This is the top rated tactic from last year. It probably doesn't perform well this year, but I believe people want to see it tested for reference. For more information about the tactic, check this link.
The test below was performed with Manchester City and Norwich (fired) on holiday mode. Assistant manager took all decisions, including team selection.
Leave a comment below if you liked the tactic and make sure to share your results. Enjoy!
NoSignal said: I have question, i want to start new game on FM 22 Touch. Can i use this tactic there? Can someone post screen shots of instructions etc for me to set IT manual in game. On switch i cant Just download the tactic:/ Expand
Match engine is the same, as far as I've been told. That means you can copy tactics from here there, but you've got to do it manually. I'll post all details tomorrow when I make the post for 1.0. It's midnight now here, so I am going to bed.
Can you add prints of the tactic and results so we don't need to click the video, please? I mean, those things are needed for a tactic to be tested here.
BiTeL33T said: hey man i know its not the best place to ask but where can we get the testing league? fm just updated and i wanted to do some experimenting Expand
Haha, I wish I was that guru people think I am! My best tactic for now is Red 0.5, still gonna test on the new engine post-beta and see how it goes. People say the best tactic right now is Electro.
P.S.: Beta is over. Testing Red 0.5 here to see if performance is still the same, then I will upload it as Red 1.0.
momentaryblink said: I have some concerns with the Vanarama methodology. Some tactics won't perform as well with a lower quality of players, but obviously I'm biased after seeing my Arrowhead tactic performing so poorly, lol. Expand
The stronger the team, the less team management is needed to keep players fit and happy, because you usually also have a larger squad. Good attributes also work better with higher risk tactics, while bad attributes could benefit more of lower risk tactics. Anyway, some tactics are so good that they work for both strong and weak team, I hope we can find a few of those this year.
Cav said: Changed to 4b during September of first year, so far so good. I'll let you know more after season 1, though we'll be out of BETA by then. Expand
Thanks for testing. Just remember results might change when beta is over, since match engine will be updated.
Ricky said: I am testing red 0.2 with Sporting clube de Portugal. Its a slow test because i am playing the games and right now its almost perfect. 18 games 17 wins 1 lose with sevilha for the champions league.
I will now start to introduce the red 0.4 to see if it performs.
Thanks for the tactic and good games for everyone. Expand
I never touch those, but they might improve your chances if you know what you are doing.
Mark said: You have moved away from using Target Forwards. I will give your tactics a try in the next few days. I do like a couple of formations in the new game and one is yours. the 4-2-2-2 wide I think works well. The other is combinations of Electro, a 4-2-3-1 or some derivatives of it like 4-1-3-1-1 or 4-1-2-1-1. I think the defensive back 4 are pretty set, Inverted WB or WB Support or Attack with 2 DCs BPD Defend. So I think there has been plenty of progress through the Beta period so far. Time will tell if these hold but I suspect they will. There really hasn't been a major flaw unearthed that would make them change the match engine yet like a corner or throw in routine that happened the last few years. Expand
Thank you! I'm pretty happy that we have different formations with good results, I hope we can see at least three different layouts at the top this time.
Jimmy said: So 2 VOL are confirmed better than 1 DLP + 1 CM ? Expand
For my tactic, yes, but that could change in further tests.
Sane said: Norwich seems weak in your tests, don't you think weaker teams should use a lower intensity? Expand
I wouldn't say 40-50 points a season with Norwich is weak, but I am trying my best to improve these results. However, I don't think lower intensity will do any good, I would rather change the mentality or change a couple of roles.
I did a couple more of experiments and Red 0.4b seems better. In four runs, results for Manchester City were: 1. 94 pts, 89 gd 2. 101 pts, 90 gd 3. 99 pts, 103 gd 4. 100 pts, 90 gd 5. Running while I sleep.
It seems very stable and it got good results even in seasons with heavy injuries. Unless someone finds different results, I'll use 0.4b as base for Red 0.5, for my next planned tests.
I have two versions of Red 0.4 (also known as "All Mid" ), one with and another without mark tighter. I'm not sure which one is better (I believe 0.4b), so I appreciate if anyone can test and give me some second opinion. Player stats are from best XI, since team was picked by assistant manager.
P.S.: I got the idea to use IWB-At from @momentaryblink. Red 0.3 also used two Vol-At, but performance was lower because of IWB-Su. When I saw his Arrowhead, I just changed my IWB to At and results got better.
Kyle said: Are you sure about cross less often being the strongest option? Heading just seems so nuts, the amount of goals I get from my RB crossing it to a tall AM/L is ridiculous.
Cross less often basically tells players to avoid crossing when probabilities are low, but they still do when probabilities are good. For example, below are the goals of a season using Red 0.4. As you can see, even with IWs and that option, they still got 40 assists from crossing. That's over 140 goals using cross less often and low crosses. I'll still test again removing those options, and even adding the opposite (cross more often and floating/whipped crosses).
