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[PrematureQuiche]

I'm not sure I will play today. Will just likely play single player as I am so fucking tired. I don't think I can deal with you fuckers today

 

[Fistwell]

STONE ROSES something something MY OASIS

 

[Mr Cola]

im tempted to play more games mang

 

[Fistwell]

I'm around. Sucking balls, but I'm around.

 

[Mr Cola]

im just gonna play some drop ins till more come one, hopefully we can get some games today

 

[Irish]

It's time for the games, mang.

 

[Mr Cola]

think our best chance is when the utd game ends in about an hour or so

 

[iNvid02]

we usually get fucked over with counter attacks

we should hang back and let em push forward and counter ourselves

but our defence is usually playing midfield lol

 

[Irish]

we usually get fucked over with counter attacks

we should hang back and let em push forward and counter ourselves

but our defence is usually playing midfield lol

Only midfield? Not enough passion.

 

[PrematureQuiche]

Is McGoook a gaffer? He is my favourite CB partner but I realised I have not seen him on here haha.

 

[Mr Cola]

i think our bad play the other day scared him off, on that note the two guys who joined us yesterday left the club, they didnt like our playstyle :[

 

[PrematureQuiche]

i think our bad play the other day scared him off, on that note the two guys who joined us yesterday left the club, they didnt like our playstyle :[

dicks. I like having just Gaffers now anyway!

 

[iNvid02]

i think our bad play the other day scared him off, on that note the two guys who joined us yesterday left the club, they didnt like our playstyle :[

whats not to like about 2-5-3

is anyone gonna be on today?

 

[PrematureQuiche]

I am doing an F1 2011 race :lol I may just crash and come play clubs. Really fucking bored.

 

[Mr Cola]

i can be on, not sure how many well get though

 

[iNvid02]

ok be on in 30mins then

 

[PrematureQuiche]

I will be on about then too. I seem to have lost all my friends on Origin :/ Slightly worrying!

 

[Mr Cola]

my pro is ranked 134 in the world

Just saying

Im on now if people want to come and get games on

 

[Mr Cola]

Invites out, looks like we got 5ish

 

[iNvid02]

my best goal, cheers for the pass highfivebro

 

[Iztli]

Nice goal

I really feel like we are attacking much better now

 

[Irish]

Nice goal

I really feel like we are attacking much better now

It's totally because I've been playing a midfielder. Guaranteed.

 

[Broder Salsa]

You can't have a working offense without a good defense they say, it's obviously after I moved in centrally.

 

[Mr Cola]

id kill to play some clubs now, damn weekday with no-one online :[

 

[Irish]

The games, mang, we need to play them.

 

[Mr Cola]

i can come on in 10 mins, not sure how many we get

 

[Mr Cola]

sending out invites to the games mang, lets see who we can scrounge up

 

[Mr Cola]

looks like we got 4-5

 

[Meteorain]

Still at work! Goddamnit wait up! I'll be back by 4!

 

[Fistwell]

Still at the office, wont get online for another cple of hours.
In unrelated news, I've been considering a move to central defense to lend a hand to the team's (and everybody's favorite) midget ginger mascot.
Actually used to play 4 irl. I (sort of) enjoy all the non-rewarding, mind-numbingly repetitive defensive tasks. I also like to tackle people and shit.

 

[Meteorain]

Still at the office, wont get online for another cple of hours.
In unrelated news, I've been considering a move to central defense to lend a hand to the team's (and everybody's favorite) midget ginger mascot.
Actually used to play 4 irl. I (sort of) enjoy all the non-rewarding, mind-numbingly repetitive defensive tasks. I also like to tackle people and shit.

I still think our biggest problem is the hatred for passing backwards, not the actual defence.

We tend to all move up because we don't pass back to try and create space and then we try and get a shot off whilst they crowd us. Which in turn gets the ball lobbed all the way behind most of our players to concede to a dumb counter attack

 

[Fistwell]

I still think our biggest problem is the hatred for passing backwards, not the actual defence.

Absolutely. It is also the case in 110% of public games. We barely ever look for support backfield when no good solution is available upwards. I think it's natural (we wants to score them goals mang). I also think (hope?) we'll grow out of it? I'm doing it myself, throwing ill-advised lobbed through-balls more often than I should. I'm trying to value possession a little bit more. It's always a trade-off between risk-taking and possession. Right now our balance is shit out of whack (but so is most teams').

Edit: Also, we have E. Jollow on our team, so what the fuck did you expect??!

