Darren's Devastating 4-1-2-3

It’s a high-pressing tactic with hard tackling and this creates high ball retention for the team.

This time I tested the tactic with Wigan Athletic and Stoke City, and both teams did fairly well, With Wigan winning the Skybet League One, and Stoke City just missing out on Promotion after a narrow 1-0 defeat to tournament favorites, Leicester City.

Here are some of the player roles you'll be working with.

SK – Sweeper Keeper (defend) – You can use a standard goalkeeper if you don't have a sweeper keeper.

CD – central defender (defend) – typical central defenders as ever, tackling, positioning, strength, and heading are key attributes, try and avoid slow centre backs as you can be in danger of the counterattack and pass over the top.

DM – half back (defend) – This guy can drop back to form a three-man defense or act as a
shield in front of your defense so he needs to tackle, head the ball, mark, and pass. Defensive attributes are best, but an all-round midfielder would be ideal.

CM – central midfielder (attack) – The complete midfielder would be ideal but players with great physical ability and good speed are best, both CMs are instructed to get further forward and dribble more as well as move into channels. They must be able to pass and the better they are in front of goal the more they’ll score.

AMR/AML – inside forward (attack) – lots of goals and assists from these two players, they have a lot of freedom and you need someone who has vision, flair, speed, dribbling and finishing ability. Also, off the ball is important as the ability to be lost in the box will make scoring easier. The better these two are the more success you will gain and magician dribblers are preferred.

ST – false nine (support) – Possibly the hardest position to fill. This guy must do it all, he needs speed, dribbling, flair, and the usual finishing attributes. Off the ball is very important as is anticipation but don’t underestimate how good passing should be, this guy needs to pick out the inside forwards.

Here's the Tactic Description from "footballmanagerstory: https://footballmanagerstory.com/best-fm-2016-tactics-darrens-devastating-4-1-2-3/