Opposition Instructions: The Complete Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- I have been hounded for this video for an incredibly long amount of time and it’s finally here. A complete guide to opposition instructions, from the mysterious tight marking to the beloved hard-tackling, from the tough close down decision to the ubiquitous force onto weak foot command. Tactics in Football Manager have so much focus on where to put players, what FM role should they have. Should it be a high pressing tactic? A counter tactic? All of this stuff can be determined in part by something we almost all ignore. As you probably guessed, that’s these magical opposition instructions.
There are even more advanced ways to use these opposition instructions to set traps on players or direct the balls to certain players in your tactic. I touch on this stuff here but feel free to ask in the comments about that stuff and I’m sure that there will be people there to answer even if I don’t manage to read them all. Tactics and instructions are something I have to research a lot to understand because it’s one of those things that just playing the game doesn’t help you fully understand, so forgive the time it took to get this tactical piece-de-resistance out there!
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great video, super useful. but I'm still turning everything on to counter Mbappe lol
Does it work cuz it doesn’t for me and im close to not picking my fav team saint etienne
I weak footed an entire team and i won 7-0
i once turned man-marking in never on him in a champions league semi final and he scored 3 goals :(
No matter what you do nor whos marking him, he wrecks you unless you're super lucky hahah
Doesn’t matter how tight you mark him, Callum Wilson is always gonna put one past you
He just scored 2 against my Everton team. Home to Newcastle, unbeaten in my first 10 games then along came Callum.
This right here is gospel
Callum wilson has been a pain since fm19
The hour and half version might have been better, as this subject isn't going away and has been here for a very long time.
Fill it with live examples, animations and bold text to make the individual points.
This was a fair attempt. Thanks for uploading.
An abstract scenario but hear me out. If you take over at a lower league club and your star player comes to you on day one and asks to leave and you offer them out to clubs and a club 2 divisions above you offers you a fair price and the transfer goes through and at the end of the season his new club gets relegated and your club gets promoted and you end up playing against him then you have to select hard tackling. Just to teach him a lesson.
Great guide, I’ve been getting good results on my Club Brugge save when setting them myself. In previous years I would just leave to the assistant. However I never really thought of the impact of telling players never to do something. I just used never tight mark on PSG’s front three to great effect. 0-0 away and 3-1 at home to me in the UCL!
Staff responsibilities: Opponent instructions: Assistant manager
Preach
What attributes do you look for in an assistant manager? Tactical knowledge? Anything more important?
I usually go for Man Management, so he handles the players better, Judging player potential and current ability so he knows which players to focus on with his instructions and suggestions and tactical knowledge so he actually knows whatahell he's doing when suggesting things for my formation.
But again, it's all speculation, not even SI knows what the attributes mean and most of the times the numbers are completely useless.
@@James_Byron Thanks for the explanation and for the quick response
@@jrman413 I have actually looked at this in the past in all the knowledge forums. For opposition instructions it is: Judging Player Ability and Potential, Knowledge of the country, tactical knowledge. That was the consensus. Then speculation is that he prefers a similar tactical style to what you are playing. General Assistant Management I like these although can also have a coach do opposition instructions. Motivating for good suggestions on the team match talks and my fav for an Assistant is level of discipline if yours and the assistants are high it will lead to less player complaints.
i'm still not gonna do it myself but hey still watching the video
some fantastic in depth videos recently, i usually have to watch them 5 times each to understand everything
Honestly I've been waiting for this since FM20 came out. Thanks as always Z
A video on surprisingly important/hard to find pages. Like the formation analysis. Buried several layers deep, but incredibly useful and easy to forget.
Marcelo Bielsa would beg to differ about man for man marking across the entire pitch...
Leeds almost go man for man but bielsa always sets up with spare man at back and one of the opposition defenders is always free
I used to press nearly every player, attacking forwards, good decision makers, poor decision makers, poor 1st touch. Perfect timing with the video as I have question the tactic and tried to do it less.
Really good video, super helpful. Thanks Zealand!
Great video, you could do a second part to this take a champions league final and go through opposition instructions to counter a better team. Keep up the greatness!
Broo i used to join the twitch and ask about these soooo much finally ty Zealand
I’ve always set opp instructions as Everybody closed down (thought it would aid in a gegenpress tactic) Hard tackle folk who play on wings, att mid an strikers. Then full backs, gk, weakest CB and wingers for their actual weakest foot.
Will try what you say for a while, then possibly revert back to how i was previously.
Cheers Zealand 🏴
man i respect you so much
Thank you. Does magic for Everton.
They’re very useful. Opposition instructions have probably taken me from bang average to fairly good at FM.
