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Football Manager 2014 Attacking Tactic Cobra 3-6-1 - A Great FM14 Tactic
Thursday, January 09, 2014
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The formation is called 3-6-1, but technically it's a 3-1-4-1-1. It's an unusual but interesting shape, taking bits and pieces of
different tactical systems. Apart from the 3 man defence, the most striking feature (and perhaps the most important) is the
diamond shaping up in the middle. Diamond formations are often used (Fatih Terim's Galatasaray) to dominate the midfield
area, and restrict space for the opposition. Natural passing triangles are created and the restricted space makes it hard for
opposition to pass through the midfield area. The negative part of the system, is the natural lack of width, where the fullbacks
are expected to venture forward in order to provide it. This gives away loads of space on the flanks to be exploited by the
opposition.
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In order to balance that, the width in the tactic is created by two wingers positioned much higher up the pitch than fullbacks
(Fatih Terim's diamond) or wingbacks (Conte's 3-5-2), that will rely on their work rate and stamina to run up and down the
pitch, tracking back opposing wide players. Because you have 3 central defenders, the exposed flank is covered in a much
better way, the defensive midfielder in the diamond providing extra protection for the middle central back.
In defence, the wingers will man-mark opposing wingers, harassing them and forcing them into mistakes. In attack, they will
offer additional passing options for the midfielders, upset opposition with direct runs and cross the ball into the box.
When in possession, the team will push higher up, the wingers will provide wide passing options, in order to stretch the
opposition. Because of the diamond midfield, most of the opposition will be concentrated on dealing with it and restrict the
midfielders space, the wingers will be left with acres of space on the wing.
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Your attacking midfielder and striker will constantly drift around, making them difficult to mark. They will make themselves
available for passes, and exchange quick one-twos with each other to either open up space for an on-rushing central
midfielder or themselves.
While your team is attacking, your central defenders will patiently sit back, and intercept any cleared balls. Because you will
have around 6-7 players around the opposition box, the space will be so restricted that the opposition will be forced into a
long-ball clearance your central defenders are happy to intercept, thus making your team the attacking side again.
In defence, the wingers will drop back to cover the flanks, nullifying the opposing wingers. With the added 3 central defenders,
this will somewhat resemble a catenaccio style defence, with 5 defenders in line (2 central backs on tight marking, the 3rd
offering support where needed). In addition the 3 midfielders in the centre of the park, will drop in front of the defence, making
it extremly difficult to pass through the middle, often forcing the frustrated opposition into a hopeful long shot.
To conclude this tactic brought me huge success in FM13, and works equally well in Football Manager 2014 (as it is a
successful system not a single tactic). I've had great results with the teams i've played with, dominating the opposition with
20+ shots per game, whereas the other teams had often less than 7 (most off target). This will of course differ and depend on
the qualty of your own team. In general, we are happy to sit back and let the oppostition shoot from distance from lack of other
options. They will in place receive quick and lethal attacks. I don't like tiki-taka, I like heavy metal:) Once this attacking tactic
gets 100% fluid, you will see great runs from the central midfielders, beautiful pass exchanges in the diamond and solid
defending.
Cob ra 3-6-1 works even with players without any skills!
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Central Defenders The 3 central defenders(2 on defend, one on cover in the middle) will clear any long balls, and through
balls behind the defence. As such, they should all be aerially dominant, and the one in the middle should be quick(or at least
the quickest of the three). Normally, for the covering the defender I try to get at least 11 acceleration, but the more the better. In
the right-hand spot I put my best heading defender for set pieces.
Defensive Midfielder He will protect the defensive line, offer support for the wingers and generally win the ball back,
intercept passes and man mark any AMC to exclude him from the play. He will also fullfill some playmaking responsibilities,
so the type of player you should look for is a deep-lying playmaker, with more epmhasis on defensive attributes. He should be
able to pass the ball, as well as having good ratings for decisions, work rate, stamina, tackling, marking and determination. If
he can in addition offer a physical presence it's a good bonus.
Central Midfielders The box-to-box pair in the middle of the park is very important for the tactic to work. They run alot(up to
15km per game), and contribute to all phases of play. Stamina, work rate and teamwork is essential. In addition they should
possess all the important techincal attributes to both attack, create and defend. Prime examples of such players can be Joao
Moutinho, Jack Wilshere, Sami Khedira or Ilkay Gundogan. You can go with two equal midfielders, you can combine a more
offensive one with a more defensive one too. It's up to you and maybe the strenght of your opposition. They will get lots of shot
addition they will contribute with goals. They require work rate, stamina(can run up to 15km per game), decisions and
crossing. In addition they will benefit from acceleration, pace, dribbling(although not hugely important, as you can teach them
to knock the ball past their opponents) and passing. In terms of the attributes they recquire defensively, it's good if they have
decent tackling and marking(11 will do). However, I find that even regular wingers with poor defensive attributes can easily
make up for it with work rate, as they will just harass the opposing winger into a mistake.
