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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 4-2-3-1DMBack to planet Earth! After the amazing time spent working on the Cheackippleigh blog, we are back cracking through the Using All Footium Formations series. We were getting through the formations at pace at this point so thought best to do a bit of a recap! We thought it would…
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Continue reading →: The Cheackippleigh Story – How Empires Are BornIt is very strange the direction life takes you in sometimes, and this blog has been a very surprising journey for so many reasons. I was absolutely delighted when the team behind Cheackippleigh reached out to me to document their journey in Footium. A huge collection of teams, over 14.5…
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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 4-5-1Now, you all know my opinion on 4-5-1 DM. I blame it wholeheartedly for our relegation from Division 6. Obviously, it couldn’t possible be down to me, or the players, or the mentality. Just the formation. So now, it was time to try the more attacking version of the formation…
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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 4-1-2-1-2WBSo it’s like regular 4-1-2-1-2, but with wing backs? The Line Ups Our Line Up So, as tends to happen with a lot of the formations we’ve been using, we have a few key positions where we are strong and then we have to fill in the rest with what…
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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 4-1-2-1-2CAM, CAM, CAM… Time to get our legendary CAM, Luigi Rossi, banging some goals in. Our 52 rated CAM gets to go centre stage whenever he goes into a formation. Let’s see how he gets on! The Line Ups Our Line Up So, going into this game, we signed a…
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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 4-4-2Big man, little man, cardboard box… Now, I am not saying that Footium should drop everything and add heights to players so we can authentically have a “big man, little man” combination…but they should! The Line Ups Our Line Up By this part of the season, we were really struggling…
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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 3-4-1-2It’s like Deja Vu all over again… In case you’re struggling to distinguish between the previous post and this one, you’re not the only one. It was 3-1-4-2 last time and now it’s 3-4-1-2! The ONLY difference between these formations is that the DM from 3-1-4-2 moves forward into an…
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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 3-1-4-2Life gets in the way sometimes! Apologies that we have not posted for some time! Sometimes life gets in the way, and I’ve been so busy that blogging has not been the priority. However, we’ve been plugging away nicely on getting through these formations! The Season So Far… We thought…
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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 4-4-2HI’ve got a confession to make… Upon reviewing this match, I realised that as opposed to being pragmatic and going for a balanced mentality, I’d spent the entire match on Ultra Attacking mode! Let’s see how it went. The Line Up Our Line Up 4-4-2H is what we went for.…
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Continue reading →: Using All Footium Formations: 4-2-3-1The standard formula? 4-2-3-1 is an incredibly common formation. Last season in the premier league, 50% of clubs used it as their main formation. It’s everywhere in world football, and offers a balanced team, with spaces allowing for key players such as the AM to shine. Across every corner of…
