Quote Originally Posted by July Fourth View Post
Heres an interesting thought? Is there such a thing in real life football as an illegal formation?
Mmh, really illegal would mean fielding 2 keepers or something like this or having not enough players on the pitch (the match is counter with 0-3 then, discussion in another thread). But a formation that leads to a loss of possesion? I can only think of some cases, but there it depends on how the other team plays.

1. If you leave a part of the team uncovered the opponent can concentrate his game play there and thus deserves a possession bonus.
2. If you park the bus against a team that really plays for possesion, then it is a special case of 1 (in terms of possesion). But due to the compact defense creating chances is not easy, standard situations decide these matches quite often.
3. If you put a field player not at his usual position it depends on how the player fits into the other position. Normally not well if the position is very difficult from his original one, but some players are multi-talents. I remembered Michael Tarnat doing quite well as a goalie for Bayern Munich in the late 90s when Kahn and the substitute keeper both got injured.

So the thoughts behind Nordeus possession system make sense to me and I can also see some comparisons to RL.
But it remains hard that if one choose evil tactics (descirbed above) can trick the system and still grabs wins.
Short question: Was the 3-0 special for him or does he collect points on a regular basis with illegal formations?