I'm not abandoning my main dynasty, but I want to make a thread for this little side project. I'm reading (about 2/3rds finished) Inverting the Pyramid, and as each chapter goes by I keep dying to try the formations/tactics out in FM. I obviously don't want to dick around with random grab bag strategy on my main save, so I'm starting an "FM Classic" save featuring Manchester City. FM classic is just streamlined so I don't have to deal with much other than games/tacics and Manchester City because I'm now a super fan and they have a good roster featuring a variety of types of players and plenty of money to buy other specialists as well.
I'm not exactly sure how I'll go through all of this, or how long I'll spend trying to recreate each formation... but I plan on making it interactive for those who've read the book or understand the historic formations/tactics to add their input as well. I'll post my take on the formation style and you can tell me what you think or make suggestions.
Due to limitations creating a time with different offside rules, I think I considered starting with the first "modern" formation after the change of the offside rule in 1925, the W-M... But I'm interested to see the 2-3-5, so I'll start there even with the obvious offside disadvantages. I'll see if I can use an extremely high line to get it to work, even with the offside rule disadvantage that necessitated evolution of a 3rd back. If you are interested in seeing some even more archaic high line 1-2-7 formation, just let me know and I'll see if I can get it to work, but it might be too much.
I'm not exactly sure how I'll go through all of this, or how long I'll spend trying to recreate each formation... but I plan on making it interactive for those who've read the book or understand the historic formations/tactics to add their input as well. I'll post my take on the formation style and you can tell me what you think or make suggestions.
Due to limitations creating a time with different offside rules, I think I considered starting with the first "modern" formation after the change of the offside rule in 1925, the W-M... But I'm interested to see the 2-3-5, so I'll start there even with the obvious offside disadvantages. I'll see if I can use an extremely high line to get it to work, even with the offside rule disadvantage that necessitated evolution of a 3rd back. If you are interested in seeing some even more archaic high line 1-2-7 formation, just let me know and I'll see if I can get it to work, but it might be too much.
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