Why Weird Tactics Work

Yep, one more win and I sleep 😂

why did fox in the box retire?

The front-3 dynamics remind me of Tottenham's front-4 trio of Son, Kane, and Kulusevski.

He said that asymmetric man remembers to shave, while bearded.

the first tactic was used in "managerzone" game a loong time ago. The tactic image brought back memories :p

Formation? Big Boy Pants.

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Love your intros! But man, that hurts! Ok? 😂😂

Its funny that you can not pronounce Keurulainen propely, but that Oyiriwoth comes so easy for you. :)

ههههههه ماشاء الله مدرب ممتاز وتكتيك خارق 😂😂😂😂😂

I play a 4 1 2 2 1 with a pep style having a deep nr 6 and wing backs 2 invertet wingers where 1 of them is further forward while the other one is in the midfield. One central midfielder, a slightly left shadowstriker and a false 9. It creates so many chances from midfielders its great fun

Why the hell did you just describe every single thing about me in the first 30 seconds.

I always try to contextualize my "weird" primary tactic as not actually asymmetrical, just a standard common formation that maximizes your player's abilities. I see your tactic and see a 4-3-3. My formation is fairly similar to yours at ODFC, except one of my team's best players is only GREAT as a CAM, and I have two right side players that are a very solid, speedy inverted winger, and an absolute poacher of a wide target/raumdeuter. I also move my left side back into wingback position, both because the right side overload means he's the only player on the whole team responsible for that attaching part of the pitch, and because one of my wonderkid subs can play that spot, but not fullback. But I still consider it a 4-3-3, or even a 4-3-1-2

2D is way better then 3D

theres only 1 tactic: the christmastree 4-3-2-1 tactic

I am from Uzbekistan 😎

Haha love the Philander guy, one of the best South African bowlers of the past 10 years in cricket was named philander

A lot of these you need the right team for this to work.
If you have low determination, a selfish player on the wing, low work rate, "likes to get forward a lot" no matter what you do it's all gonna go to shit.
That's what im struggling with right now, have amazing team on paper but my winger on left side just doesn't want to pass CONSTANTLY selfish and holds up the ball and that lets the opposition overwhelm the box with 6 players at the back.
My BBM both have likes to get forward a lot and that just piles on the box.

This game requires so much fucking time to pick out a good tactic, a good player familiarity so you know what you're dealing with.
like fuck me

Bad Zeeland.
He did not mention that your footing can alter your asymmetrical tactics.
IT IS NOT all about offense. Gets the ruler

Depending on the handedness of your formation you will get different results.
The footing of your opponent will determine the dominate side, and cause them to attack more in that area.

If you move "counter" to the flow of their attack lane, you shift your asymmetry to offensive flow.
They attack right, you attack left, neither offensive unit intersect.
If you move "against" the flow of their attack lane, you shift your asymmetry to defensive flow.
They attack right, and you attack right. Your attack flows through their attack.

This is similar to martial arts concepts.
You want to "oppose force with force" in some occasions, and prevent the action from initiating.
Block a punch with your forearm bone, or elbow. "Hard Style"
(if you have a tall, strong, tough midfielder ready to press and tackle, for example)
In other times, you want to "work the circle", and redirect the incoming force away from vital areas.
Grab & Pull on the wrist of someone as they throw the punch at your face. "Soft Style"
(forcing a throw in, or intercepting a pass by an agile and quick defender, for example)

By not balancing your tactical style on both sides, you emphasize the shift towards the "Hard" and "Soft" philosophy "sideways" and not just "yourside/myside" for your tactic.
If you give them space to move without immediate opposition, you are using soft asymmetrical style.
If you confront them immediately within their zone of control, you are using hard asymmetrical style.
So choose wisely, and pay attention to your players feet. They need to align with your enemies footing to be hard style.

I've been playing asymmetrical formations since FM18. It is a major key for smaller clubs with low rep. and low budget to rely on available players who are much better than others in the team and win games against stronger teams.

I often make asymmetrical formations to cover for weak points (especially in defense), I could play with one winger and a DM little more to the side to cover for a slow CB or FB on Attack/AUTO.

