Football Manager 2023 All or Nothing Tactic 4-1-4-1 by FM DNA

Want to get an unforgettable season in Football Manager 2023? Experience goals galore with the All or Nothing Tactic for Football Manager 2023! This attacking system brings you everything you want from your tactics – lots of goals and defensive solid at the back.

FM23 All or Nothing 4-1-4-1 by FM DNA – The Best All-Out-Attack Tactic on FM23?

With the success of the Golden Circus 3-3-3-1 tactic, we are back with a brand new Football Manager 2023 tactics to try out! This time, our content creator FM DNA looks at his FM23 All or Nothing 4-1-4-1 tactic that can simply be described as one of these Goals Galore tactics on Football Manager 2023.

Today we will take a closer look at the All or Nothing 4-1-4-1 tactic that is as entertaining to watch as it’s powerful in its attack. Here it’s literally about taking any chances necessary to win more games and eventually win titles and promotions.

With two shadow strikers and two attacking inside forwards behind the lone out-and-out striker and only one holding midfielder, it’s literally about taking any necessary risk to overload the opposition in the final third by numerical superiority in and around their defensive line. With 5 men up front, it may seem like an overkill, but with the current match engine, it becomes goals galore!

If you’re worried about how the All or Nothing performs defensively, all I can say is that it is not bad at all! By topping the charts for the most clean sheets in its league, it gives you a solid system to use in the non-leagues to hunt for promotions or when you are chasing for titles and champions.

The FM23 All or Nothing tactic has been tested with Arsenal, AC Milan and Norwich City to show off the tactic and its results.

Get a deeper insight to the FM23 All or Nothing Tactic by watching the video below, or download this attacking tactic in the bottom of the post.

The Player Roles of “All or Nothing” Tactic

Goalkeeper

Role: Sweeper keeper – Support

Instructions: None

The Sweeper Keeper regularly pushes high up the pitch in order to control the space behind the defence. Taking on a more active role in assisting the team with attacks and maintaining possession.

Center Backs

Role: Ball Playing Defender – Defend

Instructions: None

Ball Playing Defender is to stop the opposing attackers from playing and to clear the ball from danger when required. However, unlike standard central defenders, the Ball Playing Defender is encouraged to launch defence splitting through balls from deep to generate counter-attacking opportunities.

Left Back

Role: Wing-Back – Support

Instructions: Cross from byline, Cross aim centre, Dribble less, Tackle harder, Mark tighter

Right Back

Role: Wing-Back – Support

Instructions: Cross from byline, Cross aim centre, Dribble less, Tackle harder, Mark tighter

The player who plays in a wide position on the field, taking part both in attack and defence

Defensive Midfielder

Role: Defensive midfielder – Defend

Instructions: Tackle harder, Mark tighter

Sitting in front of the defensive, helping out on defensive duties.

Inside Forwards

Role: Inside Forwards – Attack

Instructions: Shoot less often, Tackle harder, Mark tighter

The inside forwards aim to cut inside and help with the Attack

Shadow Striker LC

Role: Shadow Striker – Attack

Instructions: Pass shorter, Shoot less often, Roam from position, Tackle harder, Mark tighter

Shadow Striker RC

Role: Shadow Striker – Attack

Instructions: Pass shorter, Shoot less often, Tackle harder, Mark tighter

Aim to help in attack but also to be a threat in attack with picking up goals.

Advance Forward

Role: Advanced Forward – Attack

Instructions: Pass shorter, Take more risks, Shoot less often, Tackle harder

Team Instructions

In Possession

Build-Up Phase

In the build-up phase the team will play their way out of defence using a mix of short-passing style and progressive passes that initially seeks out one of the forwards. At this stage, the two shadow strikers will move between the lines, making the system act like a 2-3-2-3 shape – similar to the Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona Tiki-Taka tactic by Passion4FM.

With five men up front, it forces the opposition to take actions by defending deeper – meaning you’ll create numerical superiority when building out from the back.

In Transition

In transition from defence to attack, it’s all about using the moments of chaos to go forward and attack with quickness and pace. By launching quick counter-attacks, you need players with great physic, both in terms of acceleration, stamina and work rate.

The tactic is build around these quick transitions using quick mid-short passes delivered into space for the forwards to run onto. When entering the final third, you’ll have a 2-3-5 shape with the two wingbacks providing the width while the five forwards have the full freedom to find necessary space.

At times, the attacking positioning of the forwards will be clustered but this helps to overload the half spaces and create those numerical superiority Pep Guardiola favours within his systems. In fact, you’ll be able to overload on each side, all depending on where the ball is, and how the opposition prefers to defend against it.

Out of Possession

The All or Nothing tactic will defend in a 4-1-4-1 shape with the defensive midfielder holding position in front of the back four. The defensive instructions will be rather proactive, looking at winning possession high up the field and break on the counter in a similar fashion as Klopp’s Gegenpressing style.

Records & Highlights

With the FM23 All or Nothing Tactic I won the UEFA Champions League with A.C. Milan and the UEFA Europa League with Arsenal. Despite ending in 2nd place with Arsenal, the team managed to concede the last goals in the Premier League with 20 clean sheets.

At Norwich, we scored a remarkable 133 goals, helping them promote to the Premier League after one season in the Championship.

Thank you for taking the time to read the write up and thank you to Passion4FM. More testing of brilliant Football Manager 2023 tactics you need to try are coming soon!

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