Edit2: Another issue is midfield placement, which you hinted at as well. MFs tend to be more present in attack than defense. I've consciously tried to help the defense. Playing side MF in 3-4-3, I often end up playing almost as a full back on my side. Unfortunately, I end up running back and forth a lot, burning stamina, pulling muscles, etc.

Biggest issue is quiche though, obviously.

 

[Mr Cola]

3-0 win, epic

 

[Mr Cola]

miss promotion by one point because of a game where we had 20 clear chances, man that was so close

 

[Fistwell]

miss promotion by one point because of a game where we had 20 clear chances, man that was so close

Where we at, 8?

 

[Mr Cola]

Where we at, 8?

7

 

[PrematureQuiche]

Also, we have E. Jollow on our team, so what the fuck did you expect??!

Hey, Fuck You! Deep down you all know I am the best!

Also will come on after I go get some lunch/dinner.

 

[Mr Cola]

Im gonna do another op update tomorrow, Highfive gonna be well up there in scorers after today :O

Ill also be on in about a half hour till late for da games mang, we played so well today :O

 

[Facism]

gonna grab this at the weekend and get my Gokhan Gonul on for the pro team.

 

[Mr Cola]

games on no wmang!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mr Cola]

PROMOTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gimme some of that div6

 

[Broder Salsa]

There was a popular demand for more dancing gifs I heard?

 

[Broder Salsa]

Look at this fucking goal right here

 

[Meteorain]

Look at this fucking goal right here

Look at that guy, what an assist!

 

[Facism]

There was a popular demand for more dancing gifs I heard?

the guy who seal dives on the right makes this gif.

 

[PrematureQuiche]

Guys, I made a steam group so we can start typing in games using the steam overlay so people without a mic can communicate.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/fifagaf

I took a lot of time to make this so I would appreciate if you join

 

[qindarka]

Absolutely. It is also the case in 110% of public games. We barely ever look for support backfield when no good solution is available upwards. I think it's natural (we wants to score them goals mang). I also think (hope?) we'll grow out of it? I'm doing it myself, throwing ill-advised lobbed through-balls more often than I should. I'm trying to value possession a little bit more. It's always a trade-off between risk-taking and possession. Right now our balance is shit out of whack (but so is most teams').

Edit: Also, we have E. Jollow on our team, so what the fuck did you expect??!

Edit2: Another issue is midfield placement, which you hinted at as well. MFs tend to be more present in attack than defense. I've consciously tried to help the defense. Playing side MF in 3-4-3, I often end up playing almost as a full back on my side. Unfortunately, I end up running back and forth a lot, burning stamina, pulling muscles, etc.

Biggest issue is quiche though, obviously.

I blame FIFA for constantly designating the wide men in a 3 man defence as wide midfielder, giving the impression that they perform the same roles as actual wide midfielders or wingers in a standard 4 man formation. In a 3 man defence, the wide men are wingbacks who are more of advanced fullbacks rather than wingers, and so must perform much of the defensive work normally performed by fullbacks, though being given more license to bomb forward as well. This isn't helped by the fact that relatively few teams, especially in the Premier League, use 3 man defences, Wigan being the exception.

And yeah, I think our central midfielders, especially in our kamikaze 3-4-3 need to stay back a lot more, both to provide an attacking outlet by being able to pass backwards and to provide defensive cover. When I play though, my problem is that I stay too far back, often positioning myself back to the CBs and letting our midfield get overrun. Also doesn't help that my tackling is dogshit.

I think part of this comes down to lag when playing online which makes it a bit harder to mantain posession and so we favor taking shots on or pumping the ball forward quickly. We tend to bypass our central midfield completely, immediately distributing the ball to our wide men.

 

[aj2good4you2]

the guy who seal dives on the right makes this gif.

my signature celebration!

 

[Fistwell]

Man, defense is tricky. It's difficult to find the right balance between containing, pressing, covering, lining up for offsides, etc.

It's easy to fuck up too. As in, mash A to get header, miss header, teammate gets the ball, tries to pass it to me in a terrible position cause I've queued up a dozen A presses, opponent easily intercepts, scores. OUPS!

The one on one duels are pretty thrilling though (well the ones that are won anyways).

 

[Broder Salsa]

And yeah, I think our central midfielders, especially in our kamikaze 3-4-3 need to stay back a lot more, both to provide an attacking outlet by being able to pass backwards and to provide defensive cover. When I play though, my problem is that I stay too far back, often positioning myself back to the CBs and letting our midfield get overrun. Also doesn't help that my tackling is dogshit.

With 3-4-3 we really need the wingers to come back, cause going out to get the opponents wingers is just suicide for a CB as it leaves so much space.