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2011 Barcelona in FMH!


DeanoWHUFC
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I recently created a Barcelona like tactic for Football Manager. I am back and doing it again, this time for Football Manager Handheld!

Who better to test with then Barcelona themselves but we shall get to that a little later. Firstly lets take a look at the shape.

Barca.png

Thank you Ross for the pitch and player psd, allowing me to create the tactic for show.

I went for this shape purely because of the way Barcelona channel most of their attacks down the right. Alves (DMR) Xavi (MCR) and Messi (FCR) are the focal point of all Barcelona forward moves. Maxwell (DL) Is allowed freedom of the left flank with Iniesta (MCL) and Pedro (AML) coming more central giving us the very lopsided way Barcelona play.

Team Instructions:

Mentality: Balanced

Passing: Short

Tackling: Normal

Pressing: Yes

Offside Trap: Yes

Counter Attack: No

Men Behind Ball: No

Playmaker: Xavi Messi (or players in their position)

Player Instructions:

Passing: All Short except MCR Mixed

Tackling: All Team

Pressing: All Team

Pass To: All R/L/C

Set Pieces: Default

Free Role: All No except FCR Yes

Forward Runs: DL, DMR, AML, FC, MCL and FCR Yes the rest no

Run With Ball: AML and MCL Yes the rest No

Hold Up Ball: FC, DMC and MCR Yes, the rest No

Long Shots: All No

Though Balls: FC, DC, DC, GK No, the rest Yes

Cross Ball: DL, DMR, AML and FCR Yes, The rest No

Marking: GK None. DL, DMR, MCL, AML, FC and FCR Zonal. DC, DC, DMC and MCR Man.

So I have my shape and instructions in place, now to testing.

I set up like Barcelona do in real life.

GK - Valdes

DL - Maxwell

DCR - Puyol

DCL - Pique

DMR - Alves

DMC - Mascherano

MCL - Iniesta

MCR - Xavi

AML - Pedro

FC - Villa

FCR - Messi

And the results from the 15 games are as follows:

(A) 0-0 Sevilla

(H) 1-0 Sevilla

(A) 1-0 Osasuna

(H) 5-1 Hercules

(H) 2-0 Marseille

(A) 1-1 Deportivo

(H) 4-1 Malaga

(A) 2-1 Racing

(A) 2-0 Debrecen

(H) 1-0 Villareal

(A) 1-0 Almeria

(H) 3-0 Rubin

(H) 3-0 Mallorca

(A) 2-0 Sevilla

(A) 2-0 Sporting

I have only tested this with Barcelona, so there is no saying it will work as effectively with smaller clubs. Please feel free to try it for yourself, I would love to hear how it works for you.

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Very nice formation may try it out eventually

However, I was partially doing my own version and I found their tactic is more

GK

DC DC

DMR DMC DML

MC MC

AML AMR

FC

But still if your one works I wont complain :lol:

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Very nice formation may try it out eventually

However, I was partially doing my own version and I found their tactic is more

GK

DC DC

DMR DMC DML

MC MC

AML AMR

FC

But still if your one works I wont complain :lol:

I was thinking about your shape myself, but the more advanced Alves compared to Maxwell lead to me not thinking they started off as even. Barcelona focus most of their attacks down the right, who wouldn't with Messi, Xavi and Alves down there. I am looking for the heat map, but the whole formation is very right side favouritised, the left flank is rarely used.

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I did but I noticed both were much further forward at the Nou Camp than Emirates

However because of the home game and the make shift defence I can see how your tactic works with Abidal as the left back rather than Maxwell

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I did but I noticed both were much further forward at the Nou Camp than Emirates

However because of the home game and the make shift defence I can see how your tactic works with Abidal as the left back rather than Maxwell

Would love to see your take on it, after all football is all about opinions. By no means am I saying mine could not be improved. :)

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Looks like somebody beat me to it...

but mine is iPhone...Great stats now, villa scoring 2 hat-tricks plus 1 goal in 4 games...

BTW, Barce fan here~Pedro plays on the right...probably becaus Messi is a lefty

I'm just disappointed I can't use 443 or 41212 just because barce play wider...

Also testing it on Dortmund

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Looks like somebody beat me to it...

but mine is iPhone...Great stats now, villa scoring 2 hat-tricks plus 1 goal in 4 games...

BTW, Barce fan here~Pedro plays on the right...probably becaus Messi is a lefty

I'm just disappointed I can't use 443 or 41212 just because barce play wider...

Also testing it on Dortmund

Messi started against Arsenal on the right side of the 3, this is how he caused so much damage cutting in. Infact he played most of the game cutting in from the right,as he does most games. That being said he drifts around the final third so much it can be argued he plays all three of the positions at some point in each match!

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...so much it can be argued he plays all three of the positions at some point in each match!

which is practically impossible to recreate in FMH...

oh well, the fact that weidenfeller starts really bad on every save gives me headaches...

After checking out heat maps of different matches(including the 5-0 win vs Real), I do believe they do play pretty freely...

Although Villa does stay more on the left and Pedro on the right...

What can I say? He practically acts something like a AM RLC, moving freely in the opposite half...

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Nice one Hammy, love to see real life tactics on FMH.

Only problem is Barca aren't scoring a lot on your game, where as they win 5-0 often.

The goals did come more freely after the 15 games, 130 goals in all competitions by the 30th league game.

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