This is a tactic I’ve been using with my West Ham team and I have had some fantastic results with it playing Football Manager 2010 patch 3, it’s a good tactic.
It essentially revolves around a short quick passing game and pressing the opposition to force errors.
The basic formation is a 4-2-3-1 like this:
Player Attributes
FB – Normal full back stats. Bonus attributes are first touch & passing
CB – Normal centre back stats. Bonus acceleration & pace
DMC – These are the main boys in the team so make sure you have some good players. You really want for these boys good passing, first touch, stamina, teamwork & tackling. Bonus would be concentration & positioning.
WG – What you’d expect dribbling, pace & crossing.
AC – Key really but think creativity, pace, passing & finishing.
ST – He will be your lone big dog up front so think heading, finishing, team work, acceleration & composure.
Team Instructions
So that’s about it. Feel free to ask questions and let me know how you get on.
16 Responses to FM2010 Tactic 4-2-3-1
doug November 8, 2011
playing as sligo rovers its so bad no one will sign for me and every player i have is crap but il stick with it… 6th in the league
rob October 11, 2011
Going to try this tonight, anyone got any tips for training too, im bottom of the league with brentford, got some decent players too just cannot find a formation
Lakisha August 20, 2011
Full of salient points. Don’t stop believing or witinrg!
Lorencotob December 12, 2010
Where is admin?!
Hope for answer
Azfar August 31, 2010
Zonal marking saves your stamina. Man marking waste your stamina chasing the man u marked.
Tsapinis July 18, 2010
Yeah i realise that, but is for example dyer a trequartista or is he just a normal offensive midfielder and is it offensive fullbacks or defensive fullbacks??? (i succeded to take Newcastle back to the pl and i have started with 3 wins and 1 loss in my first matches there with the tactic)
Niall July 5, 2010
@justafan Nice one buddy, good to hear it's working for you!
justafan July 5, 2010
i did it whit the defenisve midfield on the central midfield and it works
Carl July 3, 2010
@Tsapinis The roles are as they are in the tactic i think.
Tsapinis July 1, 2010
I like your tactic, i usually play with the
4-1-3-2 formation but i decided to give your tactic a shot. But which "role" did gave the players at each position?:)
justafan July 1, 2010
lets play like the dutch hahah but it works very well:)
coca12i9 April 19, 2010
I likey, I likey although not sure about the marking. i'm with Chris.
Smithy April 16, 2010
Niiiicccceeeeee!
pete April 16, 2010
So far so good from me. I likes
Niall April 14, 2010
Chris, I generally flip between the two because much of it depends on what the type of players you have. Some players are great at man marking and are useless at zonal and vise-versa. It generally depends on their attributes.
Chris April 14, 2010
I've never liked Zonal Marking and never actually tried it on FM. May i ask why you use it and why you think it's better than man marking?
Thanks,
Chris