Tried, Tested & Recommended - Kimz v2

Posted in Tactics | On July 9th, 2008 | By Ash

Thought it might suffice to throw in my two cents about the pre-made tactics that are available around the scene as of late.

I’ll be running a large database on patch 8.0.2

Team
I’ve decided to try these tactics with Liverpool- they’ve got the potential to be title winners, but to make things even more interesting I won’t sign or sell any players- I’ll see how the tactic fares over the course of a year and inform you all with what happens- results wise, player wise etc.

Kimz V2
The first tactic I’ll use is Kimz 8.0.2, It’s a tactic well known across the scene as it’s guaranteed to score goals, no matter who you are. People use this tactic for lower league teams and still manage to gain promotion or find themselves in positions they never expected. What most people seem to notice is the lack of defensive qualities the tactic has, as it mainly focus’s on attack. If you fix this problem then you’re onto a winner.

Kimz has released a few versions of this tactic, however I’ll be testing the v2.

Formation
Let me talk a little bit about the formation. You might be familiar with the 4-2-3-1 lineup, however the barrows and farrows will most likely leave you a little confused- why the two defensive midfielders end up in a wide striker role? to be fair, there’s no real reason. Someones trying to prove a theory that the farrows and barrows exploit the games match engine. Despite advancing into these roles, the defensive midfielders don’t score from that position. The formation is attack minded, therefore the creator of the tactic wants pretty much every position bar the two central midfielders up the field- which is probably why the tactic leaks so much goals.

Formation - Strongest Starting 11

Results
Well I knew when I first started using this tactic that the results would be hit-or-miss because the defensive qualities of this tactic are far less effective as the attacking qualities. I knew I’d suffer with most results away, and some of the screenshots below show that.

Away Results
Sunderland Away
Man Utd Away
Wigan Away

Needless points were thrown away from home, merely because the tactic is so attack minded. Had I maybe brought in two new fullbacks the results could have been different, what with Finnan ageing and Riise proving to be useless on FM8.

The home results, as shown are much more appealing,

Home Results
Chelsea Home
Man Utd Home
Spurs Home
West Ham Home

This proves that the tactic does score goals, but as the away results and the Spurs result shows, it leaks them too.

Final Position
With what I class a weak squad (Benayoun, Finnan, Riise etc) playing, I don’t think the final finish of fourth was too bad of a result. Had I spent the £30M provided on stronger players, then I firmly believe I could have gone for a title push.

Final Position
Sigames Thread
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Rating: 4/5 (Possibly a 5 if defense is sorted)