in possession
Patience
Hit Early Crosses
- Get the ball into the box.
- Create high volume of chances.
Instructs the team to play crosses into the box as much as possible, looking to test the opposition defence with high regularity.
Positive Feedback
- Forces the opposition to defend balls into their box more often.
- Likely to create a higher volume of chances.
Negative Feedback
- Chances team creates are likely to be of a lower quality on average.
- Harder to build sustained pressure.
Standard
- A balanced crossing strategy.
- No strong preference.
The team will look for a balance between playing early crosses into the box and trying work a better opportunity depending on your current mentality.
Positive Feedback
- A flexible final-third strategy.
- Variety in approach makes attacks more unpredictable.
Negative Feedback
- Loses the benefits of specialising in a single approach.
Work Ball Into Box
- Be patient in the final third.
- Create high quality chances.
Instructs the team to work hard for their opening, remaining patient and not forcing the issue, instead retaining and recycling the ball until they're able to create a high-quality opportunity.
Positive Feedback
- Keeps the opposition pinned back.
- Chances team creates are likely to be of a higher quality.
Negative Feedback
- Requires high level of technical quality to carve out chances.
- Likely to create a lower volume of chances.