And it's not very realistic Paul Hayes is a goal machine !
This.
Two things in the gameplay that gripe me (and I hoped they would have fixed) :
1. Why do the back four sit so deep when the keeper has posession? when taking a goal kick, all of the back 4 are just sitting on the edge of the box. "PUSH UP FFS!!!!"
2. When taking a corner all my players are no closer to the goal than about 12 yards, making it impossible to score from a corner because on the occassions I do win a header, there's no power left in it by the time it reaches the keeper.
Is there anything I can do to change either of these stupid annoyances?
Henry. I'm never too old to play football games and don't give us all that old huff about "it's for my son". You'll be taking the reds to glory and you know it. ;-)
Yeovil are passing it around as if they're Barcelona, every pass splits my defence and they seem to have infinite stamina and out run and out muscle all of my players.
Just started a career mode with Charlton. Love how Fifa improved the scouting network for the youth, used to annoy me on Fifa 11 that we had no youth and yet other teams were producing them.
Bought a GK on free called John Smith, he is on 77, on 3,000, result! :-) So sold Sulivan and Doherty, trying to bring in a young defender.
if ur having trouble with the new defense controls, i would recommend changing the configuration of the new button layout to the old format. (b-press 2nd defender; a- tackle)
also a key part to defense is that sometimes u dont need to 'press' the tackle button. u just have to have ur defender run into the path of the oncoming dribbler/pass and the defender will automatically make a lunge for ball and sometimes even just disposses the offender.... try it
Getting it tomorrow but not as excited as much as I am for battlefield bad company 3. Proper game. But still looking forward to fifa. More of an online gamer than career mode though.
I have an old, old xbox 360 and got the fifa 12 and 12 months of xbox live deal for £60 at tescos, my mate's got a wireless thing which he's given to me. But just one quick question, do i need a hard drive to get xbox live? They cost like £70
Yes you do need a harddrive but I'm assuming you may have enough memory built in your console (500mb) to do the xbox live update and then it could be fine. If not you can get a hard drive for £8 at any CEX store. Hope this helps
Definitely agree with the idea of arranging the buttons to match last year.
My tips, for what it's worth -
Corners - if your players are too far out, just wait and they'll move. I usually keep the kick taker in default position, do 75% power and push up - score about 1 in 10.
Defending - Use the player press button to 'go to', and use the player you are controlling to patrol the area ahead of the man in possession. Be patient, they can pass it around all day but by the time they hit the box, you'll close them down.
And - this is really important - use the jockey button before doing a tackle if head on. If you can master this, you won't have many problems.
Also, not sure if it still works on this one, but on the last game I discovered that, when in goal for a penalty against the computer, you move to the right and stand still and you'll save more than you let in. Unless it's a player with penalty skills who will hit the corner. If they do a dummy in the run-up, dive to the left.
Love it. would have posted this earlier if I hadn't been playing it all yesterday.Hayes is a goal machine and as for BWP he can run past anyone. Green is good at free-kicks as is JJ. Stephens would be better if he wasn't 5' 7. Solly plays as if he's like 65 overall which he should be rated at instead of 59. Kermit is good at headers and the defense is tight enough.
I'm undefeated on all game modes on Xbox live and Ultimate team. All of these games have been played with CAFC (on ultimate team I have all CAFC players). In division 9 on Head to head seasons and all games have been won by 4 goals or more, which is my major complaint. I find it to easy and I don't if its because I'm to good or everyone I play is just rubbish.
Also how does this play for your club thing work? I get loads of XP but we're (Charlton) still doing rubbish WTF?
Anyway I'm looking for someone who can give me a challenge on Xbox so if you want a game my user name is: OpKz ScARrZz
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Two things in the gameplay that gripe me (and I hoped they would have fixed) :
1. Why do the back four sit so deep when the keeper has posession? when taking a goal kick, all of the back 4 are just sitting on the edge of the box. "PUSH UP FFS!!!!"
2. When taking a corner all my players are no closer to the goal than about 12 yards, making it impossible to score from a corner because on the occassions I do win a header, there's no power left in it by the time it reaches the keeper.
Is there anything I can do to change either of these stupid annoyances?
Henry. I'm never too old to play football games and don't give us all that old huff about "it's for my son". You'll be taking the reds to glory and you know it. ;-)
P.S how the f**k do I do the brick fellas?
Bought a GK on free called John Smith, he is on 77, on 3,000, result! :-) So sold Sulivan and Doherty, trying to bring in a young defender.
if ur having trouble with the new defense controls, i would recommend changing the configuration of the new button layout to the old format. (b-press 2nd defender; a- tackle)
also a key part to defense is that sometimes u dont need to 'press' the tackle button. u just have to have ur defender run into the path of the oncoming dribbler/pass and the defender will automatically make a lunge for ball and sometimes even just disposses the offender.... try it
On fifa 11 you got the option when starting a new career mode but not on this one and I've search all over in the menu but it still eludes me.
My tips, for what it's worth -
Corners - if your players are too far out, just wait and they'll move. I usually keep the kick taker in default position, do 75% power and push up - score about 1 in 10.
Defending - Use the player press button to 'go to', and use the player you are controlling to patrol the area ahead of the man in possession. Be patient, they can pass it around all day but by the time they hit the box, you'll close them down.
And - this is really important - use the jockey button before doing a tackle if head on. If you can master this, you won't have many problems.
Also, not sure if it still works on this one, but on the last game I discovered that, when in goal for a penalty against the computer, you move to the right and stand still and you'll save more than you let in. Unless it's a player with penalty skills who will hit the corner. If they do a dummy in the run-up, dive to the left.