In my personal experience, I play with possession and try to emulate either pep's 2011 barca or 2023 city. I play purely out of joy and nothing else... that way I'm rarely frustrated with the opponent...and slowly I have started to enjoy the game a lot more! Once you let go of the sweatiness and competitiveness and play your own style... refine and develop it... you will start to enjoy it a lot more.
Yes, indeed. This and disregarding that divisions badge. D1 is as meaningful as D5. The ranking system simply doesn’t matter. The only thing that differentiates the divisions is the number of toxic, sweaty whales. The middle divisions(5, 4, and 3) will have far more people just playing football.
@@AndrewCrankypants well put ... Once you concentrate on your own game ... You will realize which opponents are trying to play football and who are here to sweat. But yeah beating those sweaty meta formation legend stacked shits are good fun! 😂
i have a question if ur playing peps 3-2-4-1 how do u deal with people who use wingplay so the ball advances on the wings for crosses since u have no right or left backs? or do u use a 442 version where u have ur fullbacks 1 dmf and a cmf lm and rm and a amf that plays along the striker
@@gr3saeyend in the normal 3241, i play with an anchor man dmf with deep line instructions.. which basically makes it 4 man defence and i manually position my wide CBs to take care of the wingers, but if they are play 424, then i switch to sub tactic where i make it 433 with one amf moving to lwf, and the lmf moving to lb, one of the cbs moving to rb, i use defensive on the fullbacks then and deep line on the anchor man.. this works most of the time for me
Thanks Barry, I hope you and the rest of the community are doing well too. I'm always up for new content. I played long ball counter for several days and lost a lot of games. I started with position game from the beginning, getting used to other tactics doesn't work for me.
In my opinion I think that everything he is explaining is for people who wanna reach division 1 on a consistent basis and compete with the best. These are the small details you have to consider doing.
Great video mate, and very true. I have Tomiyasu at LB with defence on him and Irwin RB, but I like Irwin to push up, so effectively it's really a back 3. 🤷🏻♂️
You did the meta wrong. It’s 2 full backs who are on defensive. Attack only from the 5 players up top rest sit back for interceptions and blocking passing lanes
Efootball needs to fix the shielding , people shouldn’t be able to press all game and just stab from behind so easy, and they rarely call fouls on these shoulder charges
Yes! Fixing that issue would balance out the insane amount of interceptions in this game due to passes having to be rushed because of how crazy accurate defenders ALWAYS are in the tackle. Or, as you say, when they go through the back of the ball carrier to take the ball.
The physicality of the game has never been good but it was easier to deal with during certain patches. The most recent patch has absolutely destroyed the game in favour of aggressive press merchants. It’s BS and I’m taking a break from the game until the next patch. Nice to read I’m not the only one finding it intolerable.
@@PeterCarroll83 You are not. I Played it everyday (nearly) since the relaunch last March/April (?) and now, have had enough. Its is just frustrating playing the game now. The tackle from behind, defenders catching up a forward who has better stats, from 10 yards behind them; the so called 'meta formations and playing styles' the ping pong passing, etc etc..where is the fun, where is the excitement of training up a player when his attributes count for nothing ?
Yeah. Possession play is fun for me. And tactics with certain players kills counter play. Man marking is a must against counter play (just my opinion).
i dont keep track on meta plans or anything like that but for the last 2 weeks ive been using long ball counter just because i wanted to try it and somehow it just works and i didnt change it since then and yesterday i got a 7 win streak and i'm on division 4
I haven't played this game in months but would be interested in trying it out again. Have there been any significant improvements to the gameplay or is it still the same super automated ping pong fest that it was before?
The game feels great; better than before in my eyes. The collision models are still bad. Connection issues still occur. The same meta that people were using months ago is still effective and widespread in the higher divisions. Automated defending and interceptions are still the norm. There’s some good with some bad. It’s an alright experience on the whole. Just don’t expect PES from eFootball.
@@AndrewCrankypants Ahh, I think I'll give it a miss then. I did kind of expect there to be little change to be honest given how slow Konami are to dish out updates/fixes. The only thing that piqued my interest was the reintroduction of coop mode as I used to love playing that on previous PES games. I heard you can only set up private rooms though which is annoying.