I always force week foot on wing backs and lbs and rbs, and tight mark always on any strikers and wingers. Currently 18 games unbeaten and haven’t conceded in 9 in the Serie b with a team projected 12th
I set up tight marking on everybody to create a bielsa style man to man marking press and it worked really well 😎
This video and Daljit’s opposition instructions video helped me finally beat Porto after 7 seasons losing to them lol 🤙
"Pay attention" on the whiteboard behind him is still comedy gold
in my Man Utd career I always put the Always Press, Always Close, Tackle Hard and Show on Weak Foot on every front player and midfielder (for Liverpool and Man City I put this on all players except the CB's and GK) and it works for me so well every time playing a 4-3-3 - though I may start using some of this every so often
San Jose coach does full man marking across the pitch. Some how made Adrian Heath look like a tactical genius when out centerbacks caused chaos in the box
for players I'm looking to hard tackle due to their weaknesses I like to also tight mark, that way they won't fancy those 50/50s and are often made the culprit for turning over the ball. I tend to only do this on attacking players and sometimes players in the middle of the pitch where they lack aggression, anticipation, and work rate. aside from that I mostly let the assistant dictate the rest
Don’t think I’ve ever been this early for a video
same lol
Z uploading a video on your birthday, nothing can top that
Its my birthday as well. Happy birthday my guy
I miss your theme song you used at the beginning of your sessions. I vote that you bring it back!
Hi Zealand! Love you work 💪 Is This video still relevant in fm 22 or does i works diffrent than in fm21?
Gave my Libero to tight mark a striker that was getting free on goal on long balls and it basically bought me a win against the top team in my division on the road as the second place team.
Great video Z. but I don't understand what athleticism is? Is it all the physical stats?
Ow !!
youre wearing the Moroccan jersey and im from Morocco
thats nice 🇲🇦🇲🇦
Nice
Got a few questions What does mobility and control mean? Also how do I know if a midfielder has support from the midfield?
Perfect example of a fail here: Set both my fullbacks to man-mark opposition wingers but forgot to change my Corner routine so when they countered my fullbacks deserted the centre of the park to go man-mark whilst their Striker ran through unopposed to score a goal.
I know this comment is old but this is just so silly. The game / players must be able to make correct decisions based on the context of the game thats being played. Makes no sense for players to just abandon good defensive positioning because you want them to man mark the wingers.
Always felt opposition team instructions have a negative impact on tactics. I've done a few games testing with and without opposition instructions and without always had better results.
Same. Only on the odd occasion I might use hard tackling.
Well that's complicated
Same, I rarely use them. I feel like most of the opp instructions tend to mess with my team’s shape.
2 questions... If your CB or DM or whoever has the 'Marks Opponents Tightly' thing, is he naturally going to do this in spite of the instruction, or will he just be better at doing it when asked? Also, if you are gegenpressing or just generally doing a lot of pressing via your tactic, do you need to set the closing down to always or will it be happening anyway due to the tactic, and if you tell them not to close someone down, will this just confuse them if the tactic is telling them to close down? Does the tactic take precedence over the instruction or vice versa? I realise this was more than 2 questions...
I always set my assistant to do opposition instructions
Same
I think you're better just not having any oposition instructions assistants do some weird shit sometimes
@@zachgravatt5571 I've noticed on the assistant advice they only recommend me to do hard tackling or put players on there weaker foot so I pick those ones they seem to do no damage
@@zachgravatt5571 get an assistant with a good tactical knowledge then ×_×
Same here
I really love his mimics😁09:35
One thing I've never been sure of: does Match Tactics training buff the effectiveness of Opp Instructions (assuming you have them set up beforehand)?
Supposedly no. Players learn how to press as a team and depends on the tactic. Opp instructions are buffed when you do defensive training, because that works up the attributes individually
Could you do a guide on international management?
I’m with Denmark u-19s right now and this is what I’ve learnt. Check the national pool regularly and send your scouts to the players you’re interested in long before the international window because you don’t want to risk not knowing how good they are when you want to be playing them. Also don’t set up a really complicated tactic that they are not very familiar with. I keep it simple and my players have a good understanding when they arrive (this is important because you don’t get much training time with them)
Have you tried the Korean Barbecue Kettle Chips?
How would you deal with a super fast wing back, either footed good at crossing and dribling, never close down never tight mark?
As a default I tight mark, high press and force onto weak foot the opposition CAM if they have one, generally the most creative player on their team and if I force him to make less than optimal passes (sideways is better than a clean through ball) and just tend to bully people to playing in front of Badiashile and Big Yerry Mina as I'm Everton
This is the kind of thing I would go into detail in a champs league final. But for every league match? It’s just too much work
king of skits
The less I began to alter with the assistant managers recommendations of opposition instructions, the more successful I became. Could of course also be because my team was gradually becoming better. Now I only remove hard tackling from the center forwards and add man marking to a slow (not great dribbling) world class attacker.
