Season 88 - Are you ready?

[Temidayo_]

Holy ****s, guys. I just got dumped out of the cup by a vastly inferior side. A side I'm 40% better than. Defeated me 1-0 at their home, and I was greatly shaken, but classified it as a freak occurrence. I rotated the entire XI minus 2 fullbacks today, and only got a 1-1 draw at my home. HOW tf does that happen Top Eleven??? How? They're doing exceedingly well in their league too. M'****ers are 2nd with 6 wins and 1 draw. How does a 40% team do that?!

P.S: For the return leg, I promised my squad a 2.5M bonus, and played hard attacking with a 4-5-1. With 2 DMF just to ensure a fine balance. I don't even understand how they scored at all. They mostly have 2-star players.

[talisman]

Holy ****s, guys. I just got dumped out of the cup by a vastly inferior side. A side I'm 40% better than. Defeated me 1-0 at their home, and I was greatly shaken, but classified it as a freak occurrence. I rotated the entire XI minus 2 fullbacks today, and only got a 1-1 draw at my home. HOW tf does that happen Top Eleven??? How? They're doing exceedingly well in their league too. M'****ers are 2nd with 6 wins and 1 draw. How does a 40% team do that?!

P.S: For the return leg, I promised my squad a 2.5M bonus, and played hard attacking with a 4-5-1. With 2 DMF just to ensure a fine balance. I don't even understand how they scored at all. They mostly have 2-star players.

This was one of the reasons I left the game in August, it was a recurring theme every season, both teams progressed well against equal or superior Quality teams only to be upset at the Top 16 or Quarter-Final stage by, on paper, inferior teams that played contrary to their form or ability.

[HoofDaddy]

played hard attacking with a 4-5-1.

There's your problem right there

[Temidayo_]

there's your problem right there

are you dumb?! how the f is a balanced, even if hard attacking formation the problem against a team 40% inferior?!

[Temidayo_]

how the f is a balanced, even if hard attacking formation the problem against a team 40% inferior?!

Wrote this in uppercase. Appaz, Top Eleven don't like people shouting in forums.

[HoofDaddy]

are you dumb?! how the f is a balanced, even if hard attacking formation the problem against a team 40% inferior?!

451 is a defensive formation, would you play 3412 hard defensive? you get what you planned for.

[Temidayo_]

451 is a defensive formation, would you play 3412 hard defensive? you get what you planned for.

I see more clearly how ignorant, glib and irrational you are now. You think formations matter much more than the vast difference in quality between teams, and that a formation with 4 players either seething on the edge of the box making runs and taking on players , or looking to run beyond CBs to latch onto through passes inside the box--, a tactical team of 3 attacking midfielders, left, central and right and 2 CMs equally proficient at attacking as much as they are at defending with an average quality score of over 90%, is a defensive formation, and can justifiably lose against a team 40% inferior, which has a goalkeeper with an average grade of 20%. Even worse, you fail to understand that formations mean nothing, are not rigid and that the play, and results obtained on the pitch depend far more on manager instructions and the quality of the players: yours and the opposition.

[HoofDaddy]

you fail to understand that formations mean nothing, are not rigid and that the play, and results obtained on the pitch depend far more on manager instructions and the quality of the players: yours and the opposition.

quality is relative to the manager's level. I have a 3* defender that still wins headers and blocks shots against 6* opposition. I've also seen 2* academy grads rate 8s and 9s after a few days of training. Players' internal programming has nothing to do with their current relative quality level.
As for the formations being irrelevant I point you to one of the most informative and long standing threads on this forum to contest that point.
https://forum.topeleven.com/formatio...ation-use.html
Because of the away goals rule in cup ties, it's usually a good idea to attack away and defend at home. You should choose a formation that reflects this mentality. 451v is a formation best used with zonal marking, low pressing and long passes with flank focus. I encourage you to develop/buy more multiposition players and test out what tactics and formations work for you so you don't LOSE to clubs a FULL TWO STARS below you.
Embarrassing.

[Temidayo_]

quality is relative to the manager's level. I have a 3* defender that still wins headers and blocks shots against 6* opposition. I've also seen 2* academy grads rate 8s and 9s after a few days of training. Players' internal programming has nothing to do with their current relative quality level.

The manager is on the same level as me, dunce. There are no logical reasons why a 3-star player should outplay a 5-star one, unless they're very young but with a huge potential, or belong in a vastly superior squad which has a much higher average % than his, and steamrolls the 5-star team. Average squad % > individual weak player's %. Or if they have a special ability. But I'm sure you, in your immense superiority complex and snobbishness will rationalise that to be totally reasonable, just to lay the blame on the complaining manager.

As for the formations being irrelevant I point you to one of the most informative and long standing threads on this forum to contest that point.
https://forum.topeleven.com/formatio...ation-use.html
Because of the away goals rule in cup ties, it's usually a good idea to attack away and defend at home. You should choose a formation that reflects this mentality. 451v is a formation best used with zonal marking, low pressing and long passes with flank focus.

Formations stop meaning **** as the difference in quality widens. The sheer superiority in quality of a side trumps whatever tactical plan the opposition has. This is especially true when the difference is as much as 40%. Formations only matter between teams of a similar quality. It's basic logic.

I encourage you to develop/buy more multiposition players and test out what tactics and formations work for you so you don't LOSE to clubs a FULL TWO STARS below you.
Embarrassing.

The manager is on the same level as me, and they are performing just as incredulously in the league. I did mention that. But you clearly are nuts. I mean, don't you have to be to be clear of all doubt and refuse to consider how there might be a bug somewhere???

You should get off your high horse and quit with the condescension, and the stupid assumption that everyone who complains about the engine is a whiny dick. Ass.

I'm not sure why I have bothered pandering to your whims anyway, a guy who thinks the Spanish Liga is ****e sorely based on Iago Aspas' failure at Liverpool, and the fact that he is back lighting up the Spanish Liga. You, apparently, do not grasp a basic concept like The Peter Principle, and neither do you understand the popular sayings about fishes, ponds, and their sizes: Big fishes in small ponds, and small fishes in big ponds.

[Awe Imoleayo Peter]

451 is a defensive formation, would you play 3412 hard defensive? you get what you planned for.

I like the maturity you just showed with your reply