Steam Workshop::RPJ Football's Tactic Test Collection

Created by RPJ Football

This tactic is a high-intensity pressing 4-2-3-1. The focus of the tactic is utilizing an asymmetrical shape to create overloads down the right side and isolations down the left side. In attack, it looks to create goals through cutbacks and crosses that ar...

4-2-3-1 Gegenpress

Created by RPJ Football

The goal of this tactic is to create opportunities through runners from out wide creating overloads and forcing the defense deep into their half making it very hard to play out, forcing them to hit long balls and be further trapped in. In build-up, the goa...

10s Are The Best

Created by RPJ Football

This tactic is a request by @CRIM3W4VE. The goal of this tactic is to have the 10 be the top player in the tactic. I interpreted this as making sure the 10 has the most goals and assists. Looking to ensure the player has 10+ Goals and 10+ Assists. The way ...

3-4-3 Insane XG

Created by RPJ Football

This tactic is designed to be a very attacking tactic, it creates insane amounts of XG (80+ in a season). This is created by having various runners in and around the final third. The goal is to always have a player making a 2nd or 3rd man run into open spa...

4-2-3-1 IFB ASym

Created by RPJ Football

This tactic is designed around the new features of FM24. The ability to have a Libero in a back 2 and the new Inverted Full-Back role, as I felt the 2 roles complimented each other. The tactic utilizes the defensive aspect of the IFB to provide adequate co...

3-4-1-2 Bombing Wingbacks

Created by RPJ Football

The focus of this tactic is to utilize the wingbacks as your key players. The goal is to overload the middle of the pitch with players while pushing the wingbacks super wide. This then creates a 1-2-1-2-1-2 through the middle of the pitch which has loads o...

4-3-3 Dual Runnings

Created by RPJ Football

In build-up, the team looks to take on a 2-3-2-3 or 2-3-4-1 shape. This will depend on when the wingers drop deeper or go higher to attack more. The main aim with this is to play the ball to one of the two CBs who will then look to play the ball into the m...

4-3-3 Dual Runnings (Lower League)

Created by RPJ Football

In build-up, the team looks to take on a 2-3-2-3 or 2-3-4-1 shape. This will depend on when the wingers drop deeper or go higher to attack more. The main aim with this is to play the ball to one of the two CBs who will then look to play the ball into the m...

3-4-2-1 Mid-Block of Doom V1

Created by RPJ Football

The Mid-Block of Death Tactic is designed around the idea of creating a defensive tactic that works with the current FM24 engine. The current engine forces you into really only 1 style of play and due to this I have attempted to mesh what works into a defe...

3-4-2-1 Mid-Block of Doom V2

Created by RPJ Football

The Mid-Block of Death Tactic is designed around the idea of creating a defensive tactic that works with the current FM24 engine. The current engine forces you into really only 1 style of play and due to this I have attempted to mesh what works into a defe...

4-1-4-1 Regista Balista

Created by RPJ Football

The Regista Ballista is a tactic designed around creating space through interacting runs and giving players positional freedom. This is done in a 4-1-4-1 shape where the DM and RB/LB are also aggressive and push up the field to create balance and help cove...

3-4-3 Columbus Crew

Created by RPJ Football

This is a crazy high-scoring tactic hitting over 100 goals each season. The team itself is very possession-based and requires complementary players that work well in the dressing room as well as it requires loss of trust and communication between teammates...

3-4-2-1 Triple Libero

Created by RPJ Football

This tactic is focused on using a very aggressive defensive line to suffocate the opposition through overloads in their half. The goal is to heavily mark each player and mark them tightly but not dive in and be caught out by a missed tackle. Thus, players ...

4-2-3-1 Diniz

Created by RPJ Football

The first to talk about when you have a tactic like Diniz’s is that there are no such things as set positions. Diniz is a big proponent of relationism. This is about creating fluid structures around the pitch through individual player movement not through ...

4-3-2-1 Christmas Tree

Created by RPJ Football

The festive season is here and there is a red, white, and green tactic that is here to light up this year. The famous Christmas Tree or 4-3-2-1 as is better know is here and here to stay this defensive masterclass of a tactic is build upon having a strong ...

