Counter defensive tactic

[Spartan117]

Pressing can be spotted by the position of the opponents players on the pitch when I start with possession. Mentality by the position of opponents players on the pitch when they start with possession.

Counters can't be seen from animation I believe you are correct there. Match ratings however can provide some hints. If I have maximum preparation (win bonus, morale and condition) and my first ratings are all 6.6 and 6.7 it means my orders (possibly formation as well) are wrong, and i must change the system immediately. So by tracking the ratings we can figure out some things. Later ratings can be erratic, similar to passing stats being sometimes inaccurate as you said, first ratings are accurate though.

Players still press high and win the ball in the opponents half of the pitch even when you set orders to low press, so as I said earlier you can't determine if your opponent uses this order or not.

My team launches a lot of counter attacks even when I set my orders to no counter attack, so it is completely impossible to determine if your opponent uses this order.

The live animation is not a true representation of what actually goes on in the field it's major use to me is to determine if my opponent has set his orders to defensive or attacking, that can always be accurately determined.

[pcmacdaniel]

Players still press high and win the ball in the opponents half of the pitch even when you set orders to low press, so as I said earlier you can't determine if your opponent uses this order or not.

My team launches a lot of counter attacks even when I set my orders to no counter attack, so it is completely impossible to determine if your opponent uses this order.

The live animation is not a true representation of what actually goes on in the field it's major use to me is to determine if my opponent has set his orders to defensive or attacking, that can always be accurately determined.

I never said I had the ability to spot if the counter-attacks are on or off through the animations, I said the ratings provide some hints to what system the opponent is running. The prevent counters system worked until mid-to-late first half of the 2ND leg, when i conceded at 41' and 42', so I changed the system at halftime. 2ND half i ended up scoring 4. That said, even if I don't possess the skill level to identify that from animations, it doesn't mean other managers don't possess that ability. Their are better managers than me that have more skill in reading the animations and figuring out what they mean.

As for pressing, perhaps i made the wrong read but considering the result I'm skeptical Plus I play alot of high press defense tactically and the animations for her system were noticeably different. My opponent was a very good manager with an excellent team, who happens to be the captain of the current world #99 (#75 at the draw). I ended up with 4 points. The association i am in won 26 - 8. Photos are up on the TE-United facebook so some managers here like Niko might have seen then.