Football Manager 2011 Tactics

Tactics in Football Manager 2011 are divided into different instruction methods: tactical form/formation, team instructions, player duties, player roles, player instructions and touchline shouts. The immediate problems to be faced when building a tactic are the players. You have to decide how they are going to fit into your tactics or if you are going to build a tactic around what you have in the club. Sometimes this decision is made for you, so it’s best to go through the team completely and see what attributes your players have and how effective they would be in a specific role, then start putting your tactical form together and if necessary, arrive. to the transfer market in search of some reinforcements.

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The starting point of any tactic requires that you first assess your players and see who and what you are working with. After you’ve done that, you should have an idea of ​​what kind of formation you’re going to play. Most people tend to go with the reliable 442, the more offensive 433, or the more defensive 451. These three tactics are the most popular ways, but none of them have to dictate how you choose to play the game. You could, for example, opt for the 451 which offers strong defensive numbers and clutters the midfield (at the expense of attacking support for the lone striker) and you could opt to be too offensive and press high up the pitch, you don’t. . You don’t necessarily need to sit back and counterattack or play defense just because your formation suggests it should be a more defensive tactic.

The thing to remember in general when selecting a formation is to take into account who you have on your team and the strength of those players. For example, if you don’t have strong wingers, it’s obviously better to deploy your team to work in the midfield, solidify the midfield and look for stronger players on the pitch, though not at the expense of playing players. out of position. It is highly inadvisable to play weaker players just because they fit your preferred formation. If you can’t replace weaker players, look to create a form that has balance, but also power; don’t give weaker players a role they’ll have a hard time impressing, give them minimal duties and responsibilities, and focus tactics to involve the best players more.

Philosophy

Philosophy is a very important aspect of the tactical setup. Define the behavior of the players. Basically, a fluid style of play would see players playing more to their specific personalities, defenders attacking more and attackers being able to move back more, much like the way Rooney plays in his free role at Manchester United, except he would play All the team. that way. A rigid style of play would be the complete opposite of a fluid style, forcing players to do exactly what you’ve told them, but this can have an effect on their creativity and improvisation. However, these setups will operate within the parameters of a player’s personality, so don’t expect someone like Berbatov to start defending from the line during an opposition counter-attack, if you’re set to a more fluid setup; Obviously, his mental attributes still come into play.

Strategy

The strategy dictates the behavior and mentality of the team, as well as the movement of the players and their positioning. It’s not an overly complex setup procedure, so it’s worth experimenting with a few friendly games so you can see first-hand how the setup affects the team’s approach to taking on the opposition. Strategy triggers mindset and positioning sliders to move, which will create a different spacing system between each player; for example, if the players were very defensive, they would be much closer together, therefore less space between each player; if the players were very attacking, they would be much further apart, therefore the gaps would be wider between each player.