Quote Originally Posted by davidgold View Post
I was thinking this also - did not realise you could play just a LB, CB and RB? Thought this would count as an illegal formation and I have not seen anyone use that formation on the formations tutorials?
It's legal...

Natural GK YES
3 defenders YES
3 midfielders YES
1 player on flanks, no more than 2 YES
4 players on the opponent's half YES
1 striker YES

That's legal!