Alexis said: I'm really surprised to see Cerber's tactic doing better than Zaz's, because at the beginning of my game I was using Cerber's tactic and my results were really mixed, and quite bad away from home, and when I switched to Zaz's tactic, my results improved dramatically, I won the French cup and reached the final of the Europa League (with Marseille in Ligue 1). I lost in the final 3-0 against Lazio. I only finished 4th in the league though, but Lyon and Monaco are very strong teams. And Paris of course, they didn't lose a single match all season, and I think only drew 3... Expand
It's just Beta, it doesn't matter much which tactic is the best. I just hope we have many different tactics with good score early, so people have options for different tastes.
The test below was performed with Manchester City and Norwich (fired) on holiday mode. Assistant manager took all decisions, including team selection.
Leave a comment below if you liked the tactic and make sure to share your results. Enjoy!
I think they also require one results page to test a tactic.
Match engine is the same, as far as I've been told. That means you can copy tactics from here there, but you've got to do it manually. I'll post all details tomorrow when I make the post for 1.0. It's midnight now here, so I am going to bed.
High praise indeed.
Wow, that's a lot! Thank you so much!
I don't own or work here, sorry.
Cav said: @ZaZ You sorted the main game yet?
Haha, I wish I was that guru people think I am! My best tactic for now is Red 0.5, still gonna test on the new engine post-beta and see how it goes. People say the best tactic right now is Electro.
P.S.: Beta is over. Testing Red 0.5 here to see if performance is still the same, then I will upload it as Red 1.0.
Thanks!
After release of the game, the best version will become 1.0, if the engine doesn't screw it up. Then the real tests will start.
The stronger the team, the less team management is needed to keep players fit and happy, because you usually also have a larger squad. Good attributes also work better with higher risk tactics, while bad attributes could benefit more of lower risk tactics. Anyway, some tactics are so good that they work for both strong and weak team, I hope we can find a few of those this year.
I'll let you know more after season 1, though we'll be out of BETA by then.
Thanks for testing. Just remember results might change when beta is over, since match engine will be updated.
also tactic hasnt fit yet incredible
I thought the tactic would work better in strong team, so it's nice to see it doing well on Newcastle.
I will now start to introduce the red 0.4 to see if it performs.
Thanks for the tactic and good games for everyone.
Thank you for testing!
I never touch those, but they might improve your chances if you know what you are doing.
Mark said: You have moved away from using Target Forwards. I will give your tactics a try in the next few days. I do like a couple of formations in the new game and one is yours. the 4-2-2-2 wide I think works well. The other is combinations of Electro, a 4-2-3-1 or some derivatives of it like 4-1-3-1-1 or 4-1-2-1-1. I think the defensive back 4 are pretty set, Inverted WB or WB Support or Attack with 2 DCs BPD Defend. So I think there has been plenty of progress through the Beta period so far. Time will tell if these hold but I suspect they will. There really hasn't been a major flaw unearthed that would make them change the match engine yet like a corner or throw in routine that happened the last few years.
Thank you! I'm pretty happy that we have different formations with good results, I hope we can see at least three different layouts at the top this time.
For my tactic, yes, but that could change in further tests.
Sane said: Norwich seems weak in your tests, don't you think weaker teams should use a lower intensity?
I wouldn't say 40-50 points a season with Norwich is weak, but I am trying my best to improve these results. However, I don't think lower intensity will do any good, I would rather change the mentality or change a couple of roles.
1. 94 pts, 89 gd
2. 101 pts, 90 gd
3. 99 pts, 103 gd
4. 100 pts, 90 gd
5. Running while I sleep.
It seems very stable and it got good results even in seasons with heavy injuries. Unless someone finds different results, I'll use 0.4b as base for Red 0.5, for my next planned tests.
P.S.: I got the idea to use IWB-At from @momentaryblink. Red 0.3 also used two Vol-At, but performance was lower because of IWB-Su. When I saw his Arrowhead, I just changed my IWB to At and results got better.
Red 0.4, without using tighter marking:
Red 0.4b, using tighter marking:
Using Electro with Isak AM/L scoring this type of goal on average once or twice a match
https://streamable.com/1daryh
https://streamable.com/0wvjc1
https://streamable.com/c1djlw
Cross less often basically tells players to avoid crossing when probabilities are low, but they still do when probabilities are good. For example, below are the goals of a season using Red 0.4. As you can see, even with IWs and that option, they still got 40 assists from crossing. That's over 140 goals using cross less often and low crosses. I'll still test again removing those options, and even adding the opposite (cross more often and floating/whipped crosses).
It's just Beta, it doesn't matter much which tactic is the best. I just hope we have many different tactics with good score early, so people have options for different tastes.