Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 17: 4-5-1A meets Player Roles

Here we have yet another formation within our '4 at the back' merry go round... In this episode we take a look at a formation that still remains one of the more popular formations within today's game. The 4-5-1 was popularized back in the early 2000's by what many consider to be a very 'Special' … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 17: 4-5-1A 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 10: 4-4-2B meets Player Roles

From one 4-4-2 variant straight into the next, I hope you're not getting bored (I mean, how could you?), cause we're about to go over quite a few different types of formations that you may not have known are all a by-product of the 4-4-2... We start off with the 4-4-2B. A formation that has … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS EPISODE 10: 4-4-2B meets Player Roles →

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

The moment you lot have been waiting for.... Welcome back to yet another glorious episode of the one... the only... Soccermanager blog!!!! 🎺 🎺 🎺 Today's episode is the beginning of our look into the VERY popular '4 at the back' formation series, and what a way to start off with arguably the queen of … Continue reading Season 9: FORMATION MATTERS MEETS PLAYER ROLES; EPISODE 9: 4-4-2A 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 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS; EPISODE 4: 3-4-3 meets Player Roles

We continue our look at the best of the 3 at the back series with today's episode, lads. The 3-4-3 formation is one of the better formations to use in terms of if you have a fetish for wide play... It provides a numerical advantage in the wide areas with your wide D(C)'s, M(R,L)'s, and … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS; EPISODE 4: 3-4-3 meets Player Roles →

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

Episode 3...... We waste no time in getting into the nitty gritty, Socermanagerites. Arguably one of the best formations within the entire game, the 3-5-2 formation is one that provides extreme levels of balance no matter if your team is aiming to cause positional triangles within possession or seeking to make themselves a defensive wall … Continue reading Season 9: PLAYER ROLES MEETS FORMATION MATTERS; EPISODE 3: 3-5-2 meets Player Roles →

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON :BONUS EPISODE: S.M.W SUPERSTARS (JUDE BELLINGHAM)

If it's one thing that many of us Soccermanagerites tend to look forward to is those sweet sweet player rating improvements! We mark our calenders in anticipation of players that we've seen doing a madness within their respective league, as well as those who haven't been up to speed and seem to be on the … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON :BONUS EPISODE: S.M.W SUPERSTARS (JUDE BELLINGHAM) →

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 14: INJURIES & HOW TO NAVIGATE THEM

One of the most difficult and annoying things about SMW that we all have to go through is the fact there's certain phases within each season where we potentially lose an integral part of our team to an injury. What's more, what makes it even worse is when these injuries occur just before important matches. … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 14: INJURIES & HOW TO NAVIGATE THEM →

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 13: THE FORGOTTEN ROLE PT.2 (Box to Box Roles)

(UPDATE: SUMMER 2025) The season of randomness just keeps on giving! You'd think by now that I'd have ran out of ideas for this season, but, in the spirit of the great Johan Cruyff: "Football is a never ending cycle of tactical and philosophical revolutions" (I don't even think he actually said that... 😅). In … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 13: THE FORGOTTEN ROLE PT.2 (Box to Box Roles) →