Choosing in between attack & defence?

[w3ikng]

Evryone have their own formation to play with. Is there any "most prefered" formation out there? Especially for tournaments, human opponent and NOT stupid AI....?
I am playing the 3(CB)-2(DMF)-1(OMF)-2(R/LMF)-2(CF)... Is there any way to improve this formation? what should i do if i am agiants those team with 3 attackers? will my wings be left empty....?
Will post my visual formation below... Please advise....
Joining a mini tournament soon and hope can get good result rather then being a looser... ANY helP?????? PLEASEEEEEEEEEE....!!!

which team has the best formation for players? can defend well and attack in style?

 

[Zygalski]

A Solid tournament is 4-2-1-3.
Or any formation which a 4 defenders and 2 DMFs. Do what you wish with the remaining 4 players as different players have different preferences. Some like 4-2-3-1 but I can't play with just one forward.

So try
4-2-1-3
4-2-2-2
4-2-3-1
and see which works better against other PEOPLE - not just the CPU.

I'm going to a tournament this weekend too. Good luck to us both (unless you're playing against me )

 

[w3ikng]

Back four?

If we were to use 4 defenders, will our lb & rb move away from their position when attacking? it will make my back wings acre of space for my opponent to penetrate.... anyway, will try it all.. hope it can balance out my defence and attack....

which national team u are planning to use 4 ur tourney?

i am choosing between Eng or Brazil... eng has better defence but brazil have solid attack... any idea?

good luck to you tooo.... i guess that we wont be at the same place.. coz i came from malaysia...

best of luck...!!!

 

[Zygalski]

You can make the side backs do what you want, depending on how you position them, which attack and defence arrows you give them and who is playing in those positions. If you want them to attack they can or they can stay back.

I'll be playing with Brazil.

 

[codename 47]

Brazil do have a great attack but Gosh do they get exposed at the heart of the defence so often hmy:
Me personally i'm someone who doesn't mind winning game 5-3,but if you don't mind winning games by the odd goal i'd say go for england and 4-4-2

 

[observer]

You can make the side backs do what you want, depending on how you position them, which attack and defence arrows you give them and who is playing in those positions. If you want them to attack they can or they can stay back.

I'll be playing with Brazil.

I agree, having four in the back is crucial against "decent" human opponent. I have 4 CBs in the back (no side backs), give them back arrows and high defense arrows. This make them focus more in denfense. They work well as a defending group and this is all what I need in the back. I set up my 3 CBs in a way where I have 3 CBs then 1 CB in front of them. As I always say, defense is crucial in this game, cause If you know how to defend well with minimum players, you can spare more players for offense.

Having done that, I play with only 1 DMF. I prefer to have it as a CMF and give him defensive arrows. CMF moves more freely than DMF and sometimes participate in attack depending on my attacking level.

4*1*2*3 is what I go with these days. I have my "formation B" as 4*2*1*3 where one of the OMF moves back to be a CMF. I usually switch to that when I am leading and I want to cruise around till the end of the game.

4*2*2*2 is quite good formation as well. but as mentioned above, side backs sometimes leave a huge space when they run forward. If your opponent has 3 pacy forwards, you might be in danger especially in counter attacks.