FM 2014 Central Defenders (SW/DC)
Role: Sweeper | Duty: Defend
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Passing, Tackling
- Mental: Anticipation, Composure, Concentration, Decisions, Positioning
- Physical: Acceleration, Balance, Jumping
Role: Libero | Duty: Support
- Technical: Dribbling, Heading, Marking, Passing, Tackling
- Mental: Anticipation, Composure, Concentration, Creativity, Decisions, Positioning, Teamwork
- Physical: Acceleration, Balance, Jumping
Role: Libero | Duty: Attack
- Technical: Dribbling, Heading, Long Shots, Marking, Passing, Tackling
- Mental: Anticipation, Composure, Concentration, Creativity, Decisions, Positioning, Teamwork
- Physical: Acceleration, Balance, Jumping
Role: Central Defender | Duty: Defend
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Tackling
- Mental: Composure, Concentration, Decisions, Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Jumping, Strength
Role: Central Defender | Duty: Stopper
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Tackling
- Mental: Aggression, Bravery, Composure, Concentration, Decisions, Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Jumping, Strength
Role: Central Defender | Duty: Cover
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Tackling
- Mental: Anticipation, Composure, Concentration, Decisions, Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Acceleration, Jumping, Strength
Role: Ball Playing Defender | Duty: Defend
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Passing, Tackling, Technique
- Mental: Composure, Concentration, Creativity, Decisions, Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Jumping, Strength
Role: Ball Playing Defender | Duty: Stopper
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Passing, Tackling, Technique
- Mental: Aggression, Bravery, Composure, Concentration, Creativity, Decisions, Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Jumping, Strength
Role: Ball Playing Defender | Duty: Cover
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Passing, Tackling, Technique
- Mental: Anticipation, Composure, Concentration, Creativity, Decisions, Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Acceleration, Jumping, Strength
Role: Limited Defender | Duty: Defend
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Tackling
- Mental: Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Jumping, Strength
Role: Limited Defender | Duty: Stopper
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Tackling
- Mental: Aggression, Bravery, Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Jumping, Strength
Role: Limited Defender | Duty: Cover
- Technical: Heading, Marking, Tackling
- Mental: Anticipation, Determination, Positioning
- Physical: Acceleration, Jumping, Strength
FM 2014 Central Defenders roles and duties explained
Sweeper
- Drops behind the defensive line, aiming to sweep up through balls, pick up extra attackers and make goal-saving tackles, blocks and interceptions. Must have exceptional athleticism and reading of the game which enable him to cover for defensive errors, take possession of loose balls from a deep position and secure possession. Rarely, if ever, ventures forward.
- Can only have defend duty.
Libero
- Drops behind the defensive line, having the same duties as the sweeper. He will also roam forward in support of the midfield when the team has possession.
- With a support duty the libero will step into midfield when possession is secured and look to play balls through to attacking teammates.
- With an attack duty the libero ventures much higher up the pitch to provide a goal scoring threat from distance while also looking to play in teammates.
Central Defender
- His main job is to stop the opposing attackers from playing and to clear the ball from danger when needed. However, especially for more aggressive tactics, he must also have the technique and composure to be able to help the team maintain possession and lay off simple passes to the more creative players.
- With a defend duty, the central defender will stay in line with his defensive partners and look to break up attacks, mark opposing forwards and prevent the ball from getting into the box.
- With a stopper duty, the central defender will push ahead of the defensive line and close down players before they get to the penalty area.
- With a cover duty, the central defender will drop a little deeper and sweep up through balls behind the defensive line.
Ball Playing Defender
- His main job is the same as the central defenders, stop the opposing attackers and clear the ball from danger. The main difference is that the ball playing defender is encouraged to launch defence-splitting through balls from deep to generate counter-attacking opportunities.
- Can have the same defend/stopper/cover duties, with the exact same job description as the central defender.
Limited Defender
- His main job is the same as the other central defender roles but the limited defender will clear the ball safely up field in a no-nonsense manner.
- Can have the same defend/stopper/cover duties, with the exact same job description as the central defenders / ball playing defenders.
FM 2014 Key Attributes and Player Roles Index
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pedro roriz
16 октября, 2013 at 20:51
johnny, i bet it took a lot of time to create this and well done, my friend! i think it should help a lot of people. brazil is 3 hours before london’s time so we’re still at work; can’t wait to get home and start playing!
Johnny Karp
16 октября, 2013 at 20:59
Yes, it did take a bit of time but I’m very happy that you find it useful. I hope it will help a lot of people indeed.
saltwater
16 октября, 2013 at 22:14
My FM is downloading at the moment and I needed this to stop myself bouncing off the walls. Thanks for this guide must have been a long task and we’re all really grateful for this continued effort. Playing a tactic with no wingers makes that role of complete wing-back look really tempting…
Johnny Karp
17 октября, 2013 at 06:05
No problem at all mate, we love doing what we do.
nikozolo
17 октября, 2013 at 05:04
Thanks a bunch Johnny! This should tide me over until work ends! Class as always! Keep up the good work and of course enjoy the game.
PS very much looking forward to the tactic analysis :)
Johnny Karp
17 октября, 2013 at 06:02
Thanks mate, glad you like it. I’m looking forward to analysing tactics myself :)
Gaurav Chaddah
17 октября, 2013 at 07:51
Cheers for this mate, greta work on the site so far, well done. Do you know in the tactics where I can allocate my playmker, target man ect ect?
