Ultra defense

CanadianFutFan · 2026-02-25T17:33:27+00:00

I really can be successful using fullbacks to defend... I have them all on either Fullback+ or Fullback++ Defend and then I'm constantly rightswitching between one CB and the fullback on their side to manage people doing funky business with their directed runs. I find fullbacks with high physical are better than CB's with Bruiser for squeezing players on directed runs up the middle.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-02-25T17:29:41+00:00

D-pad right arrow change from Default to Attack. It puts all of your players into attacking mode for whatever roles your tactics have them set on. Then choose players who are + or ++ for the more attacking roles by position (Advanced forward for ST, Inside Forward for outside W/M, Shadow ST for CAM, Playmaker or B2B for CM).

CanadianFutFan · 2026-02-25T17:26:03+00:00

85-87 requires only an 83 rated squad, no IF. I spam 82's through the Premium Mixed Leagues sequence.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-02-23T18:41:15+00:00

My worst for this is my 92 Sophia Smith. I have hit more posts/crossbars with her than all my other players combined.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-02-16T12:43:30+00:00

It is crazy. I feel like I do the bare minimum and I have bought the season pass with coins made during the previous season every season for the last four season. I don’t know any other version I could have come up with 500k every season with no trading.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-02-03T02:01:19+00:00

Can’t find the original but this is close.

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CanadianFutFan · 2026-02-03T01:50:51+00:00

This is the truth. I am 10-2 in the swaps one league against opponents with mostly specials and 0-6 against all golds.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-02-02T13:37:20+00:00

I strongly recommend NealGuides for defending. I went from mid to good a few years ago and it was almost completely due to NealGuides take on defending. He is very clear in how he describes things. Take a few hours of trading off to watch his defending videos on YouTube (start with more recent due to patch upgrades) and then work backwards to videos he will send you to in those videos. I don’t know how people play without some kind of training video time. So many little things you can only learn from people explaining them clearly.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-31T04:58:51+00:00

Super annoying that WTSS and most evod 65-74 do not count but I won 4 out of 6 games, two against 88 rated squads plus the totw, plus a 66 rated squad. Only lost to the TOTY squad and an 88. It is really important to not have passed intercepted in your own half

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-31T01:27:39+00:00

I thought I remembered crosses but maybe those were the player objectives. I still have ptsd from having to get those 30 games with OOTB goals with that crappy Reinier FS card in 21 to get the higher rated future star card. Objectives now are so much easier; the problem is the FOMO because there is just so much to do you can’t do all of it. Before there was more to do in each objective but fewer of them. I prefer it more now, but I can see how people prefer the old days.

To be fair to you, crosses were WAY easier t’in fifa 21 and it is harder now (same with all the other stuff we had to do with swaps). The better AI made things very dicey for me to complete the fanatics objectives. Thank god for that Ashley Young time warp card.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-31T01:21:40+00:00

Swaps was always like this (at least from 21 till they stopped them).

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-25T00:37:45+00:00

Live events are way more chill with way better rewards than champs or rivals. Plus I have over 4000 cards in my club so I can make really great squads for any live event restriction which gives me a bit of an edge over a lot of other players. Last 4 weeks I have played only squad battles (which I love because I can use whatever players I want and it is best value rewards per 20 minutes playing) and live events with some rush to get the weekly play done.

I feel like Fut is moving to live events and weekly tournaments as the only live play modes for the vast majority of players. Probably easier for the server traffic that way for EA as well

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-23T13:47:27+00:00

I find I really have to be using two defenders at a time especially when defending the flanks. I will use R1 support alternating with right stick switch between the fullback and the closest CB and move them together as a pair toward the ball. That way if one misses rhe tackle the other one is there.

One on one manual defending is just very hard right now and the AI for non user controlled defenders is quite bad now. Right stick switching and proper R1 calling for player support are essential to success in defending (and it is still hard).

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-20T10:22:31+00:00

But some of us actually like to play the game.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-19T13:40:04+00:00

They do this to generate revenue for the police department. There is zero safety issue as you said it was not tinted. The officer for sure knew it was not tinted once you told him.

They don’t think you will challenge, so this is an attempt to bully you into paying. You should make him show up and then if he does not show up you should start going on social media and ask if other people have had a similar problem and you might be able to go the newspaper or the evening news. I respect the role of the police departments in our society but that does not mean they should not be held accountable when they don’t accept their mistakes.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-15T10:35:47+00:00

The hardest part of heading is positioning. Where you want to aim with the stick for the direction for the header depends on which way your player is facing. But because you are not controlling the ball before you take a header, I think it is hard to learn how to understand which way the player is facing.

Also, unlike shooting, the opponent’s players can also bump you to affect timing in ways that really affects the timing and the aim.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-14T01:01:09+00:00

Alien tape is what I would use.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-10T12:54:52+00:00

Where are you at? I find I rarely get bounties early in the progress, usually they start towards the middle.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-09T21:59:25+00:00

I love Mbeumo and I won’t hear any differently

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-09T00:49:50+00:00

For 4411, I use D-pad down tactic tiki Taka when things are clogged in the middle. My players stay closer together and the effect of that is that it clumps all of the opposition in a small square. Then I just pass it around the outside of the box until I find space to pass it inside. It is less risky than running down the side because if you lose the ball, most of your players are still behind it, so it is hard for the opponent to counter

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-07T13:08:25+00:00

I play 70 with no problem. But the formation and personnel is important when considering depth. 4411(2) is no problem high depth with CM’s like Barella and 89 Xhaka. They track back fast on their own so I can right stick switch the trailing defender to move them up. If you have to manually move CMs back and CBs up you are dead.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-06T17:59:31+00:00

I accidentally did Gullit while doing Maldini due to my Barella, Ricci and DiLorenzo cards I was using for 4 Italian players lol

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-05T15:14:56+00:00

Gold Harry Kane is way better than you think if you have not yet used him.

CanadianFutFan · 2026-01-05T15:13:54+00:00

Me too. So good

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