Crushed by an assymetric formation!

[ponzu]

Right.

Thanks all the same.

Playing a DR as a DMR with a yellow warning should not be the end of the world.

Still, your formation pits five defenders against three attackers. I don't think I would have come up with it on my own. What, for example, is the use of DMC (other than to cement the defence for a home game, which is a great concept in principle, just weird given the opponent's formation)?

P.S. I like your formation. Had I encountered it, I would have freaked out.

P.P.S. I now have two AMCs. I can't believe you remembered. The new guy is AMC/AML. Scores a lot. Scored in the 1:3 loss.

[HoofDaddy]

to stack defenders on either side of the forwards, preventing long ball counters. Every attacker has at least 2 defenders within one square of them. 5v3 is better odds than 4v3 (really 4v4, because you had man marking on) I wouldn't recommend starting with counter attacks on unless you use defensive or condition bonus for the first 20 minutes. Guaranteed your DMC didn't rate higher than 7.

[ponzu]

6.8

In a 1:3 loss, it's what I would call a "safe bet" But yes, you impressed me again.

[HoofDaddy]

I agree that consistent formations does help ratings but having multiposition players is something that I learned early from khris and gert and I never looked back.

[Arion]

I agree that consistent formations does help ratings but having multiposition players is something that I learned early from khris and gert and I never looked back.

I also use multi position players, in fact most of my defenders have DL/DC or DC/DR, I can take a single position DC. The only single position defender is Kroos, a DL.
I generally don't fuss with single position ST or MC (all MCs ard single), but wing players can be very limiting if they can play only there.

[Amane Ito]

The thing I don't like 3 players on one side is that it has a critical flaw in the flanks. If the opponent plays defensive down flank the chance creation ratio (CCR) will be horrible.

Even more significant if the formation is asymmetric and 3 player on only one side, I've exploited this weakness many times and it usually provide a CCR exceeding 60% in my favor.

CCR is Attack : Defense in a game your team performed (success or not in those attempts are irrelevant), in rare cases this can exceed 2:1. Obviously the higher number of attacks your team make the better chance to win. This factor is mainly dictated by formation and orders.

[HoofDaddy]

Yeah flexibility on your wing players allows you to go from a attacking form to a defensive form very easily. I used to hate ND when i started playing because the counter formation options felt so limited, glad I learned some hard lessons.

[HoofDaddy]

I just use a down arrow to make sure he stays at home