A 100% win record and lots of goals scored. See the league table below, after the first 10 matches. I wanted to have a look at the tactic in a top team in another country to check it’s performance.
The stats above show just how well the players performed in the tactic and pretty much self explanatory. We did concede quite a few but at the end of the day, its the results that matter, 30 wins from 38 games is a great achievement.
A total of 128 goals scored is fantastic. He missed a few games due to the African cup of nations and injury.Ī fantastic season for the Hammers, winning the title with 93 points. Sakho scored 39 goals from 31 games in this role. ST – advanced forward (attack) – a goalscoring machine, put your best finisher here, ideally he will have reasonable pace and off the ball movement as well. ST – deep lying forward (support) – these two players will drop into midfield, pick up the ball and look to play in the other strikers or wide midfielders. They are out wide on their own so should also have high levels of work rate and team work. RM/LM – wide midfielder (attack) – lots of goals and assists from these two players, the ability to score and create is important. Important attributes are tackling, positioning and work rate.ĬM – central midfielder (support) – Gets up and down the pitch contributing to defence and attack, must have a good engine ability to run all game. GK – goalkeeper (defend) – standard goalkeeperĬD – central defender (defend) – typical central defenders as ever, tackling, positioning, strength and heading are key attributes, I suggest playing your centre back with the most pace in the centre as he may be best placed to make recovery tackles and will have the pace to get there.ĭM – ball wining midfielder (defend) – This guy will stay deep when attacking, a very important player in the team who has a lot of work to do defensively. The rest of the team instructions are self explanatory. I feel this is mainly due to the control mentality and team instructions to work the ball into box and play out of defence which also creates fantastic football to watch with many goals coming from great passing moves. Generally this tactic dominates possession, we had the highest average possession in the league (55%). This was maintained for all matches including home, away and tough opposition. The magical 3-1-3-3 uses a control mentality and fluid team shape. Then we have the front three who cause pure devastation in the opposition defence. Then we have the three midfielders, two wide midfielders and one central midfielder. All three contribute a lot going forward both in terms of assists and goals. These four players generally remain in defensive positions when attacking. The back three central defenders are protected by the ball wining midfielder. The tactic as stated already is in the shape of 3-1-3-3. Many of the goals were scored from brilliant attacking play making it a pleasure to watch the magical 3-1-3-3 in action. Testing has been carried out with West Ham and the Premier League was won in the first season scoring a staggering 128 goals along the way.
If you have been trying to master three at the back, this is the tactic for you.
Welcome to my latest tactic in the series.