Common Tactical Mistakes in Football Manager & How to Fix Them

Stinger highlights five common tactical mistakes that people make in Football Manager and explains how to correct them. Neil takes us through his essential guide to shifting up your tactics, and what to avoid.

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00:00​ - Intro
00:33 - The Counter Press Obsession
02:07 - Two Positions Doing The Same Job
04:16 - Height From Corners
05:38 - Too Many Team Instructions
07:13 - Ignoring Traits

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[fmscout]

We’ve all made mistakes in FM, and learnt so much from them.
⁉️ Are there any tactical tips you’ve learnt along the way?

[StingerNeilD]

Thanks for viewing the vid crew! Any questions at all let me know! PS Yes I got beat 7-0 by Juve and it hurt haha

[FromThePenaltySpot]

Dribble more is a team instruction I used to have on loads, before I learned to leave it off but specifically put it on the players themselves

[tmage]

4:00

I find wingbacks with inside forwards tend to be effective. The IF will cut inside acting as a sort of a combination winger/second striker allowing more options for the cross into the area.

[alaz]

the secret is the speed (pace and acceleration), if you play with a small team against big team you need very fast players for attaking and you need midlefield with high work rate and teamwork, Gergenpress tactics (but avoid long pass in tactics if you don't have the player with the good stats) + one central defender with good heading it's work very well against the big teams, when they have corners if your defender won the duel he will launch the counter attack by passing the ball to your fast players, this think work every time. No need mental ability for your wingers they just must have very good peace (more than the opposant) and maybe some little technique.
There are many players with very hight speed in the game.

[TheSilentScreamX]

Changing up some player traits has turned bad players into great players for me in the past. The most recent example being Mateusz Musialowski in my Boston Utd save. I've had him since the VNN and despite his attributes being ridiculous for that level, he never really did much for me. I added Likes to Beat Man Repeatedly and Places Shots to him and suddenly he's the top scorer in League One. Every time he gets the ball he just waltzes past however many defenders are in his way and slots it into the bottom corner.
Of course, now Premier League teams are looking at him, so he'll probably be gone soon. The life of a lower league manager, I suppose! :)

[mowvu]

best one here is to sort your set pieces out. my CB is my 2nd top scorer this season lol. the old near post beauty.

heading
jumping reach
bravery
off the ball
anticipation

all key attributes.

[kesakko]

Using high pressure and counter press is like a cheat code in the last few FMs lol. I got Forest Green 3 promotions in a row with a tactic using it, currently top of Ligue 1 at Christmas with Nimes. Guarantee EL/CL qualification with any team I think.

Other tips are all correct though, good work – especially too many instructions and teaching traits.

[Silentfeety]

I got myself great youth striker. At age 19, he learned move in channel and shoot with power in like 2months. I never ever had player get traits that fast

[lordwaleane]

I noticed on the older fm when attacking corners put your main center back at attacking near post/ near post flick ons. the other center back challenge/mark keeper. always score goals on corners.

[jovicaduro]

Allways fm go the duty for us..Now I make fixing my defend..Scoring 3 goals and connect 3 goal..started to suspect my goalkeeper even though the key player is not defending properly..one of my defensive players has great aggression and starts to automatically close the player and loses position ..

[razor]

I was thinking to myself why was I allowing a lot of goals I watch this and I had that that's why moment.

[jovicaduro]

Left side by these tactic is so attack it is problem who defend space if wb go forward. I reccom. one of the players on the wing must be support and dm must be DM defend..

[IDKwhoIam]

Love the Ragnar drawing on the wall, what a show that used to be, lost interest when (SPOILERS BELOW)






Ragnar DIED 😢

[velyanminekov]

Does the corner suggestion. Sterling scores 3 headers after being marked by the s'hampton 6'6 giant. Yes, fm great logic.

[riccardostopazzola]

I've only had bad experiences with removing or adding traits. It takes pretty much a whole season and sometimes it fails. Plus, there's no bar showing you progress at all, it just looks stuck for months and months on end

[TheFazer]

Don't know if I should be really happy I have Ben Hockenhull at Havant for last few seasons from national League to league 1 or upset that he's only that level on fm22🤣

[Baron]

Let that 7-0 tragedy remind all of us to never underestimate tactic changes 😂

[peterhoffman]

FM 21 has been different than any other so far for me. I can't get a good result with 4-2-3-1(been using it since FM14 and it always works), wing backs/inverted wings version. Team cohesion, tactical familiarity and form are all on point but for some reason it doesn't seem to work. Changed a few 4-2-3-1 tactics and same. Playing as Helsinki and currently 5th which is extremely bad. In 19&20 I've won title every single time in first season and had good results in Europe as well. Don't understand this..

[Huckleberry]

I'll admit I was sceptical when I clicked on the video but this was actually super useful