Right Striker – Complete forward (support) – this forward often tracks back to give a hand in midfield but also links up play when attacking. Left Central Midfielder – Central Midfielder (support)

He should have good defensive attributes too. Right Central Midfielder – Deep Lying Playmaker (defend) – this one is the team’s playmaker, you should have a midfielder with good passing and creativity for this role. Having a good quick goalkeeper also helps because the goalie’s role is set to “sweeper keeper”, that means he has to rush out and intercept when needed. The formation is a standard 4-4-2 with a high defensive line.An important thing is that you should have pacey defenders, otherwise the opponents will always exploit the space behind your defense. I am a fan of the 4-4-2 set ups, that’s no secret, so I tried to re-create such a tactic in Football Manager.

But since there is an impressive amount of new people coming to the website lately searching for a Football Manager 2011 tactic I thought that it would be helpful to put the tactic that I’m currently using in the game up for download.įirst, a quick description of the formation and the philosophy. Those of you who have been following my stories during the last year surely are familiar with the Notts County 4-4-2 tactic that has served me (and quite a few others) so well in FM 2010.

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