Football Manager guide on how to create variations of your tactics and how to rotate them over the course of the season.
Football Manager guide on how to create variations of your tactics and how
to rotate them over the course of the season.
The Basics
Essentially, I still play one tactic but with three variations. I call these variations Attack, Control and Defend, and while there are crucial differences that have very different effects in game, they’re still largely bound by my core philosophy. This means I can adapt to changes without compromising my tactical principles. Also, by keeping your changes relatively simple, your players gain tactical familiarity quicker as they aren’t training three radically different tactics at once.
You can use any of the three variations as your “main” tactic, and the other two for specific situations. For the purposes of this article, I’ll be using my Parma save as an example, where I use my Control variation as my main tactic.
Control
Attack
Defend
Final Thoughts
So there you have it, by using these three variations of one tactic in different matches and situations, I’m able to manage player fatigue and AI understanding of my side far better than in my days as a one tactic wonder. I hope you’ve found this useful and can take some tips on how to add variety to your own tactics.