Tactics

Since the resumption of football, the Saints have been in a fine form. After the biggest defeat by Leicester, which was a nightmare to forget, Ralph Hasenhüttl had to go back and rebuild his tactic. Since then, Southampton came out stronger and accumulated more points than Leicester after the lockdown. The Saints became the third-best…

Last time we wrote about a diamond tactic Pep used occasionally at Bayern. This time, we move over to Jupp Heynckes’ Bayern era, especially the tactic he used in the 2012-13 season, which won them a treble. The database we used can be found HERE. So in this post, I’m going to give you all…

The 3-4-3 diamond is not a very common tactic these days but can be a very powerful tactic if used right. Johan Cruyff used this diamond tactic to achieve great success in Barcelona during the late 80s. His disciple, Pep Guardiola, used this same setup at Barcelona and Bayern, especially when facing a 4-4-2 formation….

It has been long we have been asked to recreate Ole Gunnar Solskjær tactic at Manchester United in FM20. But honestly, we tried our best to make it work while matching his tactical style – it just didn’t work out. We abandoned it and recreated other tactics. This was hugely influenced by the fact that…