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#131607 Created Players

JM_314

13 years ago

11 months ago

03 Jan 2014 04:59:02

How much time passed in between screenshots and how good are your training facilities/what's your training work load?

Edit: Oh, and how old are the players?

#125314 Lone striker advice

JM_314

13 years ago

11 months ago

03 Dec 2013 03:59:23

A target man (or deep lying forward) as lone striker is fine if the three behind him are making up for it. What roles are you using for them? I'd generally have the lone forward as support, with the AMs all on attack when using a 4-2-3-1. At least one inside forward, and the 10 given a lot of freedom - a trequartista more often than not, depending on who is behind him. Multiple direct goal scoring threats, width on defence and attack, bodies in the middle, and the 2 central midfielders providing a solid shield. The forward's main job is to bring the others into play.

#102774 Football Manager 2014 Features

JM_314

13 years ago

11 months ago

10 Sep 2013 02:05:33

Halfback:

The Half Back looks to serve a role somewhere between that of an aggressive sweeper and a defensive midfielder. With a Half Back, the central defenders themselves will push higher up the pitch while the Half Back drops deeper than a standard defensive midfielder and, in addition to his defensive duties, looks to offer an outlet for quickly recycling possession when the team's attacking play breaks down.

Limited Full Back:

The Limited Full Back knows his strengths and weaknesses and focuses predominantly on his defensive duties, scarcely going forward into a more attacking role.

Complete Wing Back:

The Complete Wing Back loves to attack, and whilst he is capable of ? his defensive duties, his natural ? ? affect the game in the opposition's defensive ?.

Regista:

The Regista is a more aggressive version of the deep-lying playmaker suitable for possession-oriented systems that press high up the pitch. Given complete freedom to dictate play from deep positions, the Regista offers a dynamic and unpredictable creative outlet from behind the attack who seeks to maintain intense pressure by constantly looking for new chances as his more advanced...

Enganche:

The Enganche is the side's prime creator, a hook that joins midfield and attack and operates behind the strikers and a laymaker who sticks to his position and becomes a pivot to his team as they move around him. It differs to the Trequartista, who like to roam from his position, drifting around and looking for space between the lines.

Flank Forward/Wide Target Man:

The Wide Target Man will be the main outlet for clearances and long balls from the back. Ideally positioned against a smaller and weaker full-back, he will be asked to get hold of the ball and keep it before recycling it to a team-mate.

Shadow Striker:

The Shadow Striker operates as the team's main goal scoring threat. Usually coupled with a deep-lying forward, the Shadow Striker aggressively pushes forward into goal scoring positions as the ball moves into the final third and looks to close down opposing defenders when out of possession.

False Nine:

The False Nine, in some ways similar to a more advanced attacking midfielder/playmaker role, is an unconventional lone striker or centre-forward who drops deep into midfield. The purpose of this is it creates a problem for opposing central defenders who can either follow him - leaving space behind them for onrushing midfielders, forwards or wingers to exploit - or leave him to have time and space to dribble or pick out a pass.

#99714 Football Manager 2014 Features

JM_314

13 years ago

11 months ago

31 Aug 2013 02:53:02

Half back,

DM that slots into defence? Defender that moves forward into DM?

target flank man, limited FB, complete wing back,

Good.

enganche, regista, false no.9,

How will they differ from trequartista, deep lying playmaker and deep lying forward respectively?

shadow striker

A what? I take it that's just a flashy name for a second striker?

Are they removing trequartista and replacing it with the enganche and "shadow striker"? That would actually make a lot of sense - the former as a creative player with a free role, the latter as a striker with a free role. The deep lying forward would be more focussed on link play.

#98679 FM14 Officially Announced

JM_314

13 years ago

11 months ago

28 Aug 2013 03:30:33

Maybe it's just because I'm still on FM 2011, but I'm really excited about the announced features. Cloud saves would have been wonderful when I had two hard drive failures within one month, the overhaul to the tactics creator is like an early Christmas, the "Jeremy Kyle" manager features are what many great managers make their name on and are sorely needed improvements that on their own excite me in a way 2012 and 2013 never did, and there's a long list of nice little touch improvements like testimonials. Features like being able to get your captain to approach an unhappy player or setting up different behaviours for when different players are in the same position are what I think of as massive additions, not "Classic Modes" and "Challenges". I've already thrown my money at 2014, when I didn't even get 2013 on 75% off sales :p

Far from worrying this is just a patched 2013, I'm more concerned they're trying to change too much and some of it might not work out quite right. We'll see. At least 2013-14 promises to be an interesting setup; new and uncertain managers everywhere, World Cup qualifying delicately balanced for countries including the likes of Mexico and England. Good time for an aspiring manager to step up and make a name for themselves

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JM_314 - Comments

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#131607 Created Players

#125314 Lone striker advice

#102774 Football Manager 2014 Features

#99714 Football Manager 2014 Features

#98679 FM14 Officially Announced

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