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used positive mentallity, great stuff:thup:
good stuff
Would be nice to have option between IR and playing matches like "very fast" only comentary, which takes you trough game much quicker but still gives you time to react.

Or instant result each 45 min. of the match
I love all this attributes testing and all "science" around FM its all great, but if You watch Vujevic channel on YouTube where he is winning leagues with small teams using common sense aproach looking for players for each positions makes You think that balanced attributes gives best results.
dubbed5 said: Hi guys. I'm a veteran FM player, having played more than 1000 hours with FM2013.

What I really loved is that I could play ANY style I wanted if I had the right players.

I won leagues with mid-level teams using a very solid 4-1-4-1 formation, with counter or defensive mentality, a very deep defensive line, with no pressing. Most of our matches were like 1-0, 0-0, 2-1, etc. We didn't score much but also rarely conceded; even stronger teams struggled against our defense.

I also had success with slow-tempo, short-passing tiki-taka tactics, getting 65-70% average possession.

Then on other saves, I went full attacking with a 4-2-3-1 formation (2 MC, 3 AMC) and scored the most goals in the league, even though we weren't the strongest team.

After 10 years, I came back to FM, and I'm disgusted by FM2024's match engine. Apparently, nothing works except gegenpressing. Tactical instructions don't make any difference. I can't get results with slow-tempo tiki-taka or catenaccio styles even though I have the right players.

I read about FM-Arena in a Reddit post and found it very useful. Your tactical instructions and attribute testings basically verified what I feel after ~150 hours playing FM2024: most of the tactical instructions don't do anything, except for a few like high tempo and pressing. And most player attributes are meaningless, except for the meta attributes. This game is seriously broken.

As I skipped every FM between 13 and 24, what would you guys say, which one has the best match engine? By "best," I mean the one where I could succeed playing any style of tactic I want, not just high tempo gegenpress.


do you have any good tactics for FM13?
kvasir said: Yeah, I've done that. Back in FM21, I used tactics from ZaZ. He had two alternative tactics besides the main one: a light one for when you're leading by a couple of goals to save player energy, and a darker, more aggressive one, for when you're behind by 2 goals. I set these up in my match plans and they worked pretty well.

I haven't used this approach in the latest version, though. I don't rely much on instant results now because my team ends up drawing or losing matches they should've easily won. This doesn't happen as much when I play the games myself. I'll probably give it another shot now that you mention.


Yeah i was using ZaZ tactics similar to You did, trying something like this on Console Edition but not much luck, i watching games and do proper save  on PC... But when i have no time work, kids etc. I want something faster and less thinking.
Guys, anyone try any match plans with success here? Not the ones included in game but did anyone use own match plans when playing with instant result?
Thanks for testing👍
CBP87 said: Wow!! Zigic, now he was a beast, what year did he break FM? was it 09/10?

FM 06 legend i think, but also very good in real life👍
can you test it please? simple 442 remake of famous FM20 tactic called "Ohh Nikola Zigic"
Gianaa9 said: I developed this tactic on Touch version, which is the same of the console one, anyways M.E. should be the same on all platforms

Thanks

Im testing on both PC and console version, top PC tactics usually wininng division on console they getting 4th  or 5th, i know it should be the same, but i have doubts sometimes
Was this tested in console version? Great result with frosinone anyway 👏
:thup:
Turboheh said: PI for console players please.
best tactic around, bring average teams to the top!
thanks for testing FM Arena!
simple tweak of A Smile tactic, i wanted away tactic for his great 4231 but its also works on its own

All credit to A Smile

Thanks
jersve said: Any interesting tweaks for more diffcult games or just game managing?

drag down AMC to CM A, Move up one DM to CM A position making this 4123 for away games. Add PI's tackle harder, shoot less often to CM'sA
I like all this tests done on this site, all helpful threads done by this outstanding FM players, but i don't think that speed is most important for every position: CM, DM or CD can be 11/10 pace acceleration, having 14/15 other important atributes for their position and perform better than just fast players.
I think following atributes highlighted by FM can do best job.
game is pretty unrealistic at the moment or tactics are too good, two top tactic used here one with attacking mentality home and one with standard for away. only one transfer done.