Tacticas

Download of my defensive 4-1-4-1 tactics for Football Manager 2008

In the previous post I described my new rather fluent tactical approach that helps to gain success in Premier League if you manage weak club (like Southampton, Wigan, Derby, etc.). The main part of this approach is usage of defensive 4-1-4-1 tactics. You can download it from here:

Download tactics

And now some description of this tactics. Its formation looks in the following way:

Team instructions

Individual instructions

They are the same as in 4-3-3 tactics. Actually this 4-1-4-1 tactics is created from this attacking 4-3-3.

I just moved MLC and MRC from 4-3-3 tactics into positions of clear attacking wingers: ML and MR. And my 2 forwards (FLC, FRC) were moved into MLC and MRC positions.

Some tips and hints during match

- if your opponent plays more aggressive, has more possession of the ball, set Closing Down to maximal value;

- if your opponent is very strong and you play away, turn on Counter Attack

- For away game Mentality can be set more Defensive.

- For home match you can increase Tempo and Mentality. It often gives good result.

- If you need more possession, set the slowest Tempo and Passing Style maximally Short.