Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 16: 4-1-3-2 meets Player Roles

This formation is one that many find quite difficult to use successfully. It is a formation that possesses a lot of attacking advantages that allows its user to have a strangle hold against their opposition, but without the right players within the team there will be a leeway for the opposition to take advantage of … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 16: 4-1-3-2 meets Player Roles →

Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 13: 4-3-1-2 meets Player Roles

Do you remember back in episode 11 when I mentioned that the 4-4-2C has a very close formational cousin? Well, this is the formation I was talking about! The 4-3-1-2 is another formation that plays in a sort of diamond midfield set up, albeit it has some different characteristics that make it quite the contrary … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 13: 4-3-1-2 meets Player Roles →

Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 11: 4-4-2C meets Player Roles

Moving right along to the next episode within this series, the 4-4-2C formation is considered the 'diamond formation' that many in the soccersphere tend to talk about. This formation is all about getting an advantage within the middle of the park via the use of 4 M(C)'s that maintain their central position as much as … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 11: 4-4-2C meets Player Roles →

Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS; EPISODE 5: 3-4-1-2 meets Player Roles

The formation that I like to call a close relative of the 3-5-2, this formation does basically everything that episode 3's one does with the caveat of having an extra attacker who has the intention to operate in between the lines and cause havoc for the opposition. Ofcourse, with the extra attacker, this means that … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS; EPISODE 5: 3-4-1-2 meets Player Roles →

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 8: HOW TO WATCH REAL LIFE SOCCER AND IMPLEMENT IT INTO SMW

"Bro, what are you doing? That game is for kids..." "It's just a simulated game, dawg" "None of this isn't even real. You're just wasting your time" Said a bunch of soulless, miserable homosapiens... Lucky for us, we Soccermanagerites have not lost our sense of enjoyment. Not only for this game, but most importantly, for … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 8: HOW TO WATCH REAL LIFE SOCCER AND IMPLEMENT IT INTO SMW →

Season 6: SM23 (Tactics Page) Episode 18: Newcastle to SM23

Ello and welcome back to another blockbuster episode brought to you by the good people over there at SMB. We’ve been having a ball taking a look at some of Europe’s best clubs and how there real life tactics would be implemented if we were to use SM23’s tactical set up. In today’s episode we’ll … Continue reading Season 6: SM23 (Tactics Page) Episode 18: Newcastle to SM23 →

Season 6: SM23 (Tactics Page) Episode 17: Internazionale to SM23

Before the 22/23 season, Serie A wasn’t a household name in a lot of people’s mouths…… You’d think, with the likes of powerhouse teams such as Juventus and AC Milan that there would be more popularity pertaining how many people tune in to watch Serie A matches on a weekly. But, due to their lack … Continue reading Season 6: SM23 (Tactics Page) Episode 17: Internazionale to SM23 →

Season 6: SM23 (Tactics Page) Episode 15: Atletico to SM23

Call me a weirdo all you want, but I absolutely adore Atletico Madrid. They are the official “Bad Boys” of football and masters of the so called “Dark Arts”. They play a brand if football that might not be pleasing on the eye but the same manner in which we laud praise to the likes … Continue reading Season 6: SM23 (Tactics Page) Episode 15: Atletico to SM23 →

Season 6: SM23 (Tactics Page) Episode 14: Dortmund to SM23

Welcome back soccermanagerite! I hope yesterday’s episode got you pumped up for this one as we’ll be heading to Germany to check out the tactical set up of the “Yellow Army”: Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund are a team that are well known for their explosive, fast pace style of football who are one of the pioneers … Continue reading Season 6: SM23 (Tactics Page) Episode 14: Dortmund to SM23 →