@@ScottBlade1889 Yes. The co-op beta test with private rooms they had was well received. So we’ll received that I guess match making wasn’t a priority. Maybe it never was.
@@AndrewCrankypants Yeah, well I think we know what their priority is these days. Gameplay and actual content seem to be an afterthought. All they care about now is how many different versions of the same player they can get people to waste their money on.
@@ScottBlade1889 Yep. I’ve got my team that I like using. I pop in every now and then and have a few games. I’m done giving them money if they don’t want to use it the way they should.
I want to try sub-tactic , i set it up but when i go to play it just sets up for my original tactic . What button on my controller do i press . I think you said D pad , if thats the big pad front center it doesn't do anything for me
Hi... If anyone could answer me, please do. I'm playing on my ps5 and i realise there are certain matches i can't change to my sub tactics even after holding on to the up/down d-pad for a few secs long. Was wondering if anyone has face this issue. I would really appreciate any help for this issue.
Barry I’m so fed up of the game right now, lost the plot multiple times over the weekend. I need you to outline how the lads are making their team pressing terminators. I don’t mean playing a certain formation with quick counter or long ball counter. I need to know how their getting the team to always smother you and aggressively hound you and smash you off the ball. How do you do it and how do you counter it. Please make a video on it because I can’t figure it out for the life of me. I can’t pass through them, can’t dribble past (because their defender springs to the knock on ahead of my winger and brushes him off the ball) and can’t shield without the 2nd man press stealing the ball - seriously pissing me off - was never this bad before and it’s zero craic to play the game now.
@@iandavis1723 That’s a bit of a solution alright to a point but the way these teams are hunting they’ll get to the knock down ahead of your player and if they don’t they smash into you and get the ball - no shielding or evasive dribble works and never a free kick. I think it’s horrible game mechanics, fair play to them for mastering the manipulation but I’d just like a fair fight and know how to do it myself
Sometimes it’s a connection issue. Sometimes they might have a squad of players trained with elevated speed and aggression. I find most of the time it’s connection and input lag that puts me at a huge disadvantage. There’s really nothing I can do about due to my distance from my servers.
I’ll go over a few things in my livestream today bro! Sorry to hear your struggles, that sucks. There are a few things to adapt to since the last patch
You have one of the best channel,honestly. But I hate this video. Encouraging people to not play. Mourinho style football is not football. I think its not a good view, stay back kick forward etc. Would be More helpful and positive (according to myself) if you could show movements, understanding shielding system etc. Because football is about this skills. And everybody van improve their play if they van understand the movement System. Finesse dribbling,how to play in front of the box. I play posession style,never change to"meta". Why? Because I would like to play and Beat somebody with skills and show im better. Yeah everebyody can find a better player and should say gg,but leadning long ball counter etc ,its not a fact that somebody played better. This is my opinion,and again I love your videos,but I dont agree to teach people to not play.
He’s probably tired of explaining it a million times to people who only play video games to win. The game simply isn’t going to change from its current course due to us dinosaurs complaining about how simplistic it is and how mindless the tactics and grind to climb to the upper divisions are.
Thanks for the comment! I think you missed the point of the video mate, or maybe you don’t watch my other content/livestreams. I don’t use this setup. You should check out my RTG with Jan Koller as my star striker. This video answers a question I get asked every day multiple times from lots of different players. Personally, I play the most anti meta style and have done since lunch. Out wide dribble centric play. I play for fun and enjoy possession and space. This video is not encouraging people to play a certain way, it is showing meta which is one of my most asked about topics. I create a variety of content and part of that is tutorials and walkthroughs. People ask me all of the time why meta works, what it looks like and how to set it up. At the end of the day, there is no pure way to play, just what you enjoy and some enjoy meta 3cf quick passing such as this. Some enjoy possession. Some enjoy crossing. People are allowed play however they want as it’s a video game. Just because you don’t enjoy that, doesn’t mean your way is the purest way and vice versa. I am also bringing an anti meta video out. And various others
@@eFootballUniverse I understand your point,truly. But I think you can close this case if somebody asking "try to learn movements,turns,football" thats it :) its rude but I think true. I love your videos, but for meg like I said its encouraging people to not play or learn physics of this game. Mate, next Time please make a video about shielding which is one the most underrated thing ín the game but very useful. Strickencube anyway xd you saw my goals,I think this game is áll about football. Title is pitch is ours, try to better on the pitch,emberor of the pitch,posession,skills etc.
subbtaktıcs must be on, so you can position your players differently. In the game you have to hold the cross button up or down for a short moment, then you can see whether you are offensive or defensive. If you stand defensively then you play with subtactık. better try offline first.
