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<<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: Cuz
Date: October 8, 2013, 1:45 pm
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Trying my hand at an attention seeking EA GD title....
Sort of weird that we don't already have a thread for this but
hey.
So, your favoured formations, as your mood dictates and fashions
wax and wane. Pros, cons, comparisons etc. etc. You know the
drill.
Not really played enough yet, would normally work my way thru
most of them and like different shapes according to how bored I
am of using others.
Always liked 4231 so started with that this year. Liked it so
far, good defensive set up with the packed midfield but a host
of options going fwd with the team I'm using. CAMs are further
from goal than I'd like but both my CDMs are H/M and overlap
thru the middle. Possibly more forgiving being a bronze team,
could be a risky strategy with golds. What it does mean is that
the full backs aren't so important to the attack and be chosen
for their ability to cover. That jammed midfield seems to help
with the clumsiness a bit as you can generally find a safe pass
and there's support if you lose it.
Striker can be a bit isolated, the formation does require a
patient build up to work opportunities for him but pacy CAMs
will give counter attacking options.
Other one I'm using is 4321 but I'm not convinced by it at all
yet. Width often comes only from the full backs which can leave
you badly exposed on crosses/poor CB control. Not only that,
I've always relied a lot on the dribbling of the outside mids
and inside fwds to create openings, the poor 1st touch and
awkward movement doesn't help there.
New team will be a powerful gold 4141 so I'm interested to see
how that goes.
#Post#: 14487--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: gladiatorrrrrr
Date: October 8, 2013, 1:47 pm
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started off with 442 this year but changed to 41212. Still a
balanced formation in this year FUT. 442 (1) => 2 CDM's instead
of 2 CM's is probably the most secure one this year.
#Post#: 14489--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: CarlosBoca18
Date: October 8, 2013, 1:55 pm
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Used 4231 (2) and it was very disappointing, had most success
with 41212 and 442 (2) both very solid like Glad said.
#Post#: 14491--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: Cuz
Date: October 8, 2013, 1:59 pm
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--- Quote from: CarlosBoca18 link ---
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> Used 4231 (2) and it was very disappointing.
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How so?
#Post#: 14494--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: CarlosBoca18
Date: October 8, 2013, 2:20 pm
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Too many gaps, LM/RM are useless for both cutting in and staying
wide, just wasn't enjoyable to play with.
#Post#: 14496--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: gladiatorrrrrr
Date: October 8, 2013, 2:22 pm
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Yeah agree with carlos. Cdm's were wandering around too
much...leaving a big gap in the middle
#Post#: 14502--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: TheBalbyBuddha
Date: October 8, 2013, 2:42 pm
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Tried 4-3-2-1 at the start but like last year the LF/RF are
playing too narrow, I.e too close to the ST unlike UT 11 which
was perfect :'(
So after much switching and tinkering have gone back to 3-5-2
plays well for some teams but no so much with others my Serie A
team for instance it works nicely, not so with a Brazil team.
#Post#: 14506--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: KoolKiwi
Date: October 8, 2013, 3:12 pm
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Hmmm ... Formations ...
Primarily been using 433(4) - the one with 2 CMs and the central
CAM. Like this as the CAM gets forward quite a bit & having a
player like Hernanes (YES USE HIM ALREADY!!) is fantastic. Honda
has proved well there too, so having good shooters/dribblers -
around the 6' foot mark - have proved to be successful.
As normal we start with fullbacks with M/M WRs (Chandler/Van Den
Bergh - great Bundes fullbacks - albeit silver) so don't get
caught up with them too far upfield. This means the "outside"
CMs need to be more box-to-box - ell, one of them at least.
Likes of Ramires/Lars Bender are doing really well with their
H/H WRs. Although I'm not too keen having either of them in a
shooting position so generally lay it off for someone else.
DDR is playing in another team and with his M/H WRs does not get
that close to goal. In that specific team Sissoko (NUFC) with
his H/M is doing just that. It therefore appears that WRs are
indeed working exactly as planned with those two CM slots.
Salihovic has the monster boot on him, but his M/M WRs and slow
pace means you need to force him to get a bit more forward into
shooting position. Heck ... just take the shot from 40-yds ...
it's FIFA UT after all.
Striker - am liking the bigger/stronger guys - did so last year
too. Huntelaar has been successful as well as IF Jo. Only played
a few games with Higuain ... been decent
So ... finally the wingers. As mentioned in another post,
Reus/Sam were playing great. Have sold off Reus and bought
Hazard. Hazard is just amazing - been electric "almost" every
game. El Shaa been decent as has HBA. Hulk has been terrific.
Willian started well and has been ok. Just bought Perisic for
the Bundes - slower/bigger guy - will see how that works out.
This will be my preferred 433 formation. I'm guessing custom
formations WON'T stick so it will be a case of using these all
the time.
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I have used 3412/343 - only a handful of times. Have always
liked the 3atb formations ... not sure if this UT I may be
dragged away from them. Time will tell.
#Post#: 14564--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: DuttyH
Date: October 9, 2013, 9:58 am
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Tried a few of the new 433 variants and really didn't like them.
The CM/CAM playmaker seems to get lost for me, and there tends
to be big gaps in the centre of the park.
Also tried the new 4231 and didn't like that either, pretty much
for the same reasons Carlos and Glad stated.
Went back to 4321 and really enjoying it. Maybe I'm just used to
it, but it works.
Have just made a couple of cheap 4231 teams (Brazilian and
Colombian/BPL). Wanted to have a look at whether the shape of
the formation has changed in-game, with the two CAMs that used
to be wide in more of a LF/RF position.
Only played one single match but this seems to be the case. The
front quartet of
-------Pato
Jadson---Eduardo
-----Bernard
destroyed a pretty strong BPL team 8-1.
Will need a lot more games to assess it properly but looks
promising so far.
#Post#: 14610--------------------------------------------------
Re: <<<<<FORMATIONS>>>>>
DIR By: Cuz
Date: October 9, 2013, 1:40 pm
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Oh. For me it seemed exactly the same as the old 4231. Possibly
they do make more runs infield... I think that there's more
interchanging of positions this year, I'm finding my players all
over the place in attack, not necessarily in a bad way but I do
need to pay attention in case they end up in counter productive
roles. Could be that if you expect those CAMs to pick up
different positions to what they used to then you'll somehow
play them in there and they'll stick around.
Or something.
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