The craziest tactic and achievement I have ever performed in FM, was in FM12. I played a 6-4-0 with FC Porto, but only in Champions League after the group stage, both home and away.
Lucho Gonzalez was scoring clinical goals in counter-attacks and Maicon was scoring ridiculous free kicks. I won with this tactic, in the first year and without repeating any game! It was crazy! Hamburg, then Man United, then (I can't remember) and in the final FC Barcelona winning 2 to 1.
I don't think that I will be able to top this, ever!

DM’s name : Katsikis translates in Greek as goat (the animal, not CR7).

Zealand have a giant head like a baby. But his voice and his videos makes my toillet moment greaters. Thanks man!

Anyone else uses the 4-1-3-2 formation or just me?

Hey Zealand i am from Greece love your videos , just wanted to say Katsikis comes from the word katsiki = κατσίκη which means goat in greek so in your save you already know who is the real future goat by a mile

Usually i just create two systems, one where i can overload down the wings and another up the middle... even though both systems will have the same core defense... its keeps the AI guessing and it allows me to rotate any way i want

Hi Zealand can you share your tactic and instruction

Well, guess your advice wasn't that bad. Swapped a 4-2-3-1 into an 4-1-4-1 asymmetrical AMR, AMCL and DMCL before going in a Cup game as OL against Nantes, against a club I never could win up to this point. Well, guess who knocked em out. Btw because of that, I'm in the final of the cup.

Thanks Zealand.

Looking at your neck, I wonder how hairy your back is

I won the Bundesliga with a weird asymmetrical tactic with Frankfurt in fm19 🤣 ,I played without a LB and 2 strikers , always won most matches with at least a 3 goal margin.

i tried to get man utd relegated so put all there youth player in the wrong places i had defenders up front and finished 5th

put your left back to left wing

Look lads we play 44 fucking 2

Asymetrical tactics are not weird. What is weird is 3 AF up front or 2 Mezzala's in the middle with the same PI's.

Please make a vid on what to do between scouting and signing players. How do I organize shortlists? How do i track players that i’m not ready to sign but might in the future? How do i make sure when i sign someone that im not gonna get a report the next week of a better option in the same position?

I like that you used asymmetrical to create overloads, but I used mine in almost the opposite way 😅😂 to give players vacant space ahead of them to exploit, and to maximise the amount of diagonal, line-splitting passes available 😂

Striker playing left side? (4-2-3-1)

10 plays right side, easier to thread diagonal through balls behind the defence than vertical ones, and if he runs forward then he is occupying a different dangerous space than the striker, giving another option and stretching the defence.

Then the more progressive CM is left side, giving him room ahead to push into, or a midfield-splitting pass to the right-sided 10.

Then the DM right side for similar reasons.

In this the left winger does start further forward and close to the left striker though, so I guess that would be the overload part 🤔

You have great ideas for vids my guy

Just letting you know that you pronounced "Katsikis" almost perfectly.

Weird, asymmetrical tactics work because they exploit the AI. Simple.

"he smiling throught the pain".

This is my favourite of all your intros yet 😂

I mean irl coaches play 2 wingers on the same side to bully a weak fullback. I rmb Mourinho did it vs Liverpool against TAA when he was at Man utd.

Foxinthebox retired? He was posting more during the pandemic

dude, I just won the championship and carabao cup with reading in season 1. Zealand you are not a tactical wiz I just made a custom vertical tiki-taka and I smashed teams I even beat Chelsea 6 to 2 I beat man united and Liverpool too

i played this game from cm 01/02 to fm17, as i am a setup and forget kind of guy, i really dont like to tweak my tacticks from game to game and during the game (i know i dont have the manager material :D). so after fm13, it becomes harder for me to keep up my set up and forget playstyle. and now i miss the old fm games more and more since i cant find either the time or will to try out the new games.

I had to start using asymmetrical because none of my forwards performed well as an inside forward and I wanted someone trying to push the team forward. Never going back

Asymmetrical tactics are surprisingly the best kind of tactics in the game and we should try winning trophies with it.

It all works well, until u have to defend.God help u with man marking :D