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Titolo: [LUNGO] The ABC of Tactics 4

Ricordate il sito "ABC of tactics" [1], conisgliatissimo per i newbie?
Bene, l'altra notte l'autore (Lloko, Lokomotiv Lund (9952), II serie
svedese), ha postato sulla global la parte 4, relativa alle nuove
tattiche.
A una prima, velocissima e poco attenta lettura, mi sembra che non
dica nulla di nuovo (il "nostro" Andrea è arrivato con un mese di
anticipo :P).
Riporto completamente i post di seguito. Buona lettura.
Part 4: Tactical settings
The tactical settings have been around for some time now, and have
added quite a lot to the depth of the tactical game. There are
opportunities to beat an opponent with superior midfield, something
that was quite difficult before the new settings...
Counter-attacks
The counter attacks setting is probably the most exciting new tactic,
but also the most overestimated! It's not the ultimate solution to be
used in any game where you don't believe in your own team. 
What happens is that you give away some midfield strength (always a
bad idea in HT) to get the chance of getting a counter-attack each
time the opponent attacks and your defence over-powers them.
Use counter-attack only when:
- you're certain to lose possession, if you win possession you will
get no counter-attacks
- your defence is significantly stronger than your opposition's
offence, or you will only concede goals
- your offence is strong enough to take advantage of any
counter-attacks created
If you fail to meet any of these requirements, counter-attack is not
for you! People who successfully play counter-attacks play previously
forgotten tactics like 5-3-2, 5-4-1 (too poor offence in my opinion),
4-4-2, 4-3-3 and even extreme ones like 5-2-3. For extreme
counter-attack teams midfield is completely omitted so the confusion
that comes from 5-2-3 doesn't mean much. 
But, like I said at first: this is the most overestimated new tactic 
setting, used without causion you will invite your opponents to easy
victories!
Pressing
This setting is basically for keeping the numbers down in a game. It's
not a tactic that will ever get you a victory (OK, occasionally you
will get lucky) but a tactic that might get you a draw now and then,
and keeps your defeats down. Your players will chase down opponents
all over the field and keep the number of scoring opportunities down,
effectively eliminating chances that your opponent, or you
yourself(!), would have.
Use it when:
- you are pretty certain to lose otherwise
- you lose midfield, or you'll be eliminating your own attacks (if
your attacks are really poor it may still be a good idea though)
- your midfield has good stamina, otherwise you will lose possession
in second half, granting your opponent more attacks than they would
have if you played normal
These are the base requirements, but in order to be really successful
you should:
- have a lot of defensively strong players on the field, line-ups with
4 or 5 defenders are a good idea
- keep in mind that supporters prefer a team that loses 2-5 to a team
that loses 0-1...
- for extra efficiency you may use powerful players, that contribute a
lot more to the destruction of play
Attack directions
There are two settings here, attacking in the middle (AIM) or on the
wings (AOW). They are two sides to the same coin. Attacking in the
middle only means that you get slightly more attacks in the center of
the pitch and slightly less on the wings. Attacking on the wings works
the other way around.
The settings do have another drawback though: you lose some defensive
strength accordingly! E.g. if you attack in the middle, you will lose
some wing defence strength.
The base rule when to use attacking directions is to use it when you
have more to gain from the redirection of attacks that you lose due to
defence weakening. If you make 1 more goal from the wing that won't do
you much good if you concede 2 extra in the weakened mid defence...
Use the attack directions settings when:
- you have better chances at scoring in the middle (AIM) or on the
wings (AOW)
- you have some possession (if you don't create any chances, there's
not much to distribute and you will lose some sorely needed defensive
strength), generally you should dominate possession or the defence
weakening will cost you too many conceded goals
- you can afford losing the defensive strength, e.g. if you have an
extremely solid defence compared to your opponent's offence, or if you
have a high possession
The settings should be decided on a match to match basis, but there's
some general cases when they are extra interesting:
- for teams playing with 3 attackers AIM is often an interesting
alternative, unless the opponents have the mid defence to match
- for teams training wingers and playing them offensively, games with
midfield dominance will be candidates for AOW
[1] 
http://hem.passagen.se/hammervald/abc_of_tactics_index.htm
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 anticipo :P).
Ormai puoi girare il mondo,il vero Guru e' lui! Loke passa al secondo
posto, nella mia personale classifica :)
Ciao
Plissken
Electra Roma FC, III.5
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 that loses 0-1...
Interessante... ma è vero?
Gabry (cose vecchie e cose nuove) :-)
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