Meta players are crap tbh, , they all have to play PA1 or 2 as they have no ability to do anything other than that. If they didnt have the AI making sure their crappy spam one-2 and through ball passes perfect they wouldnt make it past Div4.
@@ducnguyen4973 I disagree, If you have to play PA1 o2 3 you are not a good player as you need the maximum assistance to get to Div 1. PA3 allows for misdirected passes under/overhit passes with minimum assistance, Manual is that to the max. I dont think everyone should play manual but for me to class someone as a good player then you need to play PA3 and get to Div1. I regularly match with Div1 and 2 players who try the kick off exploits, its tragic that your life is that devoid of happiness you have to scam wins in a game where you dont win anything to get gratification.
@@ducnguyen4973 Exactly they don't believe in their own ability or don't have the ability to play the game as intended. they need AI assistance or rely on poor coding to find exploits to win. I know how it works, just not pathetic enough to get a cheap win that way. You clearly like to play the exploit way hence the defence of it, if that's how you get your own personal gratification then go for it, I find it tragic.
In my personal experience, I play with possession and try to emulate either pep's 2011 barca or 2023 city. I play purely out of joy and nothing else... that way I'm rarely frustrated with the opponent...and slowly I have started to enjoy the game a lot more! Once you let go of the sweatiness and competitiveness and play your own style... refine and develop it... you will start to enjoy it a lot more.
Yes, indeed. This and disregarding that divisions badge. D1 is as meaningful as D5. The ranking system simply doesn’t matter. The only thing that differentiates the divisions is the number of toxic, sweaty whales. The middle divisions(5, 4, and 3) will have far more people just playing football.
@@AndrewCrankypants well put ... Once you concentrate on your own game ... You will realize which opponents are trying to play football and who are here to sweat. But yeah beating those sweaty meta formation legend stacked shits are good fun! 😂
100% man, I think that why I enjoy playing the game so much lately, I’m testing players and tactics and playstyles that are fun and not about winning!
i have a question if ur playing peps 3-2-4-1 how do u deal with people who use wingplay so the ball advances on the wings for crosses since u have no right or left backs? or do u use a 442 version where u have ur fullbacks 1 dmf and a cmf lm and rm and a amf that plays along the striker
@@gr3saeyend in the normal 3241, i play with an anchor man dmf with deep line instructions.. which basically makes it 4 man defence and i manually position my wide CBs to take care of the wingers, but if they are play 424, then i switch to sub tactic where i make it 433 with one amf moving to lwf, and the lmf moving to lb, one of the cbs moving to rb, i use defensive on the fullbacks then and deep line on the anchor man.. this works most of the time for me
Thanks Barry, I hope you and the rest of the community are doing well too. I'm always up for new content. I played long ball counter for several days and lost a lot of games. I started with position game from the beginning, getting used to other tactics doesn't work for me.
In my opinion I think that everything he is explaining is for people who wanna reach division 1 on a consistent basis and compete with the best. These are the small details you have to consider doing.
Great video mate, and very true. I have Tomiyasu at LB with defence on him and Irwin RB, but I like Irwin to push up, so effectively it's really a back 3. 🤷🏻♂️
Would it work the same way on mobile version too?
You did the meta wrong. It’s 2 full backs who are on defensive. Attack only from the 5 players up top rest sit back for interceptions and blocking passing lanes
Efootball needs to fix the shielding , people shouldn’t be able to press all game and just stab from behind so easy, and they rarely call fouls on these shoulder charges
this has been a major issue since day one. Just spoils the game for me
Yes! Fixing that issue would balance out the insane amount of