The 4-4-2 tactic that I used with my Notts County in League Two was no longer suitable for my new better players, so I decided to tweak it quite radically since the start of the League One season. What came out is a new tactic, more aggressive and spectacular. Let’s see how it looks.

The formation is still 4-4-2 but the strategy is a bit different, the defensive line is higher up the pitch and the passing is focused down the flanks.The player roles are set as follows:

Goalkeeper – sweeper keeper, defend

Full Backs – full back, defend

Centre Backs – limited defender, defend

Wingers – defensive winger, attack

Left Central Midfielder – central midfielder, support

Right Central Midfielder – deep lying playmaker, defend

Left Striker – defensive forward, attack

Right Striker – complete forward, support

I guess it’s pretty obvious what type of players you need to use for this tactic, a quick keeper that has no problems with coming off the line and sweeping loose balls, quick centre backs, pacey full backs with good crossing abilities, hard working and creative central midfielders, quick wingers with good dribbling and crossing and a pair of hard working, pacey strikers. The right side striker that I use is Adam Szalai, he is both quick and tall, you should use a similar guy for that role if you have one.

The team instructions look like this:

As you can see we like to attack with short quick passes. We also press the opponents in their own half and once we get the ball back, pass it quickly down the flanks or, as it often happens, through the middle for the strikers.

That’s about it, download the tactic and try it if you want. I also encourage you to share your own tactics with us in the forum, we can discuss them over there to the benefit of every Football Manager 2010 fan!

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