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Yeah in my Barça game the only tactical difference to yours, Shifty, I have Busquets in the def mid position, not in line with the other two. But what are their roles?
I have:
Alves - WB - Attack
Piqué - Ball playing defender
Puyol - CB - cover
Abidal - FB - support
Busquets - AnchorMan - support
Xavi - DLP - support
Iniesta - AdvPlaymaker - attack
Alexis - IF - attack
Messi - T - attack
Villa - IF - attack
Sorry about the textual description instead of a pic but I'm not even in Portugal, let alone at home.
I have:
Alves - WB - Attack
Piqué - Ball playing defender
Puyol - CB - cover
Abidal - FB - support
Busquets - AnchorMan - support
Xavi - DLP - support
Iniesta - AdvPlaymaker - attack
Alexis - IF - attack
Messi - T - attack
Villa - IF - attack
Sorry about the textual description instead of a pic but I'm not even in Portugal, let alone at home.
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There was a thread in here where I described what I was trying to build, but it's basically trying to ape 1973 Ajax. The middle CM is Neeskens, so box-to-box, and is supposed to mark the other team's main creative outlet. That's actually why I posted that goal; the guy who scored was the Neeskens role, who would frequently swap positions with Cruyff. I would think the only player capable of this on Barca would be Mascherano in a more defensive way. The outside guys can just be whatever suits them. Ideally the outside forwards are one IF (Johnny Rep) and one Winger (Uh... Piet Keizer I think). At City I used Pato as the winger on the right and Adebayor as the IF on the left. Fullbacks are attacking wingbacks. CF is the best role for your Cryuff, so I'd say either DLF (A or S role, probably depends, but he should be a goal scorer as well as a creator), CF, or T. Tevez was a T I think, but he has good PPMs that cause him to score goals and not just spray passes.
Then there is very high creativity and roaming and almost a max-high defensive line and pressing, offside trap, and sweeper keeper with a super high mentality. It's actually kind of ridiculous how often teams will completely wilt under the pressure and concede possession with clearances almost immediately. The FR and FL really makes the difference here IMO because there is zero space for the fullbacks; and with Tevez at CF, he could basically press both CBs. Tempo is high, but not ridiculously so (Ajax would play a lot of quick long balls into space if the opportunity was on), and I tried to balance this out with high time wasting (so they keep possession, although technically that team didn't really sit back and tiki-taka like Barca unless they were sitting on a lead like against Juventus in the European Cup Final). Finally, I play really wide, just like Ajax did. I find that the 3 CMs allow me to play so wide when otherwise it would cause an FM team to lack possession. The final piece is a central defender who will step into the defensive midfield when my team has the ball, which I don't think is quite possible on FM at this point, except with the "classic" tactics, where it actually is possible, but I prefer the simplicity of the creator.
I actually think the best club for this is Manchester United with maybe Welbeck/Chicharito-Rooney-Nani, and the Fletcher as the BtB. The other candidate of course is City with Aguero/Tevez and Yaya. They don't have the right kind of wide players though, so there would be a lot of wasted talent in the original squad as Silva and Nasri don't quite fit in aside from perhaps side CMs.
Then there is very high creativity and roaming and almost a max-high defensive line and pressing, offside trap, and sweeper keeper with a super high mentality. It's actually kind of ridiculous how often teams will completely wilt under the pressure and concede possession with clearances almost immediately. The FR and FL really makes the difference here IMO because there is zero space for the fullbacks; and with Tevez at CF, he could basically press both CBs. Tempo is high, but not ridiculously so (Ajax would play a lot of quick long balls into space if the opportunity was on), and I tried to balance this out with high time wasting (so they keep possession, although technically that team didn't really sit back and tiki-taka like Barca unless they were sitting on a lead like against Juventus in the European Cup Final). Finally, I play really wide, just like Ajax did. I find that the 3 CMs allow me to play so wide when otherwise it would cause an FM team to lack possession. The final piece is a central defender who will step into the defensive midfield when my team has the ball, which I don't think is quite possible on FM at this point, except with the "classic" tactics, where it actually is possible, but I prefer the simplicity of the creator.
I actually think the best club for this is Manchester United with maybe Welbeck/Chicharito-Rooney-Nani, and the Fletcher as the BtB. The other candidate of course is City with Aguero/Tevez and Yaya. They don't have the right kind of wide players though, so there would be a lot of wasted talent in the original squad as Silva and Nasri don't quite fit in aside from perhaps side CMs.
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One of my proudest wins yet with Pro Vercelli. We lost 1-0 at home to Stuttgart, but got back at them in the second leg away from home winning 2-0 with two goals by my man Vincenti!
Here's a very clear video of the all deciding goal. Check how awesome!
Also doing very well in the league. End of march and I'm in first with 5 points clear of number two Inter. This could well be the season for Pro Vercelli, when the old glorious past gets revived. Finally!
Here's a very clear video of the all deciding goal. Check how awesome!
Also doing very well in the league. End of march and I'm in first with 5 points clear of number two Inter. This could well be the season for Pro Vercelli, when the old glorious past gets revived. Finally!
I just finished my first season in FM13 and it may have been one of my finest seasons ever.
I picked Granada, Udinese's little brother in Spain. They're expected to fight relegation, but their team is A LOT better than that in the game. I didn't have a transfer budget, but it really wasn't needed with the likes of Torje, Jaime and Odion Ighalo on loan from Udinese. They have a great partnership going. Granada are also financially healthy and in a position to make a profit every month, there's no debt, so there is great potential for future transfer activity.
