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Hello everyone,
I my league there's a team with an insane formation that seems to be working even thought it looks like an illegal formation:
--- ST ST ST ---
--- --- AMC --- --
ML --- MC --- MR
DML -- --- -- DMR
--- --- DC --- ----
Yes, only 1 defender. What is even more strange is that this team is being successful... 20 matches, 14W-2D-4L, 4th place.
What the hell??
They don't have illegal formations anymore.
not true...exactly. they still give 80-20, but they have relaxed most formations to not be illegal.Quote:
Originally Posted by BridgeGoth
1 defender formation not illegal? The more I know about this game the more I find it stupid...
80/20 poscessions are usually teams with lots of players OOP now
Yeah, they have Out of Position penalties, which vary in severity depending on what you do, but as far as i know, as long as your guys are in position, you wont get 80/20ed
If it's a yellow OOP icon, the poscession penalty will be lesser, but if it's red, then a heavier penalty will apply.
I have to admit after a couple of weeks of playing I find the weird formations that are successful to be a little bit stupid. One guy in my league plays
----- ST ST ST -----
-------- AMC ---------
--MC - MC - MC--
---------------------------
DL ----- DC ----- DR
He wins almost every game 4-0 or 5-0 with only one centre back. In fact the only game he lost was against me. He has the 2nd highest rated team in the league and as mine is the highest, I think his highly attacking style meant when playing a team with a higher quality, he couldn't keep goals out. I've just tried his style against another team (3 strikers with 1 DC, DL and DR) and I won 4-0...
In a real game you'd get hammered with 1 CB and the 3 strikers would probably trip over each other trying to score.
1% for yellow and 2% per red if I remember no??Quote:
Originally Posted by pnr8555
Maybe 80/20 could be the maximum penalty ratio possible in the game. For a team to achieve 20% poscession, they should have a team with all players OOP, poor player quality as well as opening more loopholes in the formation.Quote:
Originally Posted by khris
There is no automatic 'Illegal formation' penalty anymore. There are cummulative possession penalties that can result in 20% possession but thats due to out of position penalties, illegal is no longer a factor.
The only possible variation to the above is I'm not sure if no GK as GK gives auto illegal or not cos I've never tried it.
edit: I did this at the time using yellows and reds in a 'legal formation' http://forum.topeleven.com/formation...tml#post282541
PS. Yeah Scotland played with 1 central defender and 2 attacking left/right backs and conceded against Gibraltar. *blushes* So we've went from the extreme of playing Czech Republic with 0 Strikers to Gibraltar with 1 Defender. XD Oh the joys of being a Scottish football fan. >.<