Testing Football Manager's Best Tactics

It is long overdue that I dive into one of the heart beats of the Football Manager community, FM Arena. We head to their ‘Hall of Fame’ to break down the top 10 different tactics for Football Manager 2024, and there are some real head turners with absolutely wild formations that seem to be on the cutting edge of FM this year, hopefully one of them is close enough to yours to help out your save.

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[stowey]

Hey Zealand, you raided me a couple days ago which honestly.. made my year. You're a legend and a hero. Thank you so much.

[cosminalexa]

Key Takeaways from this video. These are a few things that seem to be present in most of these tactics (presumably meta and does well in the match engine)

- A lot of them play narrow or even extremely narrow
- They play the tempo at max
- Most of the time they focus on playing wide, looking to under or overlap (so this section is worth looking at)
- the classic triple: distribute quickly, counter, counter press
- much more often, get stuck in and step up more (with a high line)

Most common positions are:

Defense: BPD
Midfield: DM (on support) Segundo Volante (on attack)
Forwards: AF, PF and IF/IW

[viniciusrestelli]

"Do not click on every team instruction, keep it simple"

Meta tactics:

[Jensito]

i took inspiration from the Katana (and other "meta" 4231 tactics) when i build my tactic. i play with hannover 96 in germany. in my 2nd bundesliga season (3rd overall in that save) now in january i'm 1st place, 3 pts ahead of bayern with a match in hand, while season prediction had me in 15th

[martinbrndgaard]

I heard RDF tactics talk about that hit early crosses helps get more players in the box, and can open up more space on the sidelines

[nickfury]

These tactic do amazing in simulation

But when you start using it, half of your squads will be visiting your physios 24/7

[cyanlama]

I chosed the second last one and it was an insane succes!!
I had to do something because I was 15th with Holstein Kiel in the 2.Bundesliga (that's the reason why I found your channel tbh). I havent lost a single league game since then. Ended the season as 4th and won the next one unbeaten with 90 points 😅

I've learned that I am really good to builed a squad but I'm bad with tactics I guess. 😂

[sapasaja]

for those who dont know, gerrard is knap. the legend.

[Highflyerone]

I saw the #1 tactic on FM arena weeks ago but didn't' pay much attention to it. I tried it in my current save (after watching this video) and I won both games 4-0. massive amounts of possession, 60% in both games, the DM's clean up well in mid, block numerous shots, intercept passes all over the pitch, zero offside, they also push up and both arrive late into the box resulting in one of my long range goals. Really impressed at how balanced this tactic is.

[JoeMercersWay]

Odd these are the best yet Josh Daly would convince you every tactic he creates can get 95% win rates and 120+ goals a season...

[mvsr]

The 343 Buildak formations are monsters if you have good segundo options. Atalanta (Koopmeiners and Ederson) can slice through the Europa League and Benfica (Neves and Aursnes or Neves and Luis after a season and a half) can challenge for the Champion's League in the first year of a new save barring injuries.

[jtojagicc]

oh my god that 4213 striker madness was literally the tactic I used to use in FM12.... with less tools and stuff of course but I remember it vividly, didn't expect a nostalgia blast from this vid

[daveyfunk]

The one at 11th (and 7th) place would create a similar shape to how Man City play. They generally overload the left and then have runners going through the central right positions. Changing the left WB to an FB and the BBM to a BWM would maybe create that defensive shape City play. Think that looks amazing and might give it a try...but my tactic is working fine anyway haha

[CBP_]

Hey Zealand, CBP87 here, just wanted to say thank you for showing the world Katana. Much appreciated 👍

[saki]

I just got fm24 cause of you, I started as my home team Korona in Polish league, and am in the mud, everyone hates me, I keep loosing, but somehow it's still fun trying to not get sacked xD
This game is too addicting

[PillowRic]

Gerrard might also be better known as the tactic making legend Knap!

[Blxz]

I'm a new player and I stumbled into a 4231 by chance and limited player choices in lower leagues. Good to see that at least one tactic was represented from my preferred style.

[adzter]

Idk if it's just me but I almost never use underlaps and overlaps as it tells others to wait until someone is there and not telling people to make those runs (which is what most people assumes it does, a wing back on attack will still make overlapping runs naturally).

[wdred]

Katana won me a first season title on the 33th game by 18 points with Genoa. Only lost 1 match and in a cup final. Absolutely amazing tactic. Well done to the creator. I never usually download tactics, but this video peaked my interest and the results are amazing

[kevrallison]

Interesting to see what made no. 1 as I've been making tactics using 2 forwards and 2 inside forwards for years and always found it the best for goals.