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@Danimal5981 wrote:

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Sincerely, try it: to play a diagonal (First, from left back, via left centre midfielder, to right attacking midfielder (one diagonal), then: hanging right wing, to a target striker, extending to a deep going left attacker (second diagonal). Both in real life as well as in this game, diagonals are very hard to defend, also for an AI. One of the basics during the Dutch FA's course to become a certified football coach: set up a diagonal, mandatory stuff.

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I might try this, don't think I knew it was possible to alter the positions in the existing lineups (4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 etc.). But I might give it a shot.

However, I'd actually argue that I already do this, simply by applying different instructions to different players. My LW is instructed to stay up, so he actually plays as a LS, and one of my CM's is instructed to go forward in a "free role", where he often plays as a CAM pushing up behind the striker. I might try your version of it, altering the names of the positions too, seeing if there's any difference...