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Started by alilane4, Jan 09 2012 09:47 AM

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#1 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 09:47 AM

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FM08, tactical experiments, National teams only (to begin with)...

...so it begins!

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#2 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 10:00 AM

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and we're off, chose Ivory Coast to get a decent chance of an early trophy and to break into the World's elite Nations. Unfortunately we're chokers when it comes to major tournaments!

I feel good about this game as I have a few ideas for tactics and I'm doing Nationalistic Management!!

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#3 OFFLINE MartinPalermo9 Posted 09 January 2012 - 10:07 AM

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#4 OFFLINE Mansy Posted 09 January 2012 - 10:08 AM

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have a ball Ali

#5 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 10:25 AM

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So... tactics!

I thought to myself 'who's the best team in the world right now?'... Barcelona.

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There's a simple way to think tactics in FM08. "Set up to defend, arrow to attack"

Farrows & Sarrows: These work when you have the ball in possession
Barrows: These apply when you don't have possession

With that in mind you can see I have a flat back 5 when the opposition have the ball (barrow applied to DM) and an array of farrows and sarrows when we have the ball. Let's see if this works.

If you're not familiar as to why i have done this, then look at this network game me and a friend have been playing. He's England and I'm Holland:

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This is the Euro 2008 final, and he won! So I'm taking a leaf out of his book to see if this shit works or if it was a fluke.

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#6 OFFLINE Joey™ Posted 09 January 2012 - 10:32 AM

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#7 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 11:39 AM

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So it turns out I'll have to test my tactics in a major tournament first. Suppose that's what comes from starting in January 2008.

So my group is:
Angola
Tanzania
Zambia

If we don't come out of this group with at least 9 points, I'll shoot myself.

...bit nervous about the tactics now. I could find myself changing them within half an hour of creation!

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#8 OFFLINE Natagora Posted 09 January 2012 - 11:47 AM

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This brings back memories, nice one.
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#9 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 11:55 AM

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Dominated the hardest team in the group. It's pleasing to watch my LB & RB getting beyond the half way line with plenty of room left by the AML & AMR cutting inside, when we have the ball.

It's also very pleasing to see the DM dropping back to make a flat back 5 when the opposition have the ball, only happened once such was our domination.

Good possession too.

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#10 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 12:15 PM

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Game 2

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Pickings, by this rate I'll be winning the final 8-0! However Yaya's injured but only a gashed arm, phew. Should be back game after next.

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#11 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 12:43 PM

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Good good, job done. Now we may actually face someone who will actually test us.

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Clean sheets all round.

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#12 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 02:14 PM

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Ah, problem!

One of these boys even has a cold, in Africa! Malaria I could understand but not a cold!! Got these boys out, only 1 fit keeper and a Yaya Toure who's still not quite fit.

Next round I've got Senegal. My first challenge.

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#13 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 02:39 PM

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The early sending off influenced the style of play but I think the result would've been mine anyway. Yaya's goal was sublime.

Onwards we march with semi's in our view (that last sentence may need revising)

Mali up next, Kanoute and all (he's amazing in 08 btw)

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#14 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 02:44 PM

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Just seen that teams have had a total of 9 shots against us in 4 games, by anyone's standards that's very good.

And we've also averaged 60% of the possession from all of our games. Have I stumbled upon a very good formation or is it just a good team playing against utter shite?

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#15 OFFLINE Natagora Posted 09 January 2012 - 02:45 PM

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Did you change your tactics? You're smashing it.
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#16 OFFLINE alilane4 Posted 09 January 2012 - 02:48 PM

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Look at post #5, those are my tactics. I think they're quite unique due to arrows and the lack of a striker.

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#17 OFFLINE kazz Posted 09 January 2012 - 02:49 PM

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Phenomenal result against Senegal. Totally bossed the game. Keep it up!

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Nooooooooooo, I conceded a goal!!! Freddie got the better of us! In other, less important news, we're through to the final to face Cameroon and a Sammy Eto'o who is currently 2 goals ahead of anyone in the scoring charts! Kolo & Meite need to keep things tight at the back cos my only keeper's bollocks!

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#20 OFFLINE Natagora Posted 09 January 2012 - 04:24 PM

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View Postalilane4, on 09 January 2012 - 02:48 PM, said:

Look at post #5, those are my tactics. I think they're quite unique due to arrows and the lack of a striker.

You mentioned in #7 you were nervous about them. Guess not anymore!
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