Defenders & Closing Down

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gaz12321
17 years ago
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18 Jan 2016 11:10:23
I'm having a lot of issues where nearly every goal I concede comes from one of my center backs making the awful decision to go charging out of position to unnecessarily close down the opposition and their striker runs into the space picks up a pass and scores. It's getting on my tits if i'm honest I have instructed both center backs not to close down, they both have good mental stats yet still persist on doing it! Any ideas on how I can stop this as it's ruining the game for me.
Andrew♣
16 years ago
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18 Jan 2016 12:05:00
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gaz12321
17 years ago
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18 Jan 2016 12:13:48
By BananaRama2000 | On 18 January 2016 - 12:05 PM GMT
do you play with a high defensive line?


No, slightly deep.

I've tried changing their roles to cover instead of defend which seems to have made improvements in the last few games, only other thing I can think to do is play an anchor man in front of them but that means changing the teams shape which i'd rather avoid.
gaz12321
17 years ago
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18 Jan 2016 12:13:55
EDIT ... Not sure why this post got duplicated ... please delete!
Andrew♣
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18 Jan 2016 13:06:20
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gaz12321
17 years ago
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502
18 Jan 2016 15:19:18
It seems to be working at the moment so i'm gonna leave it for a while and see how it goes
Ipswich Knights
11 years ago
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27 Jan 2016 06:27:20
what you want is to go into player instructions for your centre backs and set them to close down much less and stick to position. I noticed a big difference .
gaz12321
17 years ago
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28 Jan 2016 10:02:39
By Ipswich Knights | On 27 January 2016 - 06:27 AM GMT
what you want is to go into player instructions for your centre backs and set them to close down much less and stick to position. I noticed a big difference .


I did that and it made no difference, I think my lack of a natural defensive minded midfielder was leaving too much space to exploit between defence and midfield which was forcing defenders out of position. Not that it matters now that i've left the club.
Ipswich Knights
11 years ago
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28 Jan 2016 10:50:30
yeah true. thats odd cause mine dont move from central defense

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