Has to be said that the recommendations might change throughout the game if a certain player is just on fire.
I had this perfect passing team and the moment I used the Assistant-Manager's opposition instructions I was unable to get over 30% possesion :D
Do u have to do this before every game?
2:05 isn’t that the guy that won the Champions League with BATE?
Please can we do a second video purely focussing on very good teams like Man City & Liverpool, because even with really good stat defenders, I'm still tearing my hair out trying to work out effective opposition instructions that work enough to get away draws/avoid defeat.
Only do pressing intensity because tight marking will fk up your defensive line if you play on offside trap
19:46 is good advice
Nice intro XD
Tight marking: I rmb the el final between Arsenal and Chelsea, Sarri instructed his players to drag the entire Arsenal midfield to the right, and gave Hazard all the space in the world down the left.
Shudders
I always put tight marking on the opposition striker and always press on their AM
Can u do an update OI video?
Hey Z, what about pressing a non creative player or a player with bad first touch so that you take advantage of those qualities
Bad first touch yes, non-creative you're wasting that movement to prevent someone from having the ball that you want them to play throgh
So there's this button. It's called "ask assistant". I use that lol. Then, in game, I tweak if there's an obvious benefit or issue.
I never understand how specific opposition instructions interact with team instructions. When you have tight marking on in team instructions, does that mean you’re tight marking all opposition, etc
I worry about that as well. I worry it will pull people out of position to mark someone. like a left back following a mid/forward onto right side of the pitch.
When you have tight marking as a team instructions, you tell your team to mark the opponent rather than the space. So your players will get closer to the opponents, making it harder to pass balls into their feet but opening up space in behind. If you tell someone to mark a specific opponent they will mark that guy regardless of his position.
@@JosephPAbate on my sheff utd save, i was playing vs chelsea and tammy abraham kept escaping from my 3 cbs. So i put all my cbs on tight marking and told one cb to specifically mark him. He brought my cbs up to the halfway line and ross barkley was 1 on 1 with my gk. Luckily ross barkley is absolutely trash in fm.
@@gamerboy-fe6oc gotta love defenders giving up space for no reason lol
@@JosephPAbate fm20 could be crazy sometimes. In my first season at sheffield united, we played inter milan in a friendly. They scored three goals which were disallowed by var and then jack rodwell scores a screamer from 35 yards to win us the match in the 85th minute. Crazy night.
zealand or guys reading the comments i want some feedback.. comprehensive or extended highlights? what's the best way to see what you need to see in the game you think?
Comprehensive for me. Obviously takes longer to play each match, but it does give you more time to see how your tactic, and your oppositions, is playing out.
show attacking fullbacks in a narrow formation to the inside and overload your midfield...
I don't set them at all
i always hard tackle players with very bad fitness, injury proneness or light injuries
What about those with poor bravery? I always hard tackle those because they would rather give the ball up than get injured
Yeah I usually press and mark the opposition's more dangerous players and turn them on their weak foot if they're one-footed players, especially wingers, and if I'm playing against a team with some tired players I almost always go hard tackling. Doesn't do much except maybe tire them a bit more and utilize their tiredness? I don't know
Edit: so I almost always mark and press strikers and wingers and press any attacking wingbacks they might have like Trent when I played Liverpool. I lost 2-0, but I barely saw him on the pitch.
Guys, does anybody know the music that starts at 0:20? Thanks!
I feel like my team just ignores opposition instructions, tight marks and press triggers never come off for me.
I dont even play football manager and I have no idea what you are talking about I dont know why I'm here
My go to is to close down the wingers. Force wingers and full backs on to weaker foot and then whatever the assistant manager recommends. He ALWAYS wants to tackle hard on everybody. To the point that my press conferences go like this. Go from youre passibg style is great to then but your tackling is a little but rough and none of the other managers like you..... well ill just go cry with my champs league, prem league and FA cup treble
The only difference between Zealand and Pep is Zealand has hair
Tackle Hard: Sergio Ramos
Tackle Easy: Philipp Lahm
Always mark the opposition strikers. And I use my wingers to man mark the full backs so they are effectively out of the game, and able to get past them on counters
Same but i press the opposition full backs instead for marking
Is there a significant difference between marking and pressing a player?
@@kaz2499 there is. Marking u stay close, pressing u don't, you invite him to receive the ball then close down on him.
