having not played this before im lacking tactical knowledge

is it better to have a formation with more midfielders and strikers i.e. 3-4-3 or even 2-5-3
or are the defenders worth as many points, therefore just stick with a 4-4-2

????

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1: Lehmann AR
2: Campbell AR
3: Neville G MU
4: Terry (C) CH
5: Cole AR
6: Savage BC
7: Ronaldo MU
8: Svensson A SO
9: Saha MU
10: Angel AV
11: Dickov BR

My team

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Originally posted by mentalbarter having not played this before im lacking tactical knowledge is it better to have a formation with more midfielders and strikers i.e. 3-4-3 or even 2-5-3 or are the defenders worth as many points, therefore just stick with a 4-4-2 ????

I was shit at it last year so I probably shouldn't be giving advice ( ) but they've tried to design it so that all positions score equally, so technically it doesn't matter what formation you play.

Basically you want to be playing your best 11 every week whatever the formation, although you might want to change it according to the fixture list. For example you might normally have someone like Hitzlsperger on the bench but if Villa are playing Norwich you might fancy his chances of getting a goal or an assist, wheras one of your regular defenders might be up against Chelsea that week so you'd swap them.

I noticed the most successful teams last year were the ones who used their captain wisely. I think it's a good idea to have at least one very big name player like Ruud van Nistelrooy, Henry or Pires, someone who you are confident will get goals or assists almost every week. The teams that finished at the top of the table were teams who had Henry as captain when he scored a hat-trick or whatever. This year my big name players are Lampard, Pires and Drogba, and I'll rotate the captaincy based on who is in form or who has the weakest opposition that week.

Don't forget to use your transfers. You get one free transfer every gameweek but every transfer after that will cost you 4 points.

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Originally posted by evil_bastard I was shit at it last year so I probably shouldn't be giving advice ( ) but they've tried to design it so that all positions score equally, so technically it doesn't matter what formation you play. Basically you want to be playing your best 11 every week whatever the formation, although you might want to change it according to the fixture list. For example you might normally have someone like Hitzlsperger on the bench but if Villa are playing Norwich you might fancy his chances of getting a goal or an assist, wheras one of your regular defenders might be up against Chelsea that week so you'd swap them. I noticed the most successful teams last year were the ones who used their captain wisely. I think it's a good idea to have at least one very big name player like Ruud van Nistelrooy, Henry or Pires, someone who you are confident will get goals or assists almost every week. The teams that finished at the top of the table were teams who had Henry as captain when he scored a hat-trick or whatever. This year my big name players are Lampard, Pires and Drogba, and I'll rotate the captaincy based on who is in form or who has the weakest opposition that week. Don't forget to use your transfers. You get one free transfer every gameweek but every transfer after that will cost you 4 points.

Did not know it was this complicated.

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Originally posted by FabioCannavaro Did not know it was this complicated.

It isn't, I just padded it out with examples

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Originally posted by FabioCannavaro Did not know it was this complicated.

u could of course just pick a team and then do nothing for the whole season

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Originally posted by mentalbarter u could of course just pick a team and then do nothing for the whole season

Which would be sufficient in beating you.

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Originally posted by FabioCannavaro Which would be sufficient in beating you.

please
my substitutes are gonna score more points than your whole pathetic team put together

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my revised team, first one needed a lot of changing.

1: Sorensen AV
2: Campbell AR
3: Neville G MU
4: Bernard NU
5: Cole AR 114
6: Hitzlsperger AV
7: Gerrard LI
8: Svensson A
9: Lampard CH
10: Reyes AR
11: Hasselbaink (C) MI

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heres my team
Friedel
cooper
short
Terry
Stefanovic
Zenden
Tugay
Hendrie
Kewell
Angel
Kluivert(c)

subs Hitzlsperger,Anelka,Keller,Hunt

had Van Nistleroy but well you know....

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2 RafaREVOlUTION Kyrre Goksoyr 72 144
3 Blue Is The Color Dennis Dzijan 71 143
4 Bart's Mentals Matt Barter 73 131
5 Wandering Arsekickrs Lam Duong 74 129
6 pool4title tallpaul2 tallpaul2 75 128
7 Sycho Synapses v2 Sy Holland 75 126
8 69 Ways FC Michael Stefan 74 125
9 Your ad here FC Jordan Spice 65 124
10 FC Inter Ben Clements 65 120
11 The Istari Eddie Bradley 60 119
12 dony dragons michael terry 74 117
13 PB Pretenders Jack Pollard 51 109
14 howaythetoon Alex Traynor 44 108
15 Wandering Winners Ian Lummis 56 107
16 The Scoria Bombs Phillip Bourne 47 93
17 Greg's Grizzlies Greg McBirney 44 91
18 Happy Elves FC Marc Gavin 47 89
19 Juan Pablo Angel Eddie N Miami Garcia 42 83
20 Mighty Mamoos Ravish Singh 55 82
21 Wills Winners Will Simpson 47 80
22 Genesis Evolved Genesis Evolved 41 77
23 Stupidity RUs FC David Hsieh 32 76
24 Cutmore FC Simon Cutmore 50 73
25 f4x0r Eujin Lai 43 67
26 Team Turner Chris Turner 29 58
27 fc porto Claudio Alegria 14 45
28 Miscellaneous Porn Mike Upton 41 37
29 Chelsea Lions FC Chris Allum 42 18


my word, im nearly at the bottom