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#76825 Request a cutout of your own image for the manager avatar
deividdolbear
If anyone has a while and is kind enough to cut this pic I'd be very thankful
#72299 Is this normal?
deividdolbear
#71805 Is this normal?
deividdolbear
Now to my problem: I play with a short passes strategy and I tick retain possession, pass to feet, work ball into box and look for overlap, and sometimes the players do obey but most of the time they just place stupid long balls from the defence or the midfield. 95% of them always end up in the rival GK's hand, goal kick or with luck in a rival throw in. I don't know if it's because it's a minor league, because it also happens to the rivals, maybe none of the players in L1 or L2 have the skills to place good long balls? (I manage Wrexham) But anyway why do they do this if I always have the short pass bar to the max? My GK is the worst case, his goal kicks end up in a rival throw in 90% of the time.
I'm managing Wrexham, and in my first year I ended up 5th and won the promotion playoffs to League 2, and the FA Trophy (my squad was the best in the league and in the trophy so I guess it's normal) and I got kicked off from the Carling Cup in the 1st round as expected. I write this because this problem I've had hasn't cost me big time but I should have done better in the league I guess. Now I'm 2nd in L2 with 8 matches played and still alive in the 2 cups, I can't complain but this problem just frustrates me, I could have done better because I play with 2 playmakers, a ball winning, a defensive midfielder and an attacking one and a possession tactic which would have won me more games it they didn't just give the ball away like this 30 times per game.
Does it also happen to you? Is it a tactic or skill problem? Thanks