5 Tactic Mistakes to AVOID Every Time

I have always felt wary making tactic videos for Football Manager. It is so nuanced and changes so much every year that being right is often proven impossible over time. I also did not come up on the tactic message boards for Football Manager, or in tactic discords, I came up through helping people here. To do that I eventually had to start making detailed tactical videos about FM as well, so I brought in reinforcements, RDF.

RDF Tactics is a fantastic tactical mind on Football Manager. I would recommend you all check out his videos on different tactical styles to help improve your gameplay. But I wasn’t asking him to come on for help, no, I wanted him to come on and help me tell you what NOT to do on FM this year. We are planning on another video where we give you some ‘musts’ for future tactics, but right now it’s about making sure you aren’t losing because of one silly thing you still have in your tactic. You should probably not be doing that silly thing.

Much Love,
FM Senpai

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[RDFTactics]

Thank you, Z! Quality content creator but more importantly, a quality person. I hope everyone enjoyed the video 🤝

[ABiggles]

Double recommendation for RDF. It is his analysis of IRL manager's tactics and showing how he replicates them that makes him stand out from the crowd. Plus he shows how he makes his own tactics. Lots of ideas that you can pinch from him to adjust your own tactics and lots of interesting tactics to try out for short side saves so you can see how they work.

[robosztyk]

Reffering to tackle harder dispute - I belive that individual instructions overwrite team instructions. This is what I take from my observations, and it would make sense. Like, you give your whole team instructions first, and then you go to certain individuals and ask them to do something that isn't included in team instructions because the player is good at it. But as said in the video, you can't really make definite statement unless someone from SI explains it

[ChippyL]

Really good to see RDF getting the exposure he deserves. Been watching his videos for a while now and they're always high quality and informative.

[spicedaddy]

I genuinely laughed with the "don't go defensive" one. Ever since I changed to defensive I went from challenging for play-offs to a double promotion. Some things work for some people so I'd almost argue that there's no right or wrong; Love the content Z!

[Jur_]

What I like about FM is that there are no rules and you can really do what ever you want. I've had success with doing everything they said you shouldn't do. I've been played games on very defensive for the entire 90 minutes and very attacking. Once you understand that the mentality is just the level of risk your taking you can then work from there. For example let's say my normal tactic players on balanced and I have it on higher tempo, when I switch to Vattacking I better lower that tempo and passing directness and maybe select work ball into the box because on Vattacking the players make a lot of forward passes and just shoot whenever they see the goal post

[leoneldionel]

Dude, ive tried one of RDF tactics in my "have fun" save. This dude really knows his tactics

[matt-kocc]

"Don't go defensive" I hear, right as I go 2-0 up against Man City in the 90th minute playing a park-the-bus on defensive. And yes, I do watch zealand on my second monitor while I play FM

[ZombieBoy]

I never ticked "get stuck in" or "stay on feet", but I did tell my Inverted Wingers, Box 2 Box, Mezzala and Advanced Forward (4-3-3) to "Tackle Harder" in individual roles, and combined with a fast press meant people like Dan James were averaging 3 tackles a game! All players I told to tackle harder did the occasional two-footed slide, but most of the time they stood on their feet and engaged the player to win the ball back.

[ArjanSchaeffer]

Has RDF ever played in the Streamer Showdown? If he has not, I think it would be mighty interesting to see what would happen.

[ah_effe]

A few years ago I managed to avoid relegation in Bundesliga with a defensive team. I just got promoted and the league was way over my caliber. It happend to me, once, like 6 or 7 years ago. Don't lose hope, maybe.

[enders]

Love this collab! It's so frustrating how everything intended to be defensive (mentality, defensive line, getting stuck in etc) doesn't really work. I tried so hard on FM19 to create a proper Diego Simeone 4-4-2 and it's basically impossible for all the reasons mentioned here - employing any kind of defensive tactics just invites far too much pressure.

[gwin]

I think I might just be allergic to seeing a bunch of red Condition hearts, but Hold Shape / Slower Distribution does affect intensity quite significantly. If you have a comfortable lead, keeping the defensive pressure the same but going to Hold Shape / Distribute slower is a great way to save energy and keep possession. It’s also a good option to tweak in game because it doesn’t affect tactical familiarity, just don’t set Hold Shape as default in the tactic

[konfuchie]

Both of your channels are pure gems. I can't believe I never got them recommend. Found you on Twitch. I watch FM on YouTube for years but somehow I missed your content.

[SpazattackSamson]

I managed to win a league with Dundee United in season three of FM20 whilst playing cautious, play for set pieces and a low defensive line. I had the tallest and heaviest team in the league on average and conceded 18 goals, it was amazing/terrible to watch.

[Avioto]

Currently having a lot of success with RDF's Steven Gerrard tactic, great FM Youtuber! 👍

[lorenzomartinez]

Individual instructions, team instructions, and roles add up. Someone either tested it or some developer expressed it. So "gets further forward" with "get further forward" adds up, and cancels with "stays back".

[KingdomOfStars]

This is a great video! To be treasured! Good tip the one about visualizing the tactic movement, RDF!

[illupt]

Amazing video, you both put out excellent content and its great to see these colabs! thanks for your passion and hard work! ❤️

[kjkyle]

Only found your channel yesterday and must say that you are the best creator I’ve watched in ages! Great job, look forward to watching your content.