The start!
So, as we all know, Schalke 04 is one of the most known clubs in Germany. But they recent past has made them drop to Bundesliga 2 for two times. Our goal here is to make them great again. Not sure which long term objective I'm gonna force myself into (Bundesliga Champions, Champions League Champions, or simple, finish top 3 for two times in a row) but I want to enjoy this journey as much as I can.
Before looking deeply into tactics, wanna make sure you know I'm not that classic OP FM Player that in 2/3 seasons will make Schalke the best team in Germany. I'm saying this so you don't expect amazing results and high scores, but a simple team trying to get the promotion at the first try. And also, sorry about my English.
Tactics and Best Players
Tactical wise I want to try the "Be More Disciplined" instruction. I want to have a solid team and I don't think our players have good enough decision attribute so we can instruct with "Be More Expressive".
Our best players are:
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I want to make the team around them but also taking in mind that the other players matter so they will be key to shape our model and system. We have really good CBs and WBs (one for each side). Our Attacking Midfielders and Wingers are not that good so I think we are concluding the 5-2-3 will be our system.
Because we don´t have really fast players, we are going to build more of ball posession playstyle with a lot of support dutties. In the deffensive shape, we want to press in key areas of the pitch, not going all the way up, pressing in the opponent box. Still, we want a high defensive line to make sure there isn't much space for the opponent team to play. To go in that direction, we will play with a much higher defensive line, the triger press will be standard and the line of engagement will be mid block. Also we want to be aggressive on the ball, so we are going to trigger the “Get Stuck In” instruction. Because Terodde is really tall (192cm) and we want to take advantage of him we want to have a lot of crosses as well. Transitions wise, still have no idea how I want us to react when we win or lose the ball so for now will go on default and see at the pre-season the best way to boost our reactions.
The tactic:
So, as we all know, Schalke 04 is one of the most known clubs in Germany. But they recent past has made them drop to Bundesliga 2 for two times. Our goal here is to make them great again. Not sure which long term objective I'm gonna force myself into (Bundesliga Champions, Champions League Champions, or simple, finish top 3 for two times in a row) but I want to enjoy this journey as much as I can.
Before looking deeply into tactics, wanna make sure you know I'm not that classic OP FM Player that in 2/3 seasons will make Schalke the best team in Germany. I'm saying this so you don't expect amazing results and high scores, but a simple team trying to get the promotion at the first try. And also, sorry about my English.
Tactics and Best Players
Tactical wise I want to try the "Be More Disciplined" instruction. I want to have a solid team and I don't think our players have good enough decision attribute so we can instruct with "Be More Expressive".
Our best players are:


I want to make the team around them but also taking in mind that the other players matter so they will be key to shape our model and system. We have really good CBs and WBs (one for each side). Our Attacking Midfielders and Wingers are not that good so I think we are concluding the 5-2-3 will be our system.
Because we don´t have really fast players, we are going to build more of ball posession playstyle with a lot of support dutties. In the deffensive shape, we want to press in key areas of the pitch, not going all the way up, pressing in the opponent box. Still, we want a high defensive line to make sure there isn't much space for the opponent team to play. To go in that direction, we will play with a much higher defensive line, the triger press will be standard and the line of engagement will be mid block. Also we want to be aggressive on the ball, so we are going to trigger the “Get Stuck In” instruction. Because Terodde is really tall (192cm) and we want to take advantage of him we want to have a lot of crosses as well. Transitions wise, still have no idea how I want us to react when we win or lose the ball so for now will go on default and see at the pre-season the best way to boost our reactions.
The tactic:
