EAFC 24 4-3-3 (5) Thread

I used Messi in draft and he's unreal

I've done both the hero SBC and the Rice SBC.

Didn't get Berbatov sadly, but I did get a player I think is good in UT which is Donovan. Had him at RW last year and he worked well there. Could do a job at CF, but not too keen on him after there after a couple of games.

Rice is mental though, he's the flashback Busquets will probably get.

You know it's bad news when you play someone who doesn't pass and just dribbles and is getting success. Playing a guy an he had 15 passes all game, I won 1-0 but it was a close game 

Last night I lost a match 3-0. The other guy made only 3 attacks all the game, all the same way: running all the way trough the wings, dribbling on the limit of the field, and passing back. All. The. *. Game. Three. Times. Three. Goals.

Looks nice, what do you think?

Current team.

CBs, GK, DM, LCM are only tradeable. Will get in Donovan when I can afford him.

39 width

77 depth

Slow Build Up

Possession

84 width

8 PIB

Excited to try Messi again. This set-up worked really well with Lautaro/Chiesa/Pedro up top and Alaba/Darmian/Sczcesny in the back. Had some luck with packs from assists and goals, which I grinded from SB, that helped me. Really excited to try Mapi Leon as well, she's the same height as Messi, but she's just so good at everything other than vision and height.

Looks really good @HeiVetle 

I think I can finally say I'm satisfied with my team. I don't see any major upgrade for now, except for a better CB.

Changed the formation to the 4312 with RTTK Bruno as CAM and the midfield trio is now Gundogan, Gujarro and Kroos.

Le Sommer seems like a good CF, don't you think? @bertkees @HeiVetle 

I feel like it's time for a new formation and tactic. Playing the false 9 for years was fun, but what's the point when I keep trying the same thing.

I just don't know where to start.

I've set up tactics for the 4141 to make it a 3241 in attack, I've picked up Patrick Kluivert to my striker (cheap, big and Dutch). Lets roll

Why is the daft * of a leftback standing on the side lines (the number 2) while the rightback (number 5) is set up pretty good.

I am going to try to make my annual attempt of re-create the Ancelotti Christmas tree from Milan.

Got Smolarek from marque matchups. Another 300k I don't know what to do with.

The new evo's look mental though

My WL-team

Rolfö, Kuyt and the attacking trio are the tradeable ones.

Bought in Laudrup as my first icon on FC24, he doesn't have "technical" as I've had on most of my attacking players so far, but Donovan did really well without it so excited to try him out.

Diani was one of those players that always appeared in my filters, but didn't fit my team.

Slapped an engine on Le Sommer, considered artist, but want her to have great short passing, and wanted the option to use her out wide if one of the wingers feels more like a CF in game. Hopefully she'll be an ambipedal machine, able to pass, shoot and head (if I get chances to win duels with her, the opponent has probably made a mistake) Of course I would've liked to try Hegerberg as a Norwegian, but she just doesn't look technical enough 

To finish it off, I brought in Kuyt.

Most of my team are really small, so corners was problematic against opponents that had practiced it a lot. Rudiger often defended the back post and I really had no one else to help out defend nearer the goal, and if they knew what they were doing they would just hit it back post if I brought him forward. Kuyt has a total in-game stat of 2320, which points to a more complete player than guys like Pirlo, Xavi, Seedorf, Veron, Xabi, Scholes, Petit, Lahm, Essien, Keane etc. who are some of the other guys I really liked for the position. (But couldn't afford either way due to buying Laudrup). Kuyt has some interesting stats, with Jockey-trait, block-trait, whipped pass and power header, combined with really decent passing (85 vision, 84 short pass), very good physicals and the shooting-ability of a pretty good forward. I choose to give him a "guardian" to get his balance and defending up a bit. 

He also can play RM in my 3-4-2-1 and he and Modric can probably run for days, helping cover the fullbacks when they go up, helping supporting attacks and helping to break them down.

The plan feels really good right now, can't wait to play some really sweaty games, in a game where I haven't yet reached Div 2. Normally I'd be up in elite div now, but just have leaked to many goals. (And recently learned to use the right stick more when using R1, which would've helped against users that defend quick passing really well, but doesn't expect dribbles)

Gonna miss Messi, he was still truly special, even with his "low" rating. Really smooth dribbler as expected, didn't need to sprint normally really as the technical+ made him just as fast with just holding R1. His fast reactions and composure made him able to finish well in tight situations. Think he had about 2 G+A per game for me and will probably bring him back at some point.

Shoutout to Patri Guijarro as well, if I had both her and Frenkie as untradable, I would probably have booted Frenkie and not her.  A great two-way player with sublime passing, long shots and defensive ability. Shame that the game wanted her to defend my front post 😃

Edit: Actually sold Laudrup without trying him and went for Suker, same logic as Kuyt. Not the best player ever, but really helps my aerial weakness. Doesn't have the "shot power" weakness of Laudrup and offers some more strength, the technical playstyle and hopefully some great trivelas.

I am struggling to play a possession game, specially with the girls. Tha pressure is insane, O barely can breathe before someone comes like a truck and take the ball away....

Why is your dream CF?

The only dream I have is that my players obey what I am pointing them to do. I am tired of passes going completely wrong, all balls intercepted, opponent CB running like a tank and taking every ball....

Really,  I think this year I will quit before Christmas 

Picked up Messi and he's truly amazing.

But damn I miss Berbatov. He's maybe not as good, but he's so much more fun to use.

So many 4-2-4s with the 4-2 in their own box and no involvement from the attacking 4.

I've said it for years, EA needs to nerf the 40 yard R1-pass/clearances.

I think it's fair that an underdog can play deeper and spam the ball forward, but if the ball connects with the forwards every single time, that's bad coding.

Found that my best bet was to play my 3-4-2-1 to have one CB defending the wide area, that people love to spam through, with the winger coming back on the other side.

Played some 4-3-2-1 and 4-3-3(5), but aggressive fullbacks get really punished against people like that.

Think I faced Kim Min-Jae twice, once as a sub. Yet he scored 3 overhead kicks against me from corners. (One of my opponent even subbed him on when struggling and scored two overhead kicks). Anyone got any tips? It seems like my player glitches when the corner kick is taken as the ball is locked into the animation..

Anyways, got to 60 points and gave away some wins.

The french girls were quite disappointing unfortunately. 

Diani had 13 goals and 5 assists, Le Sommer got 12 goals and 9 assists.

Best from picks and packs were Donnarumma and Militao.

With the money from the rewards I picked up a new attack consisting of Neymar, Oshoala and Rodrygo. Think Neymar will be a fine CF.

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@freddfranca wrote:

I am struggling to play a possession game, specially with the girls. Tha pressure is insane, O barely can breathe before someone comes like a truck and take the ball away....

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@freddfranca Mate I'm the same, you literally can't get any options in the middle playing against someone with 71 depth. The possession style is practically dead for me and, as much as I don't like him, Inceptions video on the state of the gameplay hits the nail on the head

@JOHN_D_EFC the formation that os working best for me is that 4222 you posted before (Diniz one). This is the team