mccollio09
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Just concerning tactics I had been working on for a while with Stoke. A few seasons in now but basically like in real life, still relying largely on my best players who are on the wings. Just finished sixth so not exactly struggling but to be honest by the time I'm in a third season, I am used to doing much better.
So it got me really thinking about how I can improve my home tactics. I originally thought that having the widest pitch size possible would help my wingers to have more space to run into but to be quite honest, the goals from crosses ratio ain't great.
I'm considering changing my formation to have the narrowest pitch size possible, thinking that a smaller pitch would mean less distance to cross the ball and therefore, hopefully better and more accurate crossing. I also figured that if there is no space in the middle of the park, the ball would naturally be pushed out to the wings.
The main thing that changed my way of thinking was watching the Stoke vs Spurs game - it was totally evident that they had spray painted their pitch to a much smaller size very recently and despite the dodgey reffing, one player that definitely benefitted was Etherington.
So what is the right theory then on this? Was my original way of thinking of having a large pitch correct, or is in fact a compact pitch much better for wingers?
So it got me really thinking about how I can improve my home tactics. I originally thought that having the widest pitch size possible would help my wingers to have more space to run into but to be quite honest, the goals from crosses ratio ain't great.
I'm considering changing my formation to have the narrowest pitch size possible, thinking that a smaller pitch would mean less distance to cross the ball and therefore, hopefully better and more accurate crossing. I also figured that if there is no space in the middle of the park, the ball would naturally be pushed out to the wings.
The main thing that changed my way of thinking was watching the Stoke vs Spurs game - it was totally evident that they had spray painted their pitch to a much smaller size very recently and despite the dodgey reffing, one player that definitely benefitted was Etherington.
So what is the right theory then on this? Was my original way of thinking of having a large pitch correct, or is in fact a compact pitch much better for wingers?