This Tactic is Great, Trust Me

Asymmetrical tactics can be very scary to try, but when done right, they can stifle the opposing team while creating diverse looks that can confuse a defense and consistently create open scoring chances in Football Manager. The release of FM24 is your perfect chance to try to cook up your own perfect solution to an imperfect team.

Adversity is so often the genesis of creativity. In Football Manager, this is looking around your team and realizing their is an unusual collection of players that qualifies as your most talented group. You can find a way to fit those guys on the field and make your dreams come true with an asymmetrical tactic. Well, most of your dreams.

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[stupiditiusmaximus]

"Do you like to be different?" "Obviously, Zealand, I watch you."

[Onebadterran]

This has been a successful tactic. One change I would suggest, having used it for several seasons, is to tell the ST(C) to Position Mark the D(CR) when out of possession. This has kept the ST(C) up further forward and conversely stretched the opposition formation, meaning they have to make longer passes if they want to play back to their defenders. I don't expect the ST(C) to actually intercept anything, rather it creates situations where the opposition are forced to play riskier passes and are more likely to miss a pass or get intercepted, opening up an immediate counter-attacking opportunity.

[GuggiLFC]

Had a similar tactic in fm21, but always had issues down the left because the defense would not shift over, glad something like this is finally working as intended.

[sam-rvtp]

love how the positional awareness has improved in the game. it seems like players in general are more fluid and smart

[brosirs]

Looks a lot like the tactic Old Man Phil's sworn by for some time - always good to see these things being rediscovered and popularised

[harleywatson]

please make more videos like this i’m bad at tatics and it’s made me learn a lot from this

[cowboyx]

I’ve made this tactic which I think works well against all the formations you mentioned in the beginning.I would like some opinions on it if anyone doesn’t mind So it a 5-1-1-3 DM WB wide asymmetric
Tactical style: Control Possession
Mentality:Balanced
Fairly Narrow, Play out of defence
Low tempo with much shorter passing, Work ball in box, Disciplined In transition Slow down pace, Roll out, Hold shape and counter press. Much higher line, Higher press and more often, get stuck in, stop crosses and prevent gk distribution.
Defence: Two BCD defend and a Libero on support
Midfield: Two IWB and a DM as DPL and a RPM
Attack: Two IW attack and a CF attack
It is also good against big teams I have unfortunately only used it with my Spain team which won the World Cup, Finalissima and Euro Championship. If you have read this far I really appreciate and I sincerely apologise for making it so long.

[goncalocastronunes]

I genuinely had come up with the exact same tactic as you in my Le Mans save. The only difference was the I used a IWB (S) on the left and a TF (A) as a striker! Also sometimes during the game moved the playmaker to the central position in order for the IWB to have more space to progress through the field. Great video!

[henrikmadsen]

11:02 it is also a 442, a 424 and a 4231 DM. It is a lot of things if you just switch 3 positions. :)

[davidius]

Funny thing about this as that I created one with the exact same formation though slightly different roles only a few hours before seeing this on my suggested list. I use it as my possession minded tactic and a 4-4-2 as my attacking option in my first proper go at FM23 (in all these years since the original CM, I have never really played more than a season on any FM though I did play multiple season on the varying CM games) This has all been due to trying to add as many playable leagues as possible, adding in the home and away kits for those that haven't been done, playing as multiple managers and because of so many nation rules to add in the extra leagues and nations, often the database was corrupted and could never get past September ( which took forever to get there due to the size of the in game database and leagues/divisions running and how slow my PC was.

But getting back to the formations, the attacking 4-4-2 I am using, has given me a perfect start to my career (17w 0d 0l) in the 10th tier for Barkingside and only the start of December with the 2022 World Cup going on. Hoping to bring them all the way up through the County and regional system into the Vanarama and eventually up the league structure. I did this by adding the English Nation rules to get all the county leagues in except I didn't do them right and their is no transfer window and I forgot to add all these teams in the FA Vase and FA Cup qualifying, thus I have no cups to garner extra money from and it is tough financially but I am managing and it is fun.

Watching your vids has got me back playing FM, so thank you for that.

[esp]

I've used this asymmetric formation a few game versions now.

All I do differently is move the right midfielder up to make a front two, and turn the full back into an attacking fullback when playing smaller sides.

Essentially a 343 when on the ball.

[derelict]

Very similar to the 3412 I’ve been rocking for a few years. Midfield 2 of a DLP DM and B2B CM with an offset AM to the opposite side of an inverted winger

[alejandromartinezdeaguirre]

I have to say that this tactic is great! I'm using it at Blyth Spartans (Vanarama National League North) and, in December, the team is 2nd (3 points off 1st with two matches in hand for us) with most scored goals (60) and 2nd least goals against (20) and only one defeat. I'm also in the 3rd round of the FA Cup after winning Wimbledon (two leagues above) and Cambridge United (three leagues above). Thanks Z!!

[angelos]

I played this exact tactic (different roles) with Madrid last year, i wanted two attacking central players to make a 2v2 on the CBs, so i used Asensio as an AM on attack and put Valverde on the wing providing the width with Carvajal, it was super cool!

[AsafDay]

This formation was created over a decade ago. It was basically based on 4-2-2-2 narrow formation. The 2-2-2 box has been rotated in order to make the players harder to mark.

[emrahdincer]

This is nearly the exact tactic that I've been using since 2006 or so. I never use any other tactic and it's great fun. I put the winger on raumdeuter role, the wb and fb inverted, pure winger on the other winger. Definitely one libero, B2B on the MC, SS on the AM, and F9 on the SC.

[TheAirtry]

@Zealand I don't know if anyone else has pointed this out but this tactic seems very similar to the manga by KOBAYASHI Yuugo, Ao Ashi, which the main character is an aggressive left back/wingback. There is an anime coming out soon!

[kylepatrick]

I've been playing a 5-0-5 because my midfielders were pissing me off and I just want chaos and for things to burn.

[smalmonds]

Every year I keep hearing about how op assymetrical formations are but my OCD will never let me do it

[caefamily]

Love your vids watching from Ghana Africa