Mosin View Post
If this is anything like FM (which I'm pretty sure it is)
red arrow - player moves to the spot whenever YOU have the ball.
blue arrow - player moves to the spot whenever your OPPONENT has the ball.

ex.
4312 counter formation with red arrow on AM would be a bad idea. Your AM would walk up between your strikers and you'd have a big hole in your midfield having not many options to pass the ball from your defense other than lobbing the ball into cluster****ed front line.

On the other hand, 433 longball counter with red arrow on offensive wings would be great vs 3 men defense. You have your two wingers running into empty spaces every time you have the ball.
So why bother with blue arrows on defenders? or red arrows on striker they can't go anywhere...

I think it's the other way around:
Red arrow - player stays forward even when the opponent has the ball.
Blue arrow - player stays back even when you have the ball.
No arrow - players moves back and forth depending on possession.