@@rejectwokeness1314 Thx
If that striker is Mbappe then you're in for a 5-0 beating dude
Tight marking
Offensive threats, players you can dominate physically, low speed and dribbling
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High speed and dribbling
Pressing intensity
Poor mobility, dribbling and control (especially threats)
You using a narrow formation against wide players
Defenders with poor concentration and composure
Everyone asks Zealand for tips, but nobody asks HOW'S Zealand
Merudly entertaining 😂 your not fat zealand and you do have a very nice chair, (responding to your self deprivations lmao)
So having played FM for way too many year's I've decided OPI use should be minimal and only to add a little something that you don't already have in TI and PI, as in if you have TI extreme pressing & counter pressing is no need to go and set a bunch of players to pressing with the OPI or if you have TI tighter making or players with tight making then no neee to set a bunch of player's OPI to tight making, but if you don't have any TI or PI set tight making then maybe not a bad idea to set some OPI to tight marking, same if you don't use TI get stuck in and no player's with tackle harder PI then maybe set some OPI to tackle harder on some players, basically i think OPI can overkill some instructions that you already have ir could help in area's that you don't have instructions.
"MAKE THEM COME INSIDE" [Zealand, 2021]
19:46 listen with eyes closed
There are no power user in FM. Everyone always have some areas they are not taking care of.
Love a Late Night Zealand video
I always put both marking and closing down on all offensive opposition players and it works for me, probably because my team is really good though
strikers: force weaker foot; midfilders: agressive tackling...always
Wing backs so not full backs but wingbacks, have your wingers man mark them so they actually track back if it is the 5 2 3 variant. Defeated that Conte tactic so many times doing that hehe.
i've recently learned the virtue of starting games with no oppo instructions and see how first 10/15 goes. like you say, sometimes they can stifle and hinder rather than help.
don't set it to your assistant because *they will* make weird mistakes that will cost you at the very least chances and field position and at worst, points and promotions/relegations.
Dembele never tight marking
I never tight mark a striker.. coz it'll break my offside trap
That's what I've been thinking too. I was using tight marking last 2 FMs and started the same in this one, but after conceded goals in every game i've stopped using it and now we're doing much better.
19:46 LMAO
1 ask assistant to set it
2 stick everyone on opposite foot or weaker for two footed players
3 close down anyone on 80% or below and players on yellow cards
4 hard tackle anyone on 75% or below plus injured players or anyone on yelliow cards
They need to put you in the game as an Ass Man Zealand. Then I could just ask you to do my opposition instructions every game
2:26 Kev?
2:04 that doesn't look like Dr benjy
Thats because its Zealand.
Have an assistant manager who have 20 for tactical knowledge and use their advice.
press wide men ALWAYS, show every winger and wingback onto weaker foot, man mark and press each CF or striker. then the rest is oppo research.
and don't forget you can tell your men on defense to mark a specific player under individual instructions
DON'T MARK ANYONE WHO IS NOT A FORWARD OR A PLAYMAKER! and for the love of god don't mark the entire team or each individual player..if the opposition gets past the player you specifically marked on them and you have your other players marking specific players, no one attempt to pick up the guy on the ball.... this is why zonal marking was created lol
How should I use opposition instructions when playing leeds there a handful this year
Close down Phillips who is good ball player, never tight mark Bamford and press more on their wings. Try to use a Target man if you have one and try to hold on the ball high on the pitch
@@steliosmouratidis3829 yeah im doing an Everton save And I I through away a 2 goal lead to lose 3-2 so I'm guessing I messed up somewhere on the instructions because they're different to most mid table sides on the game
@@steliosmouratidis3829 I think I may have also messed up on my shout's where I demanded more at 2 nil I should have just praised them,
@@leecameron9226 Of course there is an overlapping element in any case, it is simply how you want your team to play. For example, I am currently running a Fulham save and I opt to sit deep and play quick on the counter. I couldnt implement a gegepressen with my current squad. Always keep that in mind
@@leecameron9226 try get creative aswell instead of praise
never everbody and never always everbody
So, adama traore is a never tight mark, never close down kinda boy
always show wings and attacker and wing back in their weak foots unless he is player that play with both foots
never tight marking fast wingers and if thay can't shots don't close down players
tight marking use only for best strikers in the games and don't use it in 2 strikers plan you don't want to leave the other striker rooming free in 2 strikers plan just show them in their weak foot and tackle harder
tackle harder any players that can make the difference that's the basic of it good luck you need it the second year of the game
if your going to buy players and you 100 % know he is goings to play for you until he retired use 50 % next sale claus
you get players worth 50 m for 20 m
Alec Baldwin said always be closing
I honestly think it is too much work to check all the players to weigh all the possibilities of instructions. So ignore it most of the time
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Ok Zealand, but now tell me what to do to Messi.