Creating a 3-1-4-2

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Thomas

It is no surprise when Jonathan Wilson writes about a tactical development someone will find a way to implement it into Football Manager. Football history just like any history is written by the winners and there is no bigger winner the World Champions Barcelona. The Spanish derby though is what has sparked an interest into the 3-1-4-2.

So I thought why don’t I give it a try, I have similar sort of players that could play the system and if I can impose some good looking football.

So first of all the research.

  1. The Question: Is the 3-1-4-2 Formation on The Rise? – Jonathan Wilson
  2. Real Madrid 1 – 3 Barcelona – Zonal Marking
  3. Valencia 0-1 Barcelona - Zonal Marking
  4. Barcelona: My Interpretation – WWFan

I have looked at WWFan’s piece which speak more about the old system interpreted in Football Manager. This tactic has come about from evolution rather then revolution, so knowing how Barcelona used to play will lead us to realise how to adapt.

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Just The Goals I Want to Score

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Thomas

Check out this 90th minute goal against 2nd place Koln. It marked the end of a close game where I had to drop deeper and deeper. But right at the death the side didn’t give up playing the sort of one touch entertaining football I am looking for from my 4-2-3-1. Check out the final pass by Gundogan.

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5 Tactics Guides You should Read

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Thomas

Football Manager is much more enjoyable when you feel inspired, one way to inspire is to read what others are doing within the game. Hopefully thats one of the reasons you are reading this. These are a few of the posts that I have read before and after the 2012 release that have given me a little more vigour for a game I started to become jaded with.

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Revenge is Sweet

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Thomas

Half way through my second season I sit 2nd a massive 11 points behind Bayern Munich. A terrible away record taking me out of contention for the title losing 5 and drawing 4 from 11 games. Making it difficult to compete with a side who have only lost twice, though one of those defeats was against me.

I thought I would give you a little update on my game before giving you more information later through the week.

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Transfers and Targets

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Thomas

In my last posted I pointed out where I wanted to improve my side. With £2.2m in my first season I didn’t really have much money to play around with. With that in mind I decided to concentrate on the backroom staff and I am pretty pleased with the results. Once again I found Brazil the place to find the best backroom players.

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Steam Hacked

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Thomas

I took this from Johnny Karp at Football Manager Story

Hello folks, just a quick heads up for all those using Steam: they had some problems with hackers and my advice is to change your passwords right away to avoid any mishaps. Here’s their official statement:

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How I Play Football Manager

Posted on November 5, 2011 by princelinho

Thanks for the guest piece from Princelinho… If you also want to guest post for FM Pundit please send your pieces to tomadeira08@gmail.com

Football Manager is a game that tests the persons ability to think, the patience the person has and most importantly the persons character. These factors determine how a player enjoys his/her Football Manager.

There are four ways to approach the game:

1- Some prefer immediate dominance through editing the budgets and player’s attributes before starting a game.

2- Others prefer entering as an extra new manager at certain times of the game to get what they want.

3- Some players prefer to bide their time by imposing their style through developing the youngsters and scouting the best talent.

4- Finally, there are others that prefer managing the lower league teams in order to make money or try to reach and establish themselves in higher/premier leagues.

To fully enjoy the game, I favour the last two approaches and will discuss my approach fully as you read on.

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Football Manager 2012: Introducing Borussia Dortmund

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Thomas

Football Manager 2012 has been out for over two weeks now and even though I have had the game since release day these here web pages haven’t seen much action. I apologise, I’ve been busy with real world things and my spare time was made up of playing of the game which I have really go into again this year.

Germany is my starting location this year with Champions League side and last years German champions Borussia Dortmund. Choosing Dortmund as they have a good spine of young players but with still a lot of work to do. I am looking to build an empire here in Germany to compete with the mighty Munich.

Before we start getting into great detail about my strategy I thought it be a good idea to do a quick introduction post

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Where is Ronaldo’s Best Position?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Thomas

After a perfect defensive display, Barcelona returned for the second leg at the Nou Camp stronger, lining up with Messi and Iniesta searching for more shiny objects. But once again the defensive box stood strong and the only goal conceded in a 2-1 victory was from a corner. With Di Maria entering the line up as a winger we looked to stretch and exploit the space behind Dani Alves, no surprise he came off with the man of the match award.

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The Box Defending v Barcelona

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Thomas

Football Manager 2012 has finally landed, it turned gold this week allowing for the 21st October to become a firm date and the demo released for this weekend. Bring on the regular cliches of neglected girlfriends and sick calls to work until you reach the half season that the demo allows you to play.

Disappointed not to see a German quick start with the demo to make a start with my Dortmund game. I thought I’d make a quick visit to Madrid and just as I did for the 2011 demo tried to create some attractive football at the Bernabeau

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