Asunto: [NT]cometer

Don't see how this relates to myself campaigning for the national team job. Just sounds like a way you can try and scout to work out what to play against myself ;).

I'll answer it by saying I don't know how one will go and I'm fairly confident I know how the other ideas will go. They are the good and bad reasons as one I've got no clue the other two I've got a rather good clue as to how at least my own team performs. I'll let you work out the rest :p.
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Hehehe, of course it is to find out how you will play me. Don't even try to cover it up. But (blablabla) could be interessting for the others to see how you think tactically and change you tactics against an other team where you have struggeled. ;)

Good luck in your campaign Cometer :)

Cheers :).

Borkos is quite wing-happy and uses at least one winger (and has been known to use two on one side) to generate goal-scoring opportunities. Some managers seem more keen on wingers than others. What is your position on wingers and how they're best used (def, mid, off)?

My view has certainly been modified since the release of the new match engine. Before this change goals were most commonly scored from wingers crossing the ball in and didn't require an extremely high level of skill to be successful. Under those conditions wingers were highly favourable.

Now there is a bit more to think about because the weaker wingers now struggle to cross as accurately as they did before.

A choice of the type of winger really depends upon a few things. Is the opposition compact in defense and has control of mostly the central region? In this case an offensive winger might be the go to get in behind the defense and create some scoring opportunities.
Also does this winger have really poor defending but has too many other great qualities which you want to focus on to leave out. Then you might want to play an offensive mid to reduce the amount of defending work the midfielder has to do whilst still using his skills in the attack.

Does the opponent play fairly deep and wide to prevent offensive wingers? Do you want to control the midfield and be able to reduce the space in the midfield to attempt to win more ball?
Under these cases it might be better to play a central winger (which is what I have used quite a bit in club matches) to try to maintain the ball in the midfield which restricts the opposition from possible possessional gains and still allows a fairly decent attack option which might take a few passes around the midfield before an opportunity is created.


Does the opposition use offensive wingers? Do they attack from the wings? Do you want to cover the wings and have a quick counter attack if required down the wing?

Then in this case you might consider playing a wingback or defensive winger. I usually don't play defensive wingers mainly because they require a lot of strong skills to be effective. You don't want them getting the ball and then have them waste it by kicking it out or fumbling it across the line or being beaten by an offensive winger. Yet they still require all the skills of either a central winger or defensive winger but require more defender skill. Also the downside is that depending how deep you have them depends on whether you restrict your attacking options / possession of the ball and play in the half.
A positive however is, in theory at least, they can be effective to shutting down opposition who use the wings consistently without having to resort to having a defender move out of position to cut down the attack.

Wingers are still useful but each type of winger requires a different thought of attack and has it's downsides as well. The further offensive the winger the more space the opposition have if there is a quick counter attack but it creates the chance to get in behind a compact defense, and the further back a winger is creates less opportunities to dominate the ball in the opposition half and apply pressure to a strong defense but makes it harder for the opposition to create chances against yourself at the same time.

I'm not necessarily a wing-happy person or a wing-hating person. I try to determine from what I've mentioned above as well as what my players are capable of performing before I decide if I'm going to use a particular type of winger.

I hope this answers your question but feel free to correct me if this is not the case :).

You've considered a lot of the possibilities in terms of how the opponent plays and how that affects your tactics. There's also a consideration of how your tactics affect the opponents' approach to tactics, so there's an element of bluff involved.

This is one area where I think Borkos has been incredibly successful. His (sometime excessive and fanatical) use of wingers has made opponents very conscious of defending the wings which has opened a chasm in either the opponent's defensive line or midfield presence.

I think one of the points you could use to your advantage is that the managers are all familiar with Borkos and the way he thinks. Coming into a World Cup, a new manager would certainly add an element of uncertainty and unpredictability in our tactics. :)

On the other hand, Borkos knows the players intimately which is one of his great strengths.

it also brings into question the motives for borkos wanting to be national coach :/

That statement is really ambiguous.

I _think_ you're being funny/rude in reference to borkos' "intimate knowledge" of the players, but given that I'm a native English speaker and I aren't sure you might want to clarify.

yes i was sure someone would be 'que?' so i was indeed referring to the "...Borkos knows the players intimately..."

Hahahahaha.

Thx God for Davio!

PS: Maybe some of your ******** luck can be transferred to Australia.
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Congratulations cometer!

Tell me your e-mail so I can send you the database.

cometer's email is easy..

barhilo@hotmail.com

What a lousy e-mail beginning he got. :|

;)

feel free to send me your Data for me too ^^

Congrats cometer

Congratulations Dave! You are our new leader! It's just reward for the success you have had locally and while I thought Borkos deserved another WC, it was time to bring the management to Australia.

I'm sure you will take on the role with the same vigor and enthusiasm shown by Borkos during his reign.

I look forward to seeing a fresh approach to the tactics used in both formations and the general running of the NT.

Good luck Dave! :)