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Stewdinho83
Seasoned Adventurer
10 months ago

4213?

Can someone at ea tell me a team that actually plays with this formation in real life. I mean with out and out wingers and a cam isolated. I can’t think of a single team that does this as they would be so over run in midfield, but shock, ea make it up and bang it’s the new meta formation that everyone plays now. 8/8 games tonight the other team has this, it’s becoming as predictable to come up against as 5 back was.

Closest to this in real life would be teams in a 4231 like Chelsea, where they may swap the 2 wider players into wingers here and there but nobody does it for a full game.

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  • Stewdinho83's avatar
    Stewdinho83
    Seasoned Adventurer
    10 months ago

    10/10 now. Can’t make up how boring this game is due to ea not knowing how to balance anything properly so everyone just copies the same * everyone else does 

  • blue166's avatar
    blue166
    Seasoned Veteran
    10 months ago

    José Mourinho - Pretty sure that's the guy who came up with this. Pretty sure his first stint at Chelsea with Drogba down the middle with Robben,Duff,Cole, SWP would play either side of him making the front 3. Lampard in behind and so on with Essien and co CM.

    Again he used this at Inter Milan.

    Current Chelsea as you mentioned. - But again it can different in and out of possession. You need fit and disciplined players to make it work.

    It's real its been used. It can be counter attacked. - It is still dependant on player roles and how attacking (adventures one wants to be)

    Every formation has pros and c0ns Depends on what players you have and what truly works with them.

    It's like the 4-2-4 - It's unconventional but you see it in action. As long as the 2 outer wingers are disciplined enough to work back to a more 4-4-2 out of possession you then turn back to 4-2-4 with possession. 

    Ultimately every formation has strengths and weaknesses. The issue most of the time is dragging players out of position and leaving yourself exposed. That can be the real issue.

    Just my take on it.

  • Stewdinho83's avatar
    Stewdinho83
    Seasoned Adventurer
    10 months ago

    Whilst teams mentioned play in this style at times it’s not with the massive gap between the lines that fc25 has. I get there will always be dominant formations in this game but I don’t get how a multi billion dollar company can not produce something that has any form of balance. It’s no wonder the games been discounted so much already as it’s already dead. Transfer market has less then 5 million items listed, this time last year it would have been double that. Pc hackers etc and all I can say is well done ea, you’ve finally put the last nail into the coffin of your cash cow 

  • JohnnyJ9519's avatar
    JohnnyJ9519
    Seasoned Traveler
    7 months ago

    This formation is glitched, idiotic and absolutely game ruining. 

    opponent playing this nonsense always has 6 at the back and 4 up front. Offside trap doesn’t apply against it in the game - it’s soul destroying. Please nerf or remove this nonsense, EA.

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