I've recently started a game with AS Roma, and for the first time in my FM career I decided to play with a sweeper. In the first friendlies I played with Mexes as a sweeper with Chivu and Cufre in front of him. I dominated the games (against First Division sides from Germany and Turkey), but i often won 5-3 or 5-2 since they scored on every opportunity they had. It seemed as if it was a bit "thin" in defence.
So after that, I decided to use another central defender in addition to the sweeper, so now I play like this:
-----------------------Mexes--------------------------
------------Panucci----Chivu---Cufre------------------
And that works pretty good, but my defence often does mistakes and I'm not sure how to set the player instructions for my sweeper and the other defenders. Should the sweeper be attacking, run forward (with/without ball), try through balls etc.? And what attributes are important for a sweeper?
EDIT: I also use two defensive midfielders (Dacourt and De Rossi, Perrotta and Tommasi are subs) who closes down all over and runs forward.
So after that, I decided to use another central defender in addition to the sweeper, so now I play like this:
-----------------------Mexes--------------------------
------------Panucci----Chivu---Cufre------------------
And that works pretty good, but my defence often does mistakes and I'm not sure how to set the player instructions for my sweeper and the other defenders. Should the sweeper be attacking, run forward (with/without ball), try through balls etc.? And what attributes are important for a sweeper?
EDIT: I also use two defensive midfielders (Dacourt and De Rossi, Perrotta and Tommasi are subs) who closes down all over and runs forward.