I often play with mainly wingers so I put red arrows on my DMC, AML and AMR when I play a 4-5-1V.
I used to have all defence on blue and all attack on red arrows.
My question is how do you spread out arrows? Do they make much of a difference.
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I often play with mainly wingers so I put red arrows on my DMC, AML and AMR when I play a 4-5-1V.
I used to have all defence on blue and all attack on red arrows.
My question is how do you spread out arrows? Do they make much of a difference.
Never used, (probably) never will.
How much they actually affect your formation, i got no clue - but i would guess "not alot".
Seldom
I was used to red arrows only and at max blue on DMC, but since i adopted the blue arrows on my DCs to let them act as sweeper my goal against dimished sensibly.
Morgan makes a good point about the blue arrows. When I used to adopt arrows to every player, I kept more clean sheets with blue arrows on defence but I wasted a lot of shots with red arrows on MC's. (normally 2 centre midfielders)
I'm going to experiment with arrows against my opponents tomorrow. League match I should definitely win, my champions league match, I'm not so sure. Tough away game, same quality.
I never use more than 5 anyways or the players tend to get confused.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Pistolero
So probably not a good idea?
Ok, I'll apply blue arrows to CB's and red arrows to forward and wingers.
From my understanding and experience, this is what I've noticed...
Blue on defenders invites the attacker to have more long range shots but less 1 on 1 opportunities... So more defensive but vulnerable to players like a shadow striker
Red on defenders is the opposite as they press up the field, reducing the chance of long range shots but are vulnerable to the 1 on 1 opportunity. They also go up for more corners.
So I believe that having no arrows will balance this out. I play with no arrows on all defenders.
Red on AML/AMR increases the number of chances from them. I do this all the time.
Red on ST means more chances from them and probably more corner goals too. My ST hardly ever gets goals from corners but after I gave him red arrows, he seemed to score more from them.
Blue on GK, I believe that this means less chance of the goalkeeper conceding from a long range strike as the goalkeeper doesn't go off his line. This needs more testing though. Although I think you can only do this on mobile and this has been removed from the desktop game. So probably a useless fact.
I don't bother with the rest... Red/Blue on MCs don't have much effect and you probably lose possession for that
Thank you dv8r
My two CB's are blue and my attacking wingers and strikers are red.
My defensive midfielder has scored a few screamers, maybe it has something to do with the red arrow.
I'll post my results and see if the arrows made much difference. :)
Depends on the current formation I tend to use...
Normally I go with
DL+DR+AML+AMR:RED
DMC: BLUE
When I use the 4-1-2-1-2 a red arrow on the AMC could work.
Do you keep many clean sheets with that? :)
Blue on defenders, red on midfielders and strikers.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Pistolero
Only use them (arrows) when playing against a similar/better opponent. Yes sometimes, but I manage to win at the end (which is of crucia importance) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by El Pistolero
I can see many people have different opinions on usage of arrows so maybe they just affect between attack and defence. I have a match shortly so I'll post the result and what I did :)
Weirdos playing a 3W-3W-2N-2
(dl, cb, rb, dml, dmc, dmr, cm, cm, cf, cf)
I managed to win away 0-4
I had 62 possession, 10 shots on target, same as opponent. Shot efficiency of 40% which is quite good, I think.
Not a bad game considering I was inviting them to close into my own half so I could get space. I think they have an effect on who goes in for an attack. My right winger got the first goal on his own, my left winger got a goal from my forwards assist, my lb scored from my playmakers assist and my striker scored from my right wingers assist.
I only put red arrows on my wingers and forward and all had an impact on the game. My 2 CB's had blue arrows and although the shot ratio was high, none came from anything and they didn't get past my defence.
I hope I have helped as you've all helped me. :)
Yeah I always put blues on my DCs and a red on my DMC to compensateQuote:
Originally Posted by Morgan O'Bree
I always use red arrows on my wingers and DL/DR's. Blue arrow on my DMC. I play a 4-5-1V mainly.
If I'm losing or drawing a game I usually go hard attacking with everyone on red arrows at about 80mins.
I think I conceded a lot with red arrows on full backs when I was closing down in own half. It could all be just a coincidence though. :)
I suppose it also depends what formation you are facing!
Don't play with arrows on defenders unless you are better. Doing it against equal opponent is just asking for trouble
I'm a fan of having BLUE arrows on AML/AMR, sometimes I use RED arrows on DL/DR when I play 4 at the back. or RED on ML/MR when I'm playing a flat 4 midfield formation like 4-4-2, 4-1-4-1 or 3N-1-4-2.
Yeah, especially when focussing passing down both flanks, red arrows on the wings makes sense.
I don't think I'd put blue arrows on AML and AMR though.
On Football Manager, using arrows makes the players make runs forward often or stay back always. Runs forward are most successful with good positioning ratings.
I doubt this is the case with T11 though.
I won away 1-3 with a similar opponent today. 4-5-1V with blue arrows on CB's and red arrows on AML, AMR and striker.Quote:
Originally Posted by dv8r
I would agree that playing against United, I would not send my DL & DR to attack often.