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pixar said: Lol. Try with full def mental :)

It doesn't work sadly. :(
And with cautious there are too much gaps between forwards and others, they stay pretty high on the pitch even on defensive duty.
Galapagos - the turtle of all turtles
Just going with defensive duties across all positions
short passing on attacking trio + central BPD
side BPDs on stay wide
AM w/o forward runs, but with channels
w/o any approach play



p.s. tremendous "luck" at the start of the season  xD
Delicious said: Here we go again

yep, and another turtle one
a tweak of Undervolt XVII and mb at the same time 17th version of 433 xD

DWs to IF (a), side AFs to CM (su)
Hold position on CMs, Tight marking on CM/DM

A tweak of @Delicious  Undervolt XVII
2 AFs moved to Volantes attack with move into channels
IWBs to FBs with cut inside

babemocni1988 said: So guys this is the best 4231 around?I am curious to try,this year I didn't use this shape

played by myself, almost all season with this tactic except a few matches
I consider this as very good for Villa :)

and I don’t even take in consideration that I failed winter period due to lack of rotation
Geek said: You can use this tactic when you need to close down the game - https://fm-arena.com/thread/4601-442-sambo-or-jiu-jitsu-viii/

It conceded only 47 goals which makes it one of the best defense in the test

Also, if you want to make it even more defensive then change the duty of the Volante to Support and drop 1 Striker to AM


or even stay with this 433, but don't be greedy and protect the lead :) just dropping mentality and make some player going support\defend or even deeper on pitch usually helps
no love to Virgil Saint-Maximen :cry:
As the title says
All out attack with volantes even moving to channels

WBs on defensive w/o forward runs, BPDs w/o dribble

vitoco said: what is their season expectation?

16th
and even more strange 3atb of 3313 or 5113

triple AF just give the right width like with IFs

going with some strange 3atb

Zippo said: In this setup(where both DM slots are occupied) FBs that have the same PIs as IWBs would work 99% the same.

dunno why, but FB with cut inside doesn't move properly in undlerlaps, tending to stay on the flank until last third of the pitch
IWB does them right from the central line even with double DMs
p.s. or mb the problem is I don't watch highlights on comprehensive and just miss when FB does them too :)
CM instead of mez
IF on su

First and last (hope so) cancerino of 424 in this patch
Wingers on support, double pivot pair of DLP(de) and SV (a)
near post corner routines

chef said: - AI doesn't buy a lot of players in general - if you buy a few, you will always be the first team in the league in terms of player signings
- You will never see that AI bought good 5 17-year olds for the future


from what I've seen in long saves in this FM,  top clubs buy 1-3 players for 1st team and bunch of youngsters for u21 every season
problem is starting, when they don't give those youngsters proper playing time to develop at club or at loan
but they keep buying wonderkids like crazy

I partially accept that unwilling to sell players on last year of contract is kinda a problem, at least for players, that are clearly far away from really helping a team to achieve our goals.
DoF's just trying to keep them until they starting to receive offers on free transfers at January, when he could get at least some small amount of money from selling them.
4231 counting on dribbles from every player
FBs, DMs on Take fewer risks, others on Risk more
corners only on near post

433 with everyone on dribble more
mezzalas on cross more + shoot less
+trying AF with risky passes

Yarema said: Have we even see much testing on strikerless since update? Some people say it's much stronger now.

true, I've taken only pre-patch in consideration