Attacking Midfielder This is the player that will link the play, and if the central midfielders are the lungs, he should be
considered the brain of this tactical system. The advanced playmaker will run around to find space, make himself available for
passes and pass the ball on to other players, as well as supporting through balls for onrushing central midfielders, wingers
or the striker. You want a creative player with good decisions, dribbling, passing, work rate and teamwork. He will also score
some goals so finishing is a nice bonus.
Striker The goalscorer. Drifting around, exchanging one-twos with other players and getting on the end of team-moves. He
will pounce on through balls, finish crosses and sometimes create the goal himself. He will also take part in the build up, not
only sitting in the box. Composure, finishing and off the ball is important, but the more complete the striker is the better for your
team.
In terms of team training I have the match preparation on 50% until the tactic is fully fluid. Other than that I have:
In pre-season: Fitness Very High, Match Prep Tactics only 50% (if it's fully fluid put Attacking Movement), no rest before or
after match
In season: Balanced High, Match Prep Def. set pieces 30%(although adjust it accordingly, depending on where you see
any problems with your play), rest after match
The last opposition instrucion you will have to do, and that is very important for the tactic to work is to apply specific marking
before every game. Always instruct your wingers to specifically man-mark opposition opposing wingers(or
wingbacks/fullbacks if you encounter a wingless formation). In addition, if your opponent plays one AMC you should instruct
your DM to specifically man mark him.
Pay attention to formation changes! If your opponent suddenly withdraws his wingers or AMC, and you dont alter your specific
marking, your players will be marking completely wrong areas of the pitch and unbalance the formation (the change should
include changing opposition instructions, if they go from ML/MR to AML/AMR the tight marking instruction will have to be
reapplied).
The records from the AFC Wimbledon save is where I play with our very own Football Manager Challenge Talent Factory. Here,
no ingoing transfers are allowed. You will need to rely solely on youth development and what the annual youth intake brings
you in order to hunt for success. A promotion here will be far more difficult but possibly more enjoyable than buying all the best
wonderkids of Football Manager 2014.
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I hope you enjoy my first Football Manager 2014 Attacking Tactic, and have as much success with it as I've had.
Feel free to give me feedback or ask questions in the comment section below.
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2 months ago
After the Update, I was a bit concerned, that it was to offensive. But after my promotion til
Regionalliga-Nord with TSV Uetersen, the team was going to meet HSV i the 1. round of the
DFB-Pokal. A early red card til HSV may also have being a good thing for my team, winning 42, with this 3-6-1 tactic. There is 3 divisions between HSV and TSV Uetersen.
http://gyazo.com/e8c08ce009e2d...
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Daniel Hubner
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a day ago
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RIs hat os
19 days ago
Nice tacktic I have won Real Madrid with Rubin Kazan in Euro league
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briben
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a month ago
I just came here to say THANK YOU. This is not my starting tactic, as I play with a team
weaker than lots of my league, but whenever I need to score a goal, I put this tactic, and it's
been working perfectly! I did the same with the 14.1.3 version, but I think that in this patch it's
working even better. 1st year I use a tactic from this site, but you won an admiror :D Keep up
the great work!
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Daniel Hubner
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thanks alot, i'm glad it's working for you! this should work with weaker teams. notice the
screenshots of my AFC Wimbledon save. Promotion 1st season(predicted 15th i think)
then 11th place in League 1(predicted 24th) without any transfers, so i would definetly
say it will work. you will not have alot of possession but the opposition will just have it
without any meaning to it and you'll launch quick attacks. I even beat Bolton away as i
recall in the Capitol one Cup. They are a championship team and i'm the default league
2 side. in the next round i put up a good fight against stoke, eventually losing 2-1 away
from home but i'd say is a good result regardless
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briben
yeah, but the thing is, I'm not really into using only 3 defenders unless I
aboslutely need to score, that's the reason. And I like to start with tactics that I
make, only if it doesn't work I have to change xD
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a month ago
What if the opponent plays AMCR and AMCL? Do I also put Tight Marking Always on them too?
and also do I instruct my MCs to man-mark the said two positions.. btw, your tactic is the best
I've tried out so far. Thanks.
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Daniel Hubner
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just put tight marking on AMCR and AMCL in opposition instructions. no, don't put
specific marking on them, just OI
glad the tactic is working for you :)
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2 months ago
Thanks! Im playing with a Small team from Argentina called Belgrano, and its really hard to
make a winning team with such a small budget. I Always love playing with 3 defenders, and
this tactic make my team a Killing machine! So Thank you!!!
By the way, do you have some good 3 defenders counter tactic? Im not used to the new shout
system yet to make a good one on my own.
