Defensive Mentality?

Guys, what do you think of defensive mentality? I'm considering to use it to today in a very importand away match for the Champions League but I'm not sure if it is the best option... What are the pros and cons? Do I make less chances to score and the opponent more? Do my players just stand there and clear all the balls coming towards my goal or do they score too..? I noticed that some of my friends who use defensive mentality score a lot of goals but it also depends on the opponent too I suppose.. Finally, what do you recommend me, defensive or normal mentality? Hope I wasn't tiring...

i'm no expert, but its obvious u will create less chances, but that doesnt mean u wont score. I used a very defensive formation in my first 5 or 6 season and won the league about 4 times and 2nd and 3rd in the other 2. I never got on with normal mentality, i seem to lose more whenever i tried that. but like u said, It really depends on squad strength and opponents tactics. Personally i would stick with whatever formation and tactics u are currently using, see how the first leg goes and decide from there.

I always used attacking or hard attacking, I don't see the benefits of defensie mentality.

defensive versus great team and normal versus little team

Hmm.. seems I'll start with defensive and depending on the circumstances I'll change it on normal in the halftime or if I notice that something is going wrong..

In my opinion, Defense is the best offense! Since I started to play with defensive mentality + counterattacks my team started to play better, scored more goals and their ratings went up... Also my striker has been rewarded as the "man-of-the-match" each time I use this kind of tactics.

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Originally Posted by Ljepoje

In my opinion, Defense is the best offense! Since I started to play with defensive mentality + counterattacks my team started to play better, scored more goals and their ratings went up... Also my striker has been rewarded as the "man-of-the-match" each time I use this kind of tactics.

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Yes, I noticed that too! My friend plays with defensive mentality and he scores more goals.. Kinda strange..:rolleyes:

The neutral mentality is kinda best. Playing with a 4-4-2 (DL, 2x DC, DR; ML, 2x MC, MR; 2x ST) and I won every game except of 3 until now.

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Originally Posted by odemwingie

The neutral mentality is kinda best. Playing with a 4-4-2 (DL, 2x DC, DR; ML, 2x MC, MR; 2x ST) and I won every game except of 3 until now.

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It depends on the opponent too.. For example I have only wins in my league and I have conceded only one goal (!) but in the Champions League I play against tough opponents so I have to use different tactics.

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Originally Posted by TheGunners

It depends on the opponent too.. For example I have only wins in my league and I have conceded only one goal (!) but in the Champions League I play against tough opponents so I have to use different tactics.

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Of course, I change my formation sometimes when a player is injured or something but I think that this formation shows stability for me and i get less goals than with another formation.

i change very often the mentality of my team ... and yeah i noticed that : defensive + force counter attack is more efficient then offensive winning many games by changing from hard attack or attack to defensive ! and i never used offside trap even if the other team use amc/l/r !

best defence is attack and attack.. for some reasons i do score more goals away than at home this season..