Johnny Karp
17 октября, 2013 at 08:32
You can’t, those settings are gone. Basically if you set a striker to target man role, that’s your target man. Same goes for playmakers.
auzanaagnar
20 декабря, 2013 at 20:50
what ‘cross to target man’ mean? i don’t even use TM
Johnny Karp
21 декабря, 2013 at 11:40
Probably means «cross to target man», if you have one :)
Herbie76
17 октября, 2013 at 09:04
Johnny this is the dogs bollocks, you deserve a huge pat on the back for this..This has saved me from writing all this down on countless bits of paper, well done!!
Johnny Karp
17 октября, 2013 at 14:59
Thanks, glad you find it useful.
Pedro Fontan
17 октября, 2013 at 13:05
Brilliant Work Johnny as always. Unfortunately i will only get payed in the first of november so i can only get the game then ARGHHH. But i am pretty sure it will be worth the wait.
One thing i found strange when using strikers as Target Man is that in my games their Passing has actually made them better and the ones with better passing stats tend to be more productive. and it is the stat that increases the most. But that’s probably because of how i set up the team or maybe just coincidence.
Johnny Karp
17 октября, 2013 at 15:01
Any additional good attributes along with they key ones can do nothing but good for a player and his team as well.
simon
17 октября, 2013 at 15:24
Thank you Johnny. I found this really useful. I hope everyone is enjoying the beta. I think SI have done a really good job this year.
Johnny Karp
17 октября, 2013 at 16:16
Yes, hats off to Miles and his team!
Avery (@Avery78)
17 октября, 2013 at 18:34
Well put together, thank you for the efforts really appreciated. FM Stories is ahead of the curve with FM 2014 information. Would love to see some insights into backroom staff. Already finding pleasant surprises!
Johnny Karp
17 октября, 2013 at 18:43
Thanks, glad you like it. We’ll surely be looking into training soon, unfortunately the day has just 24 hours :)
Dave T (@buzzindave)
24 октября, 2013 at 10:50
wow well done pal amazing
Johnny Karp
24 октября, 2013 at 18:00
Thanks, I liked working on this :)
olala
25 октября, 2013 at 18:04
no creativity for regista role??
Johnny Karp
25 октября, 2013 at 18:20
Nope, I agree a regista should be creative but the game doesn’t deem that essential.
SAMiV
27 октября, 2013 at 12:41
Could it be possible for you to make these as search filters for FM14, so user could just use player filters to find the player he/she is looking for?
I found one webpage where this is done for FM13. —> http://thefmformation.com/files/file/50-the-fmformations-player-search-filters/
Just to give you an example what i mean by making these as search filters. I downloaded it and i’m going to try it soon in my FM13 save.
And if this has been done by someone already for FM14 then give us a link to it so we can download it and start using them. It would help quite a lot when searching for specific player.
I know it’s going to take quite a lot of time and work to make them, but i’m sure lots of ppl would appreciate that someone has made these filters available.
Thanks in advance no matter you deciding to make them or not. :)
Johnny Karp
27 октября, 2013 at 13:40
I could do that, actually I thought about doing something like this while I was writing this post but I wasn’t sure it would be very useful. And seeing that only 500 people downloaded the one you linked to from FM Formation does not ease my concerns, I wouldn’t want to spend loads of time doing something that only a few people would use. I’ll think about it and look for feedback from some other people as well.
britpol
9 ноября, 2013 at 19:35
Hi Johnny,
This is great work mate. I’ve put all the player types attributes in filters so guess who can find players very quickly now. Available if anyone wants them.
Thanks Johnny,
britpol
Johnny Karp
9 ноября, 2013 at 21:00
Thanks mate. If you can upload them somewhere I’ll link to that from the post.
Henrique M.
14 января, 2014 at 21:33
Hi, this is a impressive job. Congratulations.
Because this is a great this a great thread of FM 14, I’d like to know if you authorize a translation for my native language, the portuguese. I’m from a FM community very famous in Brazil and I believe our members would love read something like this. I’ll keep all the credits to this guide, you and the footballmanagerstory.com if you authorize.
Cheers
Darren Smith
15 января, 2014 at 12:09
Yes you can translate this on your site. As long as there is a link to the original post and credit to the author then we are happy for you to do that.
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Deckboy
20 мая, 2014 at 14:29
Perfect job boss! This is what I was searching since long. I guess it took u some time but am deffo one of those appreciating ur hardwork (Y)
Johnny Karp
20 мая, 2014 at 15:33
Thank you for the kind words, not many people take the time to say «thanks» these days :)
Erik James
1 июня, 2014 at 00:25
My first season with NO losses! This was great! Just had to sell and buy a couple of players to fill the weak link vois! Awesome man thanks!
Johnny Karp
2 июня, 2014 at 15:52
Well done!
Mantorras
1 августа, 2014 at 17:33
Great job Johnny! Any plans to add PPM’s to this chore? Would be great to know which PPM’s each role should learn.
Johnny Karp
1 августа, 2014 at 17:38
Thanks. Maybe for FM 15, I’ll consider that.
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