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Daniel Hubner
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its good to hear its working for you. im currently working on some tweaks to the tactic
to make it more aggressive. i also tweak a counter-attacking version of it to hold onto
leads etc
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Are you saying just change the Mentality setting from Attacking to CounterAttacking or do you recommend creating a whole new tactic for shutting up
shop? And when closing out a match, do you recommend toning down the hard
tackling?
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Daniel Hubner
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Rafaela E B runo
2 months ago
Thank you! I won the Bundesliga with Bayern 3 times in a row with this tactic in FM13. Can't
wait to use it on FM14!
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Daniel Hubner
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K us o
a month ago
Are you working on an update for 14.2? Thanks I love this tactic.
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Daniel Hubner
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it's out. sorry for the late comment we had some problems with disqus
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A nony mous
a month ago
Using this tactic for 14.1.4, finding great success so far.Really love the pass into space plays
being done by my team.Please release an update if you have one, I would love to try it.
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Daniel Hubner
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update is out. sorry for the late answer but we had some issues with disqus
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Rafaela E B runo
a month ago
Hey man, thanks for the 14.1.4 update! Just one doubt: when you say "DCL - show onto right
foot DCR - show onto left foot" you mean the Central Defenders correct? Not the Fullbacks
(DR/DL)?
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Daniel Hubner
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Tobi Hans s on
a month ago
my strikers constantly get bad ratings, if they dont score.. always like 6.4 or 6.5. what can i do?
i play with newcastle and have papiss ciss as poaching striker
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Daniel Hubner
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if they don't score they don't score :P look at his PPMs, if he gets any assists and is
your tactic fluid? if he performs badly tell him, and if he still does replace him with
another striker
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Tobi Hans s on
he has all the right ppm's (place shots, plays one-twos, move into channels ...)
it's my 2nd season and tactic is fluid. in the first one he scored 18 times in the
league and i was doing really well overall, but in the second season i'm really
struggling to win games :/ maybe the 14.1.4 update will help?
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Daniel Hubner
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oh you haven't downloaded the 14.1.4 version of the tactic :P ? it's been
out for a few days now. re-read the article as there are new OI to use
and re-download the file
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Daniel Hubner
Mod
a month ago
14.1.4 tweak is live! Make sure to re-download and re-read the article for full details as there is
some new stuff to know
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Dimas Ramadhani
a month ago
when will you release your 4-2-3-1 (3 attacking midfielder at middle up) tactic mate? it works
very well in my FM13, great at possession (60-70% /match) and great at goalscoring too. i
hope you release that wonderful 4-2-3-1 for FM14.
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Daniel Hubner
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it's the other admins tactic, i'm not a tiki-taka fan:P he's working on it and will release it
if he feels it's ready
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briben
2 months ago
briben
Daniel Hubner
Mod
More hours put into tweaking, as i got so annoyed i just "had to" make it
work. I might be onto something but i have to test it further
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2 months ago
I have tried your tactic with great success with my world dominating Real Madrid side, but after
the 4.1.4 patch everything falls to pieces and I can't buy a win to save my life. Have others
experienced this as well?
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Daniel Hubner
Mod
i'm working on it, hopefully i'll have some tweaks ready for it, but give me time :)
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P as s ion4Foot ballManager
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Hey Thanks for testing it out. Unfortunately the 14.1.4 patch changed a lot to the tactic.
Guess the v2 was released too soon! We will work to make the tactic back to how it
shall be. Please give us some days and a new version will be released which solves
any issues
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Daniel Hubner
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2 months ago
v2 is out!
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Daniel Hubner
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David Mendes
Daniel Hubner
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its more aggressive, more attacking and has less possession. i have much
better results
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David Mendes
and what about the defense i noticed that u changed to wingers with no
defensive duties, is it compensated by the attacking force ????
Love this tactic by the way
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Daniel Hubner
Mod
the wingers must still track back(specific marking) so they will do their
part in defence. also tweaked the middle CB to close down less, so he
doesn't rush out and leave space behind him
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Gues t
2 months ago
Could you post pics of the tactics pages because i tried downloading the tactics but the game
crashes when I try to import tactics and I can't understand some things
Thanks in advance ;)
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Daniel Hubner
Mod
looks like there might be something wrong with your game, i'd try contacting SI support
looks like there might be something wrong with your game, i'd try contacting SI support
forums first and hear about the issue http://community.sigames.com/
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David Mendes
It's solved now just needed to update to the newer version Thanks ;)
Already having good results with the tactic, my team just took some time to
learn it but now it's really good ;)
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Daniel Hubner
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2 months ago
Did you use any other tactics if the main 361 wasn't working?
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Daniel Hubner
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not really, no. you can try playing more direct if chasing but i haven't tried it myself take off work ball into box and retain possession and switch to attacking
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2 months ago
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