Tactic Testing - Diamante pentru Infinit
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Here you can find the results of a tactics test involving the Diamante pentru Infinit tactic in Football Manager 2008.
Diamante pentru Infinit
The fundamentals of creating a successful tactic to suit your team is creating one that works away from home. It seems, with most tactics I’ve tested, that this is the main issue as to why I’m losing games I should be winning. With this “Diamante pentru Infinit” tactic, it has all the basics to be a successful at home, but away from home it’s woeful. What I do like about the tactic is the attacking aspect. Your players seem to be behind the ball constantly striving forward- all well until you jump on the bus.
Take note, with some thoughtful tweaking, fixing this home-sickness issue could be dealt with.
Formation
Let’s talk a little about the formation- It’s a basic 4-4-2, which I loathe. I can’t get my head around the fact the 8.0.2 match engine despises the formation. It uses two attacking wingers, which again could be a downfall away from home if it’s not tweaked. I noticed that whilst I was playing away, the opposition wingers would exploit the space between the DL/R and the AML/R and whip crosses is. As you can tell from the screenshots that follow, nearly ¾ of the goals scored against me were from the opposition strikers. The formation is pretty much attacking and focuses most of the passing down the flanks.
Formation – Strongest Starting 11
Results
As I previously stated, the downfall of the tactic seems to be the away results. I’ve collected some of the most disappointing screenshots to show you how disappointed I was with the results. Despite boasting a pretty effective attack, the defensive qualities were poor. One of the core disappointments of the season was being knocked out the F.A Cup to Chelsea in the fourth round, getting raped by Villa in the Carling Cup 4th Round and falling at the knees of Barca in the Champions League first knockout round.
Away Results
Arsenal Away
Birmingham Away
Chelsea Away
Everton Away
Schalke Away
Villa Away
As you could probably tell, the board were disappointed with all of these results- most notably the Arsenal and Everton defeats
There’s not much screenshots to boast about at home, even though the results were a little more satisfying.
Middlesborough Home
Olympiakos Home
Wigan Home
My two strikers, Kuyt and Torres, when fit, finished with 49 goals between them. This is something worth boasting about because it’s not often you find a tactic where both strikers score.
Final Position
Much like the Kimz tactic, I firmly believe had I purchased stronger wingers instead of having to rely solely on Benayoun and Babel, I probably would have finished in a stronger position then fourth. It was a tight battle contested between me and Man Utd for third, but they managed to sneak the whole 3 points against Arsenal at the end of the season.
With some tweaking, mainly with the defence and away instructions, I firmly believe this tactic could be a winner.
Final Position
Throw-In Thread
Direct Download Link
Rating: 3/5
The fundamentals of creating a successful tactic to suit your team is creating one that works away from home. It seems, with most tactics I’ve tested, that this is the main issue as to why I’m losing games I should be winning. With this “Diamante pentru Infinit” tactic, it has all the basics to be a successful at home, but away from home it’s woeful. What I do like about the tactic is the attacking aspect. Your players seem to be behind the ball constantly striving forward- all well until you jump on the bus.
Take note, with some thoughtful tweaking, fixing this home-sickness issue could be dealt with.
Formation
Let’s talk a little about the formation- It’s a basic 4-4-2, which I loathe. I can’t get my head around the fact the 8.0.2 match engine despises the formation. It uses two attacking wingers, which again could be a downfall away from home if it’s not tweaked. I noticed that whilst I was playing away, the opposition wingers would exploit the space between the DL/R and the AML/R and whip crosses is. As you can tell from the screenshots that follow, nearly ¾ of the goals scored against me were from the opposition strikers. The formation is pretty much attacking and focuses most of the passing down the flanks.
Formation – Strongest Starting 11
Results
As I previously stated, the downfall of the tactic seems to be the away results. I’ve collected some of the most disappointing screenshots to show you how disappointed I was with the results. Despite boasting a pretty effective attack, the defensive qualities were poor. One of the core disappointments of the season was being knocked out the F.A Cup to Chelsea in the fourth round, getting raped by Villa in the Carling Cup 4th Round and falling at the knees of Barca in the Champions League first knockout round.
Away Results
Arsenal Away
Birmingham Away
Chelsea Away
Everton Away
Schalke Away
Villa Away
As you could probably tell, the board were disappointed with all of these results- most notably the Arsenal and Everton defeats
There’s not much screenshots to boast about at home, even though the results were a little more satisfying.
Middlesborough Home
Olympiakos Home
Wigan Home
My two strikers, Kuyt and Torres, when fit, finished with 49 goals between them. This is something worth boasting about because it’s not often you find a tactic where both strikers score.
Final Position
Much like the Kimz tactic, I firmly believe had I purchased stronger wingers instead of having to rely solely on Benayoun and Babel, I probably would have finished in a stronger position then fourth. It was a tight battle contested between me and Man Utd for third, but they managed to sneak the whole 3 points against Arsenal at the end of the season.
With some tweaking, mainly with the defence and away instructions, I firmly believe this tactic could be a winner.
Final Position
Throw-In Thread
Direct Download Link
Rating: 3/5