3-4-2-1 Luke WIlliams

Created by RPJ Football

Luke Williams's tactical philosophy focuses on using high-possession football to control the game. He employs a system that uses changes in tempo and lots of on-ball rotations to create space and passing lanes. In Buildup the team looks to play in a 3-4-2-...

3-2-2-1-2 Wide Diamonds Hyper Aggressive

Created by RPJ Football

This tactic is created off a tactic made by Gerbtheking. I have made adjusts to better it in my eyes. The 3 versions created all offer slightly different things with the Hyper Aggressive version being the most different. The main idea of this tactic is to ...

3-2-2-1-2 Wide Diamonds

Created by RPJ Football

This tactic is created off a tactic made by Gerbtheking. I have made adjusts to better it in my eyes. The 3 versions created all offer slightly different things with the Hyper Aggressive version being the most different. The main idea of this tactic is to ...

3-2-2-1-2 Wide Diamonds Direct

Created by RPJ Football

This tactic is created off a tactic made by Gerbtheking. I have made adjusts to better it in my eyes. The 3 versions created all offer slightly different things with the Hyper Aggressive version being the most different. The main idea of this tactic is to ...

4-3-3 Girona

Created by RPJ Football

Girona is a team that has wowed and surprised almost everyone this season in terms of their success in La Liga with the Spanish side flying high in 2nd place as time of recording. What makes them so interesting aside from all the points is their style of p...

4-2-3-1 Thiago Motta

Created by RPJ Football

Motta looks to employ a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 shape based on what setup his opponents use. This change is mainly down to the way he looks to press his opponents. He will use a 4-2-3-1 when up against a back 4 and a 4-3-3 when against back 3s. Though his shape d...

4-3-3 Peter Bosz

Created by RPJ Football

Bosz is a coach who is very willing to adapt. He is happy to change his style to fit his team and get the best out of his players wherever he is. However, he does have a few key rules that he follows regardless of where he is managing. He looks to maximize...

3-4-2-1 Xabi Alonso

Created by RPJ Football

Xabi Alonso has masterminded one of the most incredible sides we have seen in a long time in the Bundesliga. He has created a team that is sitting top of the table and is still undefeated in the league, cup, and continental competitions this year. Somethin...

4-2-3-1 Marti Cifuentes’s QPR

Created by RPJ Football

In Marti Cifuentes's style of play, possession is key. He emphasizes off-ball movement and encourages his players to look for options that keep the ball in possession rather than clearing it. The team always has multiple options in possession, with players...

4-4-2 Sebastian Hoeneß’s Stuttgart

Created by RPJ Football

Hoeneß has very good experience as a manager he was a youth coach at Bayern back in the 19-20 and did so well that he was given the Hoffenheim job. This unfortunately ended in a bit of a disaster as he failed to make it to Europe and was sacked. Now nearly...

4-3-3 Ramón Díaz's Vasco Da Gama

Created by RPJ Football

Vasco primarily uses a 4-1-4-1 or 4-3-3 formation in their gameplay, with the front three players strategically positioned inside the box to receive crosses. The left-back is confident in crossing from wide positions, while the team adopts a compact defens...

4-2-3-1 Mark Robins' Coventry City

Created by RPJ Football

Last season Coventry City missed out on Premier League football by just 1 kick. Fankaty Dabo sent his spot kick into the crowd and Coventry was sent back to the Championship for another season. This meant the loss of many key players including loanees as w...

3-4-3 Gary O'Neil's Wolves

Created by RPJ Football

After last season, Wolves looked dead and buried an already thin squad, that was picked off even more in the summer by Saudi Clubs and a team in clear decline. That was until Bournemouth surprisingly sacked Gary O’Neil at the end of the season leading to W...

3-4-2-1 Evian Counter V2

Created by RPJ Football

The focus of this tactic is to disrupt play by pushing high to force long balls, where our back 7 players can win the first or second balls, leading to counterattacks. We also want the backline to be higher up the pitch and condense the space, making it ha...

3-4-2-1 Evian Counter

Created by RPJ Football

The focus of this tactic is to disrupt play by pushing high to force long balls, where our back 7 players can win the first or second balls, leading to counterattacks. We also want the backline to be higher up the pitch and condense the space, making it ha...

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