FIFA 09 PS3/360 Discussion Thread

If the opponent gets a corner, is it possible to put a second defender to the far post?

I have used the search function, but could not find the answer.
 
Placebo said:
Against the AI they usually hit the first man or go beyond the first post so I always choose a tall player and cover the first man......
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I always pull a striker in from the edge of the box and make sure your guys get in front, but at the far post its hard to win defensive headers as my guy usually won't jump...
I'm still unsure if I should wait till the last min or press as soon as I can for heading, it's still hit and miss for me...
 
My big gripe is still player switching on 2vAI often you just can't select an attacking player until your teammate has hit pass or shoot.
Loads of times he will be bombing down the wing and I just can't select an attacker... :RANT:
 
Nick Cave said:
My big gripe is still player switching on 2vAI often you just can't select an attacking player until your teammate has hit pass or shoot.
Loads of times he will be bombing down the wing and I just can't select an attacker... :RANT:
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Its as if the CPU is in control of when you can and can't change the cursor, it happens in every game for me and it pisses me off.
 
Nick Cave said:
I always pull a striker in from the edge of the box and make sure your guys get in front, but at the far post its hard to win defensive headers as my guy usually won't jump...
I'm still unsure if I should wait till the last min or press as soon as I can for heading, it's still hit and miss for me...
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I've learned in my management mode that the key to good defensive headers is high aggression (my 2 CB's now have 99 aggression to help test this theory), combine that with jumping early, so you press the shoot button maybe half a second before the ball would meet your CB's head, then he meets it in the air (in theory above any opponent), sometimes if you time it wrong your CB will head it on the way down so the ball loops up rather than clearing far out, but this still gives you time to move your defender into a recovery blocking position with super cancel (yes, yes I know SC is not 2xAI friendly ;)))
 
Placebo said:
I've learned in my management mode that the key to good defensive headers is high aggression (my 2 CB's now have 99 aggression to help test this theory), combine that with jumping early, so you press the shoot button maybe half a second before the ball would meet your CB's head, then he meets it in the air (in theory above any opponent), sometimes if you time it wrong your CB will head it on the way down so the ball loops up rather than clearing far out, but this still gives you time to move your defender into a recovery blocking position with super cancel (yes, yes I know SC is not 2xAI friendly ;)))
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I'll try that, that will mean spending XP's but as long as I just do aggression (I would have thought strength would count too) I can live with that...
 
I was playing online and this guy kept scoring against me in corners. He made it 4-0, and I got determined and made it 4-3, but then he scored again from a corner making it 5-3. I had no idea how to defend. He would just pull defenders back and cross it in. He would run on to the cross and score every time. I couldn't do anything.
 
has any one had problems with created players? i created my player and transfer him from an club to my club and the back of the jersey looked messed up....why?
 
Does he have squad number 128 by any chance? I've seen players in MM with the number 128 and it corrupts the numbers on the back of their shirt in-game.
 
errr...i got the number bug,which i don't know if anyone faced this,well maybe you already do. where my newly transferred player in,and he was given a 128 number. and in game the back number look like a stamp,where i can only see the number 8,and besides is the purple color thingy.dunno wats that actually. nice present EA :|
 
just started second season in MM won F.A.cup and EPL and after second game it just pauses at ticker screen at " simulating " which is stuck at 12%,fucking doing my nut in,anyone had this??
 
How can you setup an online game to play 2 vs 2? Me and my friend want to meet online and play together against other people in 2 vs 2. I tried to setup a club but it seems 3 people are needed minimum to play a club match. I hadn't explored this yet and I can't figure how it works.

I gave up single player a month ago and only play online with my friend (very difficult to find good people to play against now and then, specially at the hours I use to play, which is past midnight).
 
Phat J 22 said:
as long as the mm is brushed up on ill be happy. and limiting the number of people that can connect to a BAP match.
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By brushed up on do you mean tweaked? Cos IMO MM fans deserve waaaaaaaaaay more than that, we deserve for MM to be the primary focus for Fifa10, in Fifa09 we're still playing the same MM as 4 years ago, basically Fifa06 on PS2 which is pretty shocking IMO considering this whole "next gen" bollocks. Not just that but Fifa09's manager mode has been made worse than Fifa08's:

1. Edit kit numbers removed.
2. View individual player post match stats removed.
3. XP system completely broken.

The only plus points for Fifa09's MM is that 1. English league playoffs are now in, (but even that's messed up and the final isn't at Wembley :() and 2. Carling/FA Cup finals are now held at Wembley, can't remember if the charity shield is there though? And I'm betting that EFA/ECC finals are just held at the home ground of the finalists?

My personal view is that as absolute minimum we should get all the fixes we've been waiting 4 versions for, ie:

1. Proper injuries

2. AI teams rotate their squads for fatigue

3. AI strengthens their team in the transfer market

4. AI adjusts lineup/kick takers to include new signings if better and to take older players deteriorating into account

5. Variable weather and midweek night matches

6. Finance side of things completely revamped (no more earning 200k per match in League2)

7. Proper transfers and loan marker, no more Beckham to Aldershot Town if you have enough money and improve your negotiator, loans out earn experience, loans in reflect real rules such as short/long term loans and 5 loans allowed (not just 2x1 year loans as current).

8. Swedish/Norwegian teams being allowed back into EFA/ECC, when moving to a new club that qualified for EFA/ECC they don't get "kicked out"

9. Player rating system fixed (how come I can have a forward score 40 goals in a season but he never gets a high enough rating to be in the top20 overall forwards?

10. Team of the season fixed, no more reserves who played only 4 matches being in team of the year, nor Hull/Stoke players being in the Championship team of the year based on their Premiership season.

(I'm probably forgetting a bunch that we've been begging for over the last 3 years of course).

Then on top of those long overdue fixes I want to see stuff like:

1. Each player having personality, no more signing Cronaldo and him being happy to spend 5 years on the bench.

2. Managers being hired/fired, do well in League2 and other clubs around the world will come sniffing around and offer you a new job (even in the middle of a season).

3. Cash injections from new boards, cash haemorrhages by bankrupt sponsors/chairman XL anyone ;)

4. Other leagues around the world have their matches properly simulated so you can scout out which players are scoring/assisting well for example.

5. International management, I know there's not enough national teams to make this a big thing but there's still enough to do some kind of regular friendlies and world cup type tournament with you being able to do a Hiddink (ie manage 5 or 6 different national teams over your career, starting with crap teams like Slovenia and then as you become more respected you can get jobs at good teams like Brazil/Italy etc.)

That's enough for now, but you get the point ;)

Of course if you meant the above under "brushed up on" then I take it all back ;)
 
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