It's been a while since my last league win. 7 seasons now, and wasn't close to winning it in at least one of them.
Tried changing the formation, the style, the approach every single week but nothing was working. I am now considering the tanking option, because it is always the same story. My team always looks so strong at the end of the season but then they lose a star (I know they don't lose quality, it is just ugly to see them lose a star) and enter a very difficult competition where they stand no chance. I was hoping to cause upsets sometimes, but I am starting to doubt this game, as I can't see weaker teams beating the stronger ones. That leads me to a conclusion that the most successful managers are maybe the ones that have most success in auctions and those who buy tokens. It doesn't look like they are great tacticians. The ones who struggle to buy in auctions have lost their battles for titles already.
So I decided to come to this forum which has dozens and dozens of long-serving T11 managers who know better than me and ask a few questions:
1. What is the most reliable, hardest to counter, strongest formation? Does it even exist?
2. Does the defensive approach have any big benefits? What about counter-attack forcing and offside traps (never read offside in the live commentary)?
3. Long or short passing?
4. How risky is hard tackling? Because even my strong backline gets passed easily.
5. Is it recommended to use arrows on all players and overall how should certain players be adjusted (red/blue)?
6. How the $^&!# can I make sure my players take 1-on-1 chances? My opponents score from every opportunity, while my team scores from every 4th or 5th 1-on-1 opportunity. No wonder I end up losing some matches.
I remember I saw a thread from someone almost a year ago. Can't find it, but he posted his team's (Bayern Munchen I believe, with real life names of Bayern players) achievements through all the seasons and was very successful. If someone could find that thread, it could also be very valuable.
I want to start a new phase of the team, an era filled with titles like in my first 9 seasons. Please give me an assist.