FIFA Thought Process

I'm a heavy FIFA player. I play in increments: days and weeks, usually months too without pause. Then just as I begin to get frustrated and tired with the game, I leave it, go untouched for weeks, maybe months, just to keep the fire burning. The process repeats itself until the next edition of FIFA is released. Just for kicks, I thought it would be fun to attempt to explain my though process as a coach in the game with how I form the structure of my team. Here we go.

Formation

At its core (besides having a really good time with a team that is made of expensive but top notch players), FIFA is all about having the right formation that works for you. Regardless of the players on a team, everyone plays different and has a different view of how the team is built and should play. The most common formation is the Four-Four-Two: four defenders; two defensive midfielders; a right and left midfielder; a center forward (they stand behind the striker and work as a link between the midfield and the striker); a striker. Most coaches have small variations of this and almost every major team plays with it: Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona (this is a kinda because they have a tendency to also play without forwards), AC Milan and the list continues. The reason why this is a popular formation is because it is heavy defensive minded. At any point in time, you can defend with six to eight players.

Me, I don't play those kind of games, I run what my best friend Gio calls "my funky formation." It's the goalkeeper; four defenders; a center defensive midfielder; a central attacking midfielder and left and right wingers; and finally two strikers. This is what it looks like:

The way I think it works is that the formation allows me to always defend with five players and always attack with five players. Lethal, but defensive minded. Sadly it never works against other people. Because I usually play FIFA by myself 95% of the time, my formation is built upon four years on minor modifications in creating the appropriate team in career mode that can fully exploit my formation. It works great against the computer and I usually have no problem being dangerous in the box,

Proof

 but when I get together and play FIFA with friends, I'm a total joke (except Ed cause he's just terrible). But anyways, that's my two cents.