This is how the season panned out:
Crazy, right? Home and away I beat the sh*t out the likes of rivals Malaga, Sevilla, Valencia, Athletic and Espanyol. And with BEAUTIFUL football. Odion Ighalo finished with 31 goals in La Liga, only 3 behind Falcao (Golden Boot winner). Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo weren't even in the top 5.
I also made it all the way the Copa del Rey final, beating Villarreal, Racing, Espanyol and Xerez on our way. In the final I faced a Barcelona reserve side. Messi, Xavi, David Villa... all injured or suspended. I got lucky.
For the second season Jaime, Torje and Ighalo joined me on permanent basis. I will also be going in the Champions League with a star signing: Isco.
Dream game so far, everything is going right.
I picked Granada, Udinese's little brother in Spain. They're expected to fight relegation, but their team is A LOT better than that in the game. I didn't have a transfer budget, but it really wasn't needed with the likes of Torje, Jaime and Odion Ighalo on loan from Udinese. They have a great partnership going. Granada are also financially healthy and in a position to make a profit every month, there's no debt, so there is great potential for future transfer activity.
This is how the season panned out:
Crazy, right? Home and away I beat the sh*t out the likes of rivals Malaga, Sevilla, Valencia, Athletic and Espanyol. And with BEAUTIFUL football. Odion Ighalo finished with 31 goals in La Liga, only 3 behind Falcao (Golden Boot winner). Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo weren't even in the top 5.
I also made it all the way the Copa del Rey final, beating Villarreal, Racing, Espanyol and Xerez on our way. In the final I faced a Barcelona reserve side. Messi, Xavi, David Villa... all injured or suspended. I got lucky.
For the second season Jaime, Torje and Ighalo joined me on permanent basis. I will also be going in the Champions League with a star signing: Isco.
Dream game so far, everything is going right.
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Make America Great Again
Yeah, good luck. I could never do it with Bilbao, but I guess you get to sign non-Basques.
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Make America Great Again
I did go back in my last season in that save and win the Spanish League with Barcelona. But I spent 333m euros.
What an amazing name. It's the city of Breaking Bad, right? And he has potential too!
The German regens on my game are insane, and the talent is already crazy in Germany at the start of the game. Germany might not be a bad idea for our succession game.
The German regens on my game are insane, and the talent is already crazy in Germany at the start of the game. Germany might not be a bad idea for our succession game.
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Make America Great Again
I've always wanted to be Dynamo Berlin, but Luch Vladivostok was a communism game too.
The TRUE communism game was Pablo Castro's early beginnings at FC Holguin, even player and club management wise. I guess it wasn't for everyone.
Dynamo Berlin is in the fifth tier according to Wikipedia. Perhaps a German FM site has a file for that. The Dugout usually has some good editor files aswell. For that matter: Luch relegated from the Russian Second Division and thus out of the game aswell. Sad.
Dynamo Berlin is in the fifth tier according to Wikipedia. Perhaps a German FM site has a file for that. The Dugout usually has some good editor files aswell. For that matter: Luch relegated from the Russian Second Division and thus out of the game aswell. Sad.
Yeah, this is starting to resemble Shifty*i's Athletic game (for now).
Lost in the Super Cup vs. Real Madrid, ended 4th in the CL Group Stages and lost in the Semi-Finals of the Copa del Rey, again vs. Real Madrid (6-1 on agg.).
Best win of the season was a 0-1 victory at Camp Nou. Surpringly I've been having some success against them, of course most significantly in the Copa del Rey final last season.
The attacking quartet of Isco-Orellana-Torje-Ighalo is a sight to behold, they really play some BEAUTIFUL football. Especially Orellana is a major surprise, excellent player. He finished the season with 16 goals and 14 assists. Isco was our best (most talented) player with 17 assists. Central defender Borja Gomez finished second to Messi with a 7.67 average rating in La Liga, just like 2012/2013. He won two Fans' Player of the Year awards in a row aswell, very strong (and reasonably young) defender.
The summer's key signing for Granada's 2014/2015 CL campaign: Antoine Griezmann. My main worry are the two central mids, I'm having some trouble replacing Mikel Rico and Iriney. I've been missing out on the bargains and now teams ask ridicilous prizes for them (I've been chasing Dembele, Yttergard Jensen, Benat, etc.). Better keep looking.
I again expect to battle for our position as 'best of the rest'.
Lost in the Super Cup vs. Real Madrid, ended 4th in the CL Group Stages and lost in the Semi-Finals of the Copa del Rey, again vs. Real Madrid (6-1 on agg.).
Best win of the season was a 0-1 victory at Camp Nou. Surpringly I've been having some success against them, of course most significantly in the Copa del Rey final last season.
The attacking quartet of Isco-Orellana-Torje-Ighalo is a sight to behold, they really play some BEAUTIFUL football. Especially Orellana is a major surprise, excellent player. He finished the season with 16 goals and 14 assists. Isco was our best (most talented) player with 17 assists. Central defender Borja Gomez finished second to Messi with a 7.67 average rating in La Liga, just like 2012/2013. He won two Fans' Player of the Year awards in a row aswell, very strong (and reasonably young) defender.
The summer's key signing for Granada's 2014/2015 CL campaign: Antoine Griezmann. My main worry are the two central mids, I'm having some trouble replacing Mikel Rico and Iriney. I've been missing out on the bargains and now teams ask ridicilous prizes for them (I've been chasing Dembele, Yttergard Jensen, Benat, etc.). Better keep looking.
I again expect to battle for our position as 'best of the rest'.
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Make America Great Again
I could relate to this one
Almost always when I reloaded I ended up losing worse. Troll FM.
