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City retreat leicester11/30/2022 ![]() Possession stats don't lie, our ~35% possession a game = a lot of defending. #CITY RETREAT LEICESTER FULL#A lot of MOTD viewers are naturally falling in love with our attacking flair on the counter, but watching full games (I cannot believe it took a move to the USA to be able to watch every single Premier League game live!) we spend a LOT of time parked outside our own 18 yard box defending. The biggest difference I see is that we currently play Defensive in FM terms. ST - Okazaki - DF/d or SS/a (with OI to man mark the DM or more defensive of the MCs - to simulate him dropping deep out of possession) LM - Albrighton - WM/s or WM/d (cuts inside PI, hit crosses early to far post - one of the key routes is Albrighton to Mahrez) (with OI to man mark the fullback / wingback when defending) RM - Mahrez - WM/a or WP/a (with OI to man mark the fullback / wingback when defending)ĬM - Kante - BBM/s or BWM/d (for both CMs the triggering of a counter should suffice for bombing forward) (note, none of the Limited roles are a view of their skill - purely a get it out of the danger area without hassle, and if we clear long then Vardy might make something of it - Hold Position PI where possible) Though we tend to change to "counter" after we go one goal up. Overload is getting the ball forward as quickly as possible and throwing bodies forward when in possession regardless of the opposition. Counter is more getting the ball forward as quickly as possible attacking opponents but being prepared to be more patient and wait for the opportunity against more defensive opponents. I'd also say the way we play is much more "overload" than "counter" in FM terms, at least from the start of games. I don't think there's really a role that Mahrez does in the game, "wide playmaker" is the closest, but Mahrez is also allowed to shoot a lot more than that.Īlso Simpson is a defensive full-back at right-back, wheras Fuchs is allowed to go forward more (though probably more automatic than attack), because Simpson stays back to cover the extra space Mahrez leaves, whereas Albrighton will often drop back if Fuchs goes forward. ![]() We definitely play 4-4-2 rather than 4-3-2-1 with Albrighton playing as a "defensive winger" and Okazaki playing as a "defensive forward" allowing Mahrez to join the attack from the right wing. ![]()
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