Started career mode with Cheltenham Town and it's going alright. It's just so rigid with the player roles. Put a LM at LW and all attributes get capped. Set defence to depth of 10 but they still don't get back. Fullbacks are just so lazy even with appropriate roles. They respond best to LB run trigger and that's it.
I get they wanted to make it more fancy by having a centre back with a ball playing role but you were able to do it manually anyway. Now the AI jolts the player a bit higher up or further away from the keeper at any cost leaving you overly exposed.
My typical 433 with wingers and 2 6's gets way overstretched so I've gone the 433 with a holding midfield to ensure defensive cover and it can trigger their runs and the box to box setting is the closest I'll get.
I think my hands and eyes develop a tolerance level when it's around Championship level. I often forget how well players can actually shoot on their game and need to pull the trigger more often. The numbers don't show it but there's definitely some kind of chemistry that builds amongst a team.
I enjoy the minimal depth FIFA brings but FM goes too deep for me.
