Originally Posted by
HeavensAAA
@Max Yes, each different team has its basic strengths and it is up to us managers to take the most advantage of it. When we have a few very good defenders, plus 1 top ST or AML(R), then just do hard defending and counter. The chance is we will concede only a few and score 2 or 3 to win most games. You had a very good record of typically about 10-1-1, and that means you were fighting for all trophies until the last stage at least and are bound to win a trophy or 2 with that very low losing ratio.
Until now I concede about 0.33 goal per match in 249, and scores about 6.5 goals per game, and there is always a balancing act that we have to take on about 60th minute if we keep attacking aggressively with hard attacking and high pressing for a few more goals at the risk of conceding 1. Some of those few goals were conceded because I simply want my attackers to get their 10.0 ratings for motm improvements, instead of a defender who still should have got motm until my side somehow concedes a goal just because the team is on ultra-attacking mode with all wing-backs up arrows too.
What I want to say is a team should be set up to limit the number of shots the other side could have, and utilise our attackers to focus their attacks on opponents’ weakness. Then games like 4-4 would not have happened (well, maybe 1 in 500 to 1000 games), and if it does happen, our bench players are there to turn up to take the chances to turn the game around. And if all fails, then that would have been a troll result of 1 out of 40-50.