So how do you defend?
Because after today apparently I'm god awful at it 😂 😔 Struggled massively today, anyone else? Played a mix of draft and rivals, won all my placement games on early access. Got placed in div 4 1432 skill points.
Defensively I feel helpless, especially to opponents using l1 dribbling and any kind of skill moves, I get near someone and they can basically go straight though me like a knife through butter, felt so vulnerable every time I'm without the ball, obviously was the same for alot of my opponents as every game is basically a goal fest.
Manual tackling feels as unrewarding as ever when I thought that was meant to change... the bounces and rebounds are brutal. I won more than I lost today but it was basically smash or get smashed the moment you have to chase a game your going to get carved apart. Attacking feels so overpowered compared to defending especially with L1 dribbling.
Lost 2 games by a goal and then 4/5 games by 4/5 goals. Obviously plenty of bs with bounces and rebounds but the root of the problem obviously is that i struggled to tackle alot. Likewise other than a couple games when I won the opponent was on the receiving end of a smashing. Obviously need to play more and adapt to the new game but got to it fast if I want to be hitting elite in WL and 2600 skill rating like last year.
Defensively I feel helpless, especially to opponents using l1 dribbling and any kind of skill moves, I get near someone and they can basically go straight though me like a knife through butter, felt so vulnerable every time I'm without the ball, obviously was the same for alot of my opponents as every game is basically a goal fest.
Manual tackling feels as unrewarding as ever when I thought that was meant to change... the bounces and rebounds are brutal. I won more than I lost today but it was basically smash or get smashed the moment you have to chase a game your going to get carved apart. Attacking feels so overpowered compared to defending especially with L1 dribbling.
Lost 2 games by a goal and then 4/5 games by 4/5 goals. Obviously plenty of bs with bounces and rebounds but the root of the problem obviously is that i struggled to tackle alot. Likewise other than a couple games when I won the opponent was on the receiving end of a smashing. Obviously need to play more and adapt to the new game but got to it fast if I want to be hitting elite in WL and 2600 skill rating like last year.
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41212 team of agile dwarfs seems to be the current meta as physicality counts for nothing right now.
Gold 3-1 last year depending on weekend spare time.
I never ever let the AI do the defending for me last year so I was excited for this so called manual defending but tbh it feels bad not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Don't link me to boras video I watched it and made no difference.
I currently use manual jockey setting as this seems more suited for me over assisted.. but still struggling.
I’m in my element as I used manual defending throughout 19 and refused to let auto defending take over, so its paid off in 20
See this is the thing I always defended with my selected player, 1v1 jockey, tackle when I could but I'm still having a real hard time.
If I press jockey it feels i can't keep up with attacker they just glide past me when I use jockey and sprint for speed jockey my player floats, skates everywhere feels unatural and not something I'm keen on.
For the record I had no issues defending in fifa 19 at all and not once did I use drop back or let the AI do everything.
https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/discussion/497677/are-you-struggling-with-defending-in-fifa-20
Getting used to it now, but having fast RB and LB has helped me out tbh.
Didn't feel comfortable defending still but was more solid though alot harder to score and create. Two strikers and a cam is op for 1-2's when you can cut though so easy. That's 10 wins and I think 7 losses today, shocking 😂
4-3 in rivals, 6-4 draft
Son is awesome though 👍
Wouldn’t have made a difference I won 4 drew one according to the game its bang average and stuck me in div 5 lol
FIFA 19 I couldn't defend like I can now, which makes me feel like I don't need to buy over priced players.
I can also recommend the manual jockey controller setting, gives more pace and control in jockey, first games you will have to get used to it, you will fly all over the place but once you are used you have way more control.
I average 15+ tackles in fifa 19 but this year it's mental I am going over 25 a game, it's really easy this year if you ask me. And I like it
All the bounces going agasint me, no bs goals rebounds for me.
tried holding left trigger and A
tried second man contain
tried tackling
nothing seems to do much
I'd prefer if a big flashing sign just came up and said "to continue winning please purchase more points "
Honestly i fully just believe now that the EA servers are just crap and cannot handle the load
Exactly how it feels for me too, yet my opponents are unaffected! EA Access was perfect for gameplay but now its atrociously sluggish, makes it impossible to play when you’re players are taking extra/heavy touches and cant dribble