Wingless Wonders tactic for FM 2010

The basic idea of the tactic is to get the ball to the strikers quickly and for them 2 run onto the through balls supplied by the midfield but each player role will be discussed in more detail later. This tactic will not win u matches that u cant win and u wont dominate posession but it will bring u sucsess if the right instuctions and players are used.

The tactic starts with CONTROL but switch to COUNTER if playing away to an better team and under the kosh. If at half time ur team is not creating chances or u r behind, change to ATTACK. If u are still behind and have nothing to lose take the DMC off and move him to a third striker set as a TARGET MAN - this does work.

Touchline Instructions - as CONTROL states, the team will probe the opposition early on but this can lead to the game arriving at half time goaless with not many chances being created so if u want more from the team I usually use GET BALL FORWARD and HASSLE OPPONENTS to give the team more desire and impetus. If i have gone all out attack i PUMP BALL INTO BOX and use PLAY WIDER. I dont generally use any other T.I.'s as the tactic will do the job anyway.

GOALKEEPER - standard GK but his distribution is set to a quick throw to the full backs to retain posession and start attacks.

RIGHT BACK - the full backs are exposed due to the narrow midfield and as they dont seem to tackle in FM10 and let the crosses get fired in, the main requirements are that they are good going forward and as reliable as possible at not making errors. Key attributes - crossing, concentration, anticipation, pace. PREFERED MOVES - DRIBBLE DOWN RIGHT FLANK/ GET FORWARD WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

LEFT BACK - Set to AUTOMATIC the full backs will look to provide the width and crosses for the strikers but the full backs are exposed due to the narrow midfield and as they dont seem to tackle in FM10 and let the crosses get fired in, the main requirements are that they are good going forward and as reliable as possible at not making errors. Key attributes - crossing, concentration, anticipation, pace. PREFERED MOVES - DRIBBLE DOWN LEFT FLANK/ GET FORWARD WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

CENTRE BACKS - Set to AUTOMATIC the full backs will look to provide the width and crosses for the strikers but the full backs being exposed and the crosses coming in the centre backs MUST be very good in the air to deal with the airiel threat. Pace is not essential as the defensive line is relatively deep and do not play offside. Key attributes - heading, jumping, strength and the normal CB attributes. PREFERRED MOVES - MARKS OPPONENT TIGHTLY.

DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER - Will break down attacking moves and pick up the loose ball from your defence. However in this tactic he is also set to DEEP LYING PLAYMAKER and will pull the strings when going forward and start the moves. Key attributes - passing, tackling, marking and creativity. PREFERRED MOVES - DICTATES TEMPO/ TRYS KILLER BALLS OFTEN.

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS - LEFT & RIGHT - In the narrow 3 man midfield these 2 central midfielders set to ATTACK will arrive late in opposition areas and try through balls to the poacher. They also run into the channels and provide some width or look for the overlapping full backs. In defence they will close down the opposing wide men. Key attributes - passing, creativity, workrate and stamina. PREFERRED MOVES - TRYS KILLER BALLS OFTEN/ DRIBBLES THROUGH CENTRE.

CENTRAL MIDFIELDER - ADVANCED PLAYMAKER - Operating between the 2 midfielders the playmaker will look to set things up in the final third and also on the counter attack supply through balls to the strikers. Will also attempt long shots and has the license to roam the pitch. This player is key in this tactic and u should have real quality in this position. (attacking midfielders who arent natural in midfield can be used in this position btw). Ket attributes - passing, creativity, passing, flair, pace and long shots. PREFERRED MOVES - TRYS KILLER BALLS OFTEN/ DRIBBLE THROUGH CENTRE.

POACHER - (Left Striker) - The poacher is the target man with supply set to run onto ball so pace is essential and so is finishing as the tactic will provide many one on ones for this player. His first job is to score the goals. Key attributes - pace, acceleration, dribbling, off the ball, anticipation and finishing. PREFERRED MOVES - BEAT OFFSIDE TRAP/ PLACES SHOTS.

COMPLETE FORWARD - (Right Striker) - Will set up moves and supply poacher with through balls and crosses but is also beneficial if he is good in the air. Needs to be fairly good at everything. Key attributes - dribbling, finishing, passing, crossing, heading. PREFERRED MOVES - BEAT OFFSIDE TRAP/ SHOOTS WITH POWER.

SET PIECES - As there is no corner "cheat" in FM 10, have just set up centre backs to go forward and challenge keeper etc. and does provide the odd goal. In defensive corner situations, the whole team comes back to help, there is a player on each post and when the ball does breaks down, watch the whole team burst out on the counter attack!

Version 2 has a stopper and an advanced foward - is tweaked for the 10.1 patch - seems to give more high scoring games.

Version 3 - tweaked defensive corner settings and changed stopper to normal CB - advanced forward and complete forward upfront - Season 2 with Forest having bought and trained preferred moves of existing players 2 match the tactic have played 8 won 6 drawn 2 lost 0 scoring 14 goals but conceding just 4. Will sometimes use COUNTER in the second halfs to counter the AI team fighting back...

No matter what I try I always come bk to the original tactic (even in 10.1) - always works best for me cos of the goal scoring threat it gives my team.

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