Godfather said:
Just bought this game again.
I remember why I sold it in the first place! I'm so bad at it but I don't know why!
What formation is generally regarded as the best?
I'm city after 8 games and won 1 drwn 1 and lost 6!
It's no fun when you're shit.
Your formation has to match your squad strengths, no point playing 4-4-2 if you only have 2 crap wingers or 4-2-3-1 if you have no decent DMs. You can even invent your own, if you have a great winger but on the other side a midfielder set it up so the winger is AMR but the other side is ML, you don't have to use a standard formation.
You need to use the tactics creator (on the first day) to set up an attacking, standard and defensive tactic - don't forget to use the Match Preparation screen to let you players learn those tactics (also on the first day). If you want you can have 3 versions of 4-4-2 but use the players instructions to make it attacking, standard or defensive - e.g. set FBs to stay back and cross from deep in defensive, have them bomb forward and cross from bye-line in attacking etc.
Set up specific training routines and save them - export them so you can re-use
them if you start as another team. I have about 10, target man, striker, Atk Mid, Mid, DM, CB passer, CB defender, FB, Goalie plus another 8 or so for youth. Pain in the arse to set up the first time but if you export them you can re-use them on any new game - same with tactics.
