Rince
It's funny that the wage budged of my team is only 1.5M Euro per week which is about 3 times less than what Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City pay to their players




But if look at the table... :goofy:

LOL... I just won 0 - 2 vs Liverpool in an away match :)

Rince said: I started a new save with West Ham (pred. 11th) and lined up the team according with this table - https://fm-arena.com/table/9-player-attributes-importance/

In the first match vs Newcastle my team had about 40 shots and Newcastle has only 3 shots and 0 on target :D

Also, my team had 4.52 xG and Newcastle had 0.13 xG :D




I'm playing the 2nd season with West Ham, just finished the 1st half of the season.

The team's sitting the 2nd place and I'm going to challenge for the title.




Here's my team




and here are the transfers I've made so far




How strong is my team? It was predicted to finish the 11th place before the season by media :D



The board would be already happy if I finish just somewhere mid table :D

I started a new save with West Ham (pred. 11th) and lined up the team according with this table - https://fm-arena.com/table/9-player-attributes-importance/

In the first match vs Newcastle my team had about 40 shots and Newcastle has only 3 shots and 0 on target :D

Also, my team had 4.52 xG and Newcastle had 0.13 xG :D

Top work!

Thanks, @Alexander.
@KOniGun defo, it isn't a 4-4-1-1 tactic on the screenshot :)
ZaZ said: I am actually getting some good results with some variant now, using both stay on feet and waste time often, but keeping high tempo.

I would say something like that is a half-measure.

I think having more than two tactics would make things too complicated for many people.

I'm sure you need to keep things as simple as possible.

Everyone just need some defensive tactic with a very low intensity to use when they achieve desirable score in the match and want to kill the game and save the players conditions.
ZaZ said: I said shape meaning team instructions. I plan to keep the same formation and roles than Blue 2.0. However, I don't think I will be able to bring it to green while achieving close to 100 points in the league with Manchester City, as well as good result with Fulham.

P.S.: Stay on feet also performed worse. However, I will keep one tactic with stay on feet and waste time often to use when the match is already decided.


As people say "you can't sit in two chairs with one butt". :)

You have to choose between two modes: "conditions saving mode" and "extreme effectivity mode"

Sometimes you need the first and sometimes you need the second
ZaZ said: P.S.: I don't understand why people are minimizing his results. They  don't change any of the results from fm-arena, as they are not comparable. They use different methodologies and are meant for different purposes.

Nobody's minimizing anything. I see people just express their opinions on the subject, I think a quite normal thing...
ForeverEverton said: The first 2 tests seem consistent but why is the 3rd so massively different?

check the link above, I find it gives a great insight about RNG in FM

https://fm-arena.com/thread/442-my-attempt-to-measure-the-game-rng-random-number-generator/
I've played 12 matches with Man City and didn't notice any difference
Gunster said: Been digging but haven’t seemed to have found a 4-3-3 tactic with strikers (not SS striker less) that’s effective and tested. Wondering if anyone else has seen something?

Hi,

If you want to play with a striker then I can recommend Obelisk tactic, it's been working great for me - https://fm-arena.com/tactic/644-obelisk-4-5-1-v1-0/
Rcarl said: Thanks for the tactics, it deserves every praise.

What I want to ask you is what would you suggest the role if we move one SS to upfront as a single striker? I mean What role do you think would fit best as a role for that lone striker ? I know it probably would reduce the effectiveness of the tactic but looking for a role for that lone striker that cause minimum loss of effectiveness of the tactic.


If you are looking for a tactic with a striker I recommend Obelisk, it works great for me
 
https://fm-arena.com/tactic/644-obelisk-4-5-1-v1-0/
@vankosi I was trying to test strikerless tactics on "Holiday" leaving picking the team to my assistant manager and came to the conclusion that it's a bad idea because I found that any assistant manager is completely incompetent when it comes picking the team for a strikerless tactic.

AI just can't properly pick the team for a strikerless tactic.
healmuth said: is there any way this can be added in an existing save game?

I don't think so... highly likely you have to start a new save
KOniGun said: Hi plz test this !

the best current tactic made by Knap ( https://bit.ly/knap2021)


it's been tested already - https://fm-arena.com/tactic/627-fm21preachinbluesknap23221-451-p110ec/
From my expirience tactics with only 3 defenders are always very leaky... let's hope this tactic will do good :)
Darkness said: Download:
FM Base | FM21 Real Name Fix by Darkness V1.0


Will it work in the full game release?
Tactics with only 3 defenders are rare to meet these days :)

It'll be interesting to see the result of the test.
How long does it usually take to train it?