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I found 5-2-2-1 really dull, basically you're defensively solid and your top 3 are always isolated at the top against their defence. The two midfielders just sort of wander around in the middle, feeding balls to the top 3. I just didn't enjoy it at all, it's very much a counter-attacking formation.
 
dont know about 5221, but i tried 5212 in head to head the other day and it was awful. if you want to try out a new formation, rather than buying it in UT, just play head to head seasons.

i may try out 5221, but tbh i dont think it's going to better 4321.

every formation suits a different type of player and a different style of play.

ive seen one guy use 343 amazing and give me a hard game, but that is rare, i normally destroy 3 at the back, but this one i only won 1-0 i think it was.

4321 is the ultimate passers formation.

if your having trouble with your full backs running forwards, it's their work rates.

i think Abidal, Richards, etc normally stay back.

Maicon, Johnson, Walker, etc like to bomb forward exposing you at the back.

the only way to counter work rates is to change your setup to defensive/attacking, etc, in game with the d-pad.

this is the hard part, not only do you need to find a formation which works for you, but you then need to find players who have the right work rates for your style of play and they also need to link up. that in itself is an impossible task.

IF Valero

Villa - Reyes

IF Alonso - IF Busquets - IF Garcia

IF Marcelo - IF Pepe - IF Ramos - IF Iraola

Lopez


the only player i dont like is IF Iraola because of his work rates, if they were the opposite the above team would be perfect for me.

can anyone tell me Dani Alve's work rates? or come up with a solution for me?

im thinking

IF Garcia - IF Busquets - IF Alonso

Enrique - IF Ramos - IF Pepe - Alves

Lopez
 
Stewy said:
I found 5-2-2-1 really dull, basically you're defensively solid and your top 3 are always isolated at the top against their defence. The two midfielders just sort of wander around in the middle, feeding balls to the top 3. I just didn't enjoy it at all, it's very much a counter-attacking formation.
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Hmmm sounds crap TBH, nothing like Id want it to be - maybe Ill just have to deal with a custom 4321 (rather not though) or look into LB/RB workrates

@Sonny - Im using a cheap Brazil team for the 11 league tourny in 4321 which probably explains to forward looking RB/LBs - lol, its Cicinho and Lino, whose attacking workrate is higher than their defensive one (and the same is kinda the case for Villa too :/).

Mystery solved :p. Gonna go for 4321 and stick someone like Richards at RB, Enrique at LB...

EDIT: Alves is A:High and D:Low :/

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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ps3ud0 said:
Hmmm sounds crap TBH, nothing like Id want it to be - maybe Ill just have to deal with a custom 4321 (rather not though) or look into LB/RB workrates

@Sonny - Im using a cheap Brazil team for the 11 league tourny in 4321 which probably explains to forward looking RB/LBs - lol, its Cicinho and Lino, whose attacking workrate is higher than their defensive one (and the same is kinda the case for Villa too :/).

Mystery solved :p. Gonna go for 4321 and stick someone like Richards at RB, think LB might be harder...

EDIT: Alves is A:High and D:Low :/

ps3ud0 :cool:
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damn i was hoping Alves might be High/High or High/Med, but High/Low makes no difference to Iraola.

so any solutions for me? that aren't ridiculous?

i know there is an IF Portugues RB in the portuguese league who is good but is insanely overpriced because he was in TOTW 1 or TOTW 2.

so i could do

IF Alonso - IF Busquets - IF Garcia

IF Marcelo - IF Ramos - IF Pepe - IF Overpriced

Lopez

but i feel spending that coins on him is going to bite me, if another IF comes out in that league, or a re-release, i would be screwed out of 100-200K lol
 
IF Cáceres? Not special but only useful RB with matched workrates thats either La Liga or from Portugal. Costs 20k...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
the IF portuguese RB is the Pereira chap who's 120k odd, was having a look at him the other day but that's obscene, stats are nothing special.
 
Built another team today so I can rotate my hybrid team whilst playing Advanced Cup. This one is as generic as can be:

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Generic but good :)

my french team at the moment is pretty generic too:

Lloris
Fanni - M'Bia - Sakho - Cissokho
Sissoko - Lucho - M'Vila
Bastos - Ribery
Nasri

Seems to work pretty well.
 
How's Nasri working out at ST? I would have put someone like IF Gameiro in there, good passing (for a striker), great dribbling and amazing shot.

Good choice on Lucho, I have him in my Argentinian team and he was excellent, nice passing and dribbling and can shoot as well.
 
Erm only played a few games and he's ok, to be honest the team is quite lowly rated so I haven't had anyone remotely challenging with it, most of the time I can just give it to Ribery and dribble through their team. I edit the formation so the wide CMs drop back to CDMs and Lucho pushes forward, seems to work pretty well.

I was thinking IF Gameiro as I really liked the normal one when I had him but he's pretty dear these days, ~55k? He used to be 30 odd :(
 
TOTW is out:

GK Ospina - 77>82
RB Bisevac - 78>82
CB Barzagli - 79>82
CB Sokratis - 74>80
CM Senna - 79>81
CAM Martins 78>83
CAM Kagawa - 82>86
CAM Ozil - 86>88
ST Palacio - 80>84
ST Llorente - 83>86
ST Matri - 81>84

Subs:

GK Benassi - 69>73
CB Donk - 71>74
RB Dick - 68>74
CM Davis - 75>79
RW Ifill - 70>74
ST Guidetti - 69>74
ST Alexander - 63>72

happy hour at 6pm.

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IF Palacio looks interesting, could fit him in my newly built Serie A team if he has immense finishing.

Bought Miccoli for 1.3k coins and my god he is crazily good. Small but wins quite a few headers, puts himself about and win a lot of the loose balls and nice finishing too. No idea why he is so cheap when he's better than the likes of Cavani, Pato, etc.

Stewy said:
Erm only played a few games and he's ok, to be honest the team is quite lowly rated so I haven't had anyone remotely challenging with it, most of the time I can just give it to Ribery and dribble through their team. I edit the formation so the wide CMs drop back to CDMs and Lucho pushes forward, seems to work pretty well.

I was thinking IF Gameiro as I really liked the normal one when I had him but he's pretty dear these days, ~55k? He used to be 30 odd :(
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Yeah he's around that price but you seem to change teams quite frequently so I doubt you will lose much when you go to resell him (unless he gets another IF).
 
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