Re: PES 2014 Discussion Thread (NO PIRACY TALK, YOU WILL GET BANNED!)
Early assessment of this game.
Been playing Most of today with Rennes. Professional, 1 bar, basic shooting and Through ball, on 0 speed.
The goals I conceded I looked at where I went wrong, made an adjustment then I improved. The most important thing I learned was in regards to tactics, PES 2014 has now changed how 'Player support' works. The higher the player support the more likely your entire team will push up, regardless of how deep you set your defence. On PES 2011-13 this didn't cover the whole team, only those midfielder and attackers in how quickly they moved forward.
When i used my 'All out Defence' Formation, the CPU found it very hard to break me down, this was fantastic, I've learned properly how to defend on this game with it. Setting Player support Low means when you lose the ball your team won't be so far up the pitch open to through balls on the counter. This was the cause of my loss 3-0 away to Saint Etienne, my Long ball primary setup didn't work.
I've tinkered with the formation until i finally found something that is working wonders. A defensive 4-3-2-1 playing on the counter primarily soaking up pressure then using my quick widemen and my striker to score. Most teams play a high line because of the player support so defending deep and countering is the way to go In Ligue 1, and probably most other European Leagues with these tactics
The AI, over the course of all my matches actually play the better football than me and create some great passing moves, i've rarely ended the game with more possesion than the AI, they are not easy to handle. But me, playing a simple counter attack game with Two DM's in my man Jean II Makoun and Stephen N'Zonzi. These guys are great, they have good physicality especially N'Zonzi, tackle well and do what I need them to do in the middle of the park in the middle of the park with Sabou in center midfield helping out defensively and supplying passes to my front players.
Just like on PES 2013 offline, I'm enjoying winning ugly, using a rather unfashionable French side, not many people care about, without any players with any real substantial talent. Do the basics right and play simple football with simple player to succeed.
I'm unsure whether to stay and try build a team which can play a little more nice passing football or leave to play football somewhere else at a bigger team, building a solid defence and players infront with the freedom to attack.
So people reading this struggling with through balls, you defending is not 100% depended on how you use the contain, pressure and slide tackle, no. how your team is setup is far more important.
