FIFA 13 - Team GTP
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- johnboy-1975-
Don't forget you will need a good,
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Oh it was brilliant "I am Jb I am Locksmit"
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You guys want me to start work on the Fifa 14 thread? if so more than welcome to provide ideas or designs, also make a seperate thread for team GTP endeavours into other games like the battlefield talk we were having?
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Il be on soon
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Some good games for me, especially scoring in the 4th minute when they quit, up to 13 goals and 9 assists after tonight
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- pj-gm
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Guys, we need to change our style of play. We could be so much better than we already are. Division 1 is well within our reach, there's no need to settle for Div 3-4. Sadly no one will listen to me because I'm not a senior member, or a Brit, and because ellis will call me an idiot and tell me that 4-1-3-2 is okay because we've won an 'alright' amount of games.
More possession, less direct football, more solid defending. We do the same thing all the time, which is force down the wing then cross to our 2 strikers. Maybe we can help ourselves defensively by playing another CDM. Chances always show themselves in FIFA if you keep possession, so just some rotation of the ball to stretch the field a bit, switching the play more often, playing a lot of quick short passes and 1-2's, and whatnot. I believe one striker would be better than two for us at the moment, with that extra player in the midfield, of course.
Good defending is just as important as good attacking, and Joe is good in 'any', but he needs to slide tackle less, and stop creating gaps by bringing the CB forward. He also needs a bit more help, which is why I think having another CDM could help us a lot. At one point we had a pretty fluid style of play, but we've still managed to get ourselves up to Div 3 while our style has changed to more direct football. The kinds of people who play us and rip us to shreds on the scorelines do so usually by outpossessing and outpassing us.
More possession, less direct football, more solid defending. We do the same thing all the time, which is force down the wing then cross to our 2 strikers. Maybe we can help ourselves defensively by playing another CDM. Chances always show themselves in FIFA if you keep possession, so just some rotation of the ball to stretch the field a bit, switching the play more often, playing a lot of quick short passes and 1-2's, and whatnot. I believe one striker would be better than two for us at the moment, with that extra player in the midfield, of course.
Good defending is just as important as good attacking, and Joe is good in 'any', but he needs to slide tackle less, and stop creating gaps by bringing the CB forward. He also needs a bit more help, which is why I think having another CDM could help us a lot. At one point we had a pretty fluid style of play, but we've still managed to get ourselves up to Div 3 while our style has changed to more direct football. The kinds of people who play us and rip us to shreds on the scorelines do so usually by outpossessing and outpassing us.
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I like to see people giving feedback on games, and i like even more to see people listening to it hint hint 
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R35 SKYLIN3I like to see people giving feedback on games, and i like even more to see people listening to it hint hint
Explain for us hard of hearing?
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Meaning too often we finish after a game night and not many people present solutions (occasionally sureshot and others) just the frequent jab at Fifa's flaws but even when anyone seems to present something better, we just seem to go back to doing the exact same thing :S
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I'd agree that we haven't tried new formations much of late (I've not on much of late, and won't be till next week), wouldn't say it's always been like that.
I'm not convinced we can get to Division 1, that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
We are probably too reliant on the wings, but I do find the central part of the pitch gets so clogged up. Thing is, when Ayron and I are upfront we do score a lot of, "Ayron runs wide, outpaces full back, crosses in and I head in". It's tough when you come up against player-controlled ANY's to go through the middle.
4-1-3-2 has proven to be very reliable for us, generally division 4 has been our level for the last couple of months. That's no bad thing, in my eyes. This is why we've fallen back to it and do go back to it.
Of course, I'd still rather the main purpose of clubs was banter and laughs over super serious football and I have found in the past that suggestions in-game/session aren't always put across in perhaps the method they could be.
I'm also not convinced that mentioning the names of 2 of the most flexible people we have who are willing to play in any position and role that is asked of them is the way to go either.
So then for next time, is there a formation with 2 CAMs and just the 1 Striker? I think you need a bit of strength up top (JB xx) if we're only doing 1 striker, not saying massive guy, just not a tiny pacer. Though maybe a stronger CAM would work, as whilst we don't really do long ball, headers are overpowered and shouldn't be forgotten.
Also, we need to work on making Nel's player not an 83
I'm not convinced we can get to Division 1, that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
We are probably too reliant on the wings, but I do find the central part of the pitch gets so clogged up. Thing is, when Ayron and I are upfront we do score a lot of, "Ayron runs wide, outpaces full back, crosses in and I head in". It's tough when you come up against player-controlled ANY's to go through the middle.
4-1-3-2 has proven to be very reliable for us, generally division 4 has been our level for the last couple of months. That's no bad thing, in my eyes. This is why we've fallen back to it and do go back to it.
Of course, I'd still rather the main purpose of clubs was banter and laughs over super serious football and I have found in the past that suggestions in-game/session aren't always put across in perhaps the method they could be.
I'm also not convinced that mentioning the names of 2 of the most flexible people we have who are willing to play in any position and role that is asked of them is the way to go either.
So then for next time, is there a formation with 2 CAMs and just the 1 Striker? I think you need a bit of strength up top (JB xx) if we're only doing 1 striker, not saying massive guy, just not a tiny pacer. Though maybe a stronger CAM would work, as whilst we don't really do long ball, headers are overpowered and shouldn't be forgotten.
Also, we need to work on making Nel's player not an 83
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Some valid points there Peter 👍
We have been stuck in the same formation for quite some time now, 4-1-3-2 seems to be the default for us now. It has it's advantages and drawbacks, it's good for attacking when we play the weaker teams. But when we play the better teams it's weaker defensively, because of one CDM as you pointed out.
Perhaps we could benefit from some variation. Maybe if during a match we are being out played with that formation, the captain could change it. It doesn't take long to do and might get us back in it.
Everyone can ignore what I said above but please listen to this, just because Peter suggests stuff that doesn't mean he's completely wrong, call him an idiot and ignore him.
I remember one night where we weren't playing our best with a particular formation, and Peter called for a change and rightly so. He mentioned it a number of times, was ignored every time then some people blew their fuses and had a go at him. And Peter quit.
We went on a few more games in that formation and lost, so I suggested a change. We changed and won the next match.
We have been stuck in the same formation for quite some time now, 4-1-3-2 seems to be the default for us now. It has it's advantages and drawbacks, it's good for attacking when we play the weaker teams. But when we play the better teams it's weaker defensively, because of one CDM as you pointed out.
Perhaps we could benefit from some variation. Maybe if during a match we are being out played with that formation, the captain could change it. It doesn't take long to do and might get us back in it.
Everyone can ignore what I said above but please listen to this, just because Peter suggests stuff that doesn't mean he's completely wrong, call him an idiot and ignore him.
I remember one night where we weren't playing our best with a particular formation, and Peter called for a change and rightly so. He mentioned it a number of times, was ignored every time then some people blew their fuses and had a go at him. And Peter quit.
We went on a few more games in that formation and lost, so I suggested a change. We changed and won the next match.
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- johnboy-1975-
How about 3-1-7?
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Seriously though all this formation chat will only work if everyone holds their shape in that given formation some sure as heck don't.
💡Seriously though all this formation chat will only work if everyone holds their shape in that given formation some sure as heck don't.
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Thats very true JB, But a formation id suggest to have a go at the - not focusing on wing play and more depth in defense or attack is either a 4-2-2-2 or a 4-2-3-1
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No i was on fifa but i left early with teamie but we have never (deliberately) tried 4-2-2-2
but we have never (deliberately) tried 4-2-2-2
