Match engine too complex?

Posted in FM Blog | On July 7th, 2008 | By Ash

If you’re a man who likes to dive into the core features of the game, you should be familiar with the tactic system and how to use the right tactic for your team. I’ll hereby admit, that I’m no tactical genius. Everything I know, is either from watching football on TV or by reading other peoples ideas and knowledge. I envy the likes of cleon and wwfan, clearly because they’ve spent time mastering the system and then sharing what they’ve mastered.

I do boast enough knowledge to turn a middle tabled club into a force when I‘m given a few seasons, although I never use a 4-4-2 simply because the match engine refuses. I’ll always have to employ a formation which I don’t agree with to get success- a 4-1-4-1 or a 4-3-1-2. It seems using a basic back 4, basic middle 4 and a top 2 just doesn’t work. It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack, impossible. What adds salt in the wound is the fact Arsenal are possibly the best team on the game using a 4-4-2 that seems impossible to duplicate. Adebayor seems to link the whole play together, playing V. Persie and Febergas in, who seem to just slice through your defence like a hot knife through butter.

It seems the match engine for FM08 is against the 4-4-2 formation- from experience, the only way to create a half decent one is if you employ the corner ‘cheat’. I’ve tried numerous of times to create something that’ll work, spending weeks trying to tweak- but I always find a certain area of the tactic doesn‘t work- in my case, it tends to be the strikers, who always average a 6 rating at the end of the game.

I’ve done my research and found a few 4-4-2 tactics that claim they’re the “best”- they usually provide a screenshot of the team, which alone tells you why they claim it’s the best.

Is the match engine too complex to design a simple 4-4-2 nowadays?

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