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Try to make sure you credit the goal to your own tactical genius in picking that line-up, that formation, the player's attack attitude etc, etc. Not to mention the skill in execution. Then there's the spinning, slow-motion replay of the goal (using the second, lower camera angle).

I don't usually worry about finding the corner unless Banks is in goal for Classic England. I think once you hit Square, you have to guide the ball gently with the Left Analogue stick (so Up+Left = top-left corner). I've never bothered too much, but I would if there were more variety for...

A Near Post Corner I'm no 5* genius but I score maybe one in three corners. For a corner on the Left side, I'll use a right footed player to curl the ball in towards the near post, usually the SMF from the opposite wing. I aim at the corner of the 6-yard box, press up and to the left on...

Okay okay, I only suggested deleting some of the smillies in case there were a limit to the number standard icons available to just click into a message. Sure, /\, [], O and X are okay, but how cool would the real buttons look? :cool:

Yes, add them then. To hell with the bandwidth and don't spare the servers!

Damn, a couple of chip penalties would be nice - (double tap square, or holding L1/R2 with Square), a stuttering run-up to fake a keeper and place it, or a sprint for extra power but less accuracy. And with new FIFA rulings, keepers should be able to move along the lines during the player's...

Could some of the 'Standard Smilies' be replaced with icons for the buttons on a PS2 analogue controller? (Circle, Square, R1 to L2 and LAS/RAS). It would make explaining and understanding other players moves a lot easier.

An Indoor or five-a-side version should be easy for Konami to program (just add a new, small 'Stadium'). It would reward close control: short dribbling, passing and accurate shooting into smaller goals - which would be good for a player's skill in normal games. (I put gaols first, must be...

:) Yes, then book 'em for diving or dissent! If you're slaughtering the home team their fans could turn on them, or start walking out.

I tried a few 5* games - Classic Brazil vs Classic England. The main difference in the opposition seemed to be how physical they were in tackling especially in midfield (picked up 2 injuries in the 1st half of one game), and then springing forward as soon as they've won possession. They...

Option to Copy Player Name to the Name on their Shirt. Players to crowd around referee when team mate is sent off. Lightly injured players go off briefly for treatment and can half recover. Muddy up the strips in the rain! Allow the Enter Code option to alter particular skills or...

Zygalski is probably right, but I still like to see them running about under their own control, with the freedom to express themselves on the pitch.

Not their skill stats, and I don't know if training really has any impact on their condition, levels of fatigue or injury - positive or negative! It's partly instinct (and a sneaking suspicion) because the section in the Manual about the Master League places a lot of emphasis on using the...

If your defender drops off, waiting for the side-step? I find L2 seems to apply a stronger physical challange to the dribbler, but I've never seen L2 mentioned as having a part in gameplay apart from used together with R1 and R2 to move the teams Attack levels up and down. Anyone have any...

ghazi, You're right, I tried incorporating some R1+jinking the Left Analogue stick - it works well when the opposition lose possession in midfield and my own midfielder could knock the ball forward into space, leaving half the opposition behind the play. Or breakng out wide to make the angle...

No way to train them back, and no steriod-type cheats either! (Rio Out!) I try to rest players if their little arrow goes blue, and I leave them out of squad training - I was dumbstruck when I found you could have two teams in ML Training and switch between the formations using START. In...

Thanks, I was running through them almost as preferences. I forgot to mention I'm sprinting like a b@stard to close down, using R1. I tend to set up in Team Formation using Defence System - Line, and under List Team settings put Line and Offside to A so a lot of opponents attacks break down...

What's the bet way to change pace then, once you've [super-]sprinted and stepped-over through the space and your bearing down on the opposition defence? I try to avoid flat out sprinting in possession and tend to use R2 (medium fast, allows more passing options than R1?) when breaking into...

All the suggestions above work: 1-2's; R2; the player's Attack settings; Positioning; and aerial through ball. Using the first half of a 1-2 will get a run from the wide player. e.g. to draw out the full back creating space for the man inside. If you tuck in behind the wide player that...

If the attacker receives it with his back to goal, don't get too tight, he'll turn you and you won't catch up. Drop of a little, to make room to choose when to make a proper tackle rather than a wild lunge. If your chasing him, try not to just run up his back (unless the best you can hope to...