In order to reduce our frustration levels and improve tactically as a team, I'm proposing that we debate one MDM-related issue each day. We're off to an easy start this Monday. Don't hesitate to send me your questions by PM. I'll publish them as I go along.

Question 1: how do you create a full-axis opportunity?
You've got 24 hours!😉

Idea is double or slightly more in axis
Example 50 def central vs 100 / 120
Or atd / atg axis attack + an atc 50 vs 80/100
But it's not an exact science

For me, it depends on the opponents.
3 mdc or if he's strong on the flanks midfield 1 or 2 mdc + 2 mdd/g

Who do you think will score?
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Logically white but if you ask the question is it red? 😁

There has to be a certain amount of surprise 😁

My Akram, maybe the goal came from the left. We know that the news is on every minute but the action may have started 2 or 3 minutes later if you know what I mean

More success lol
I was told about one thing that I didn't think was stupid, and that was that maybe the mdm chooses one news item from a number of news items (in 5 minute segments), and this part of the chance for some people could come from that?
I agree that the randomness is too high, that's for sure, but analysing the flaws in the mdm is complicated but interesting at the same time

Just because red is 50/50/100 in the middle (for simplicity's sake) doesn't mean that his attacks are going to be on the left 100% of the time.

It's perfectly possible to imagine that this will be the case 50% of the time and 25% in the middle and as much on the right. Even though it's probably a bit more complex, the explanation is still rational.

Question 2:
When should tactical changes be made (substitutions, instructions, styles, etc.)? At the start of the match, at half-time, in the 60th minute....?
Have a great day!

Replacing them around 60 to 70 em
Tactical change in maths class I don't do too much any more because the mdd doesn't really follow all Change.
So in a match I'm not too active.
Changing sides to attack ect....
As far as I'm concerned, the game hasn't been as fluid for quite some time now

Şansa göre değişir üstün olduğunuz taraf ve taktikleri erkenden ele alın. Bazen anında etki eder. En az 15 dk adapte olma süresi olabilir.
Eskiden taktik değişiklikleri etki etmiyordu. Bazen çevrim dışı oyuncuları koruyor oyun. Şans.

It all depends on the opponent and his tactical level. Knowing how to adapt to your opponent is important

I do most of adaptation before the match (mostly in terms of formation). Even though most of the players can play in different lines and sides, I rarely utilize that versatility during the match.

As my players have decent endurance, I tend to make subs after 65, 70 or later, first to come off are usually those whose endurance is less than 30.

I don't change tactical setup, it's always high pressing (normal), attack on wings (weak), fluid defence, but if I want to attack through the middle I'd change SAL and SAR both to SAC, or I might do subs earlier and change one forward for midfielder and play with two SACs.

I almost never change style (always short passing), only if I might get a bigger bonus, but that happens almost never (well, it happened once this season, after subs, I changed to creative play in the second half in one goalless cup game).

The most common change I do is individual instruction of central defenders from participate in buildup to normal if the opposition has really high bonus in passing or plays direct. Actually with my style, I'd probably be better off always playing them on normal instruction (> +20 difference in bonus outweighs difference in overall rating), but I don't really want to.

And when your match starts 30 seconds late, do you make your changes at 4min 30s, 5min 30s...?

Eğer kondisyonu yoksa hemen değişiklik yapmak lazım.
İlk dakikalarda bile önemli

Question 3: How do you interpret possession? Is it important to control it in terms of how MDM works?

Question 4: How does fluid defence work?

No idea: I used it all season and didn't see any adjustments when my opponents varied their attacks.

Logically, it should follow the opposing attack
Personally never used

I did the test during the match yesterday and it didn't change a thing... Other opinions

There might be a bug. I'll let Aymeric know so he can have a look.

Let's say that it's not statistically visible, but it can't have been buggy since it was introduced and then be realised 2 years later... and talk about the growth of the game at the same time.
I don't mind Aymeric saying that VF is just a pastime, but it would be great if people realised that there was a bug with the instructions.

Try it out in a friendly and you'll see that it 'smoothes' your defensive stats.

I'm curious to read the answers, because I've never understood from the statistics how it could work.

I tested it on my match of the day ... saw no difference

I also think it's completely buggy.
It never works when I try. And very few people know how it really works.
Maybe it only works if you choose it at the start?

In any case, the few times it's worked against me (AFK opponent), it's been formidable. It automatically covered the areas where I sent the mash. It was very interesting.
But impossible for me to reproduce.

Oh, and it's supposed to take more physical effort, like pressing (according to Aymeric45 during the audio). Not very obvious there either...

It takes a significant portion of the stats on the side you're blocking and redistributes them to the other two.

I can't say if it's buggy, I haven't used it for a while. And I'm not going to test it on my evening match ^^

I'm using it now and nothing special is happening.
My opponent switches sides but my defence (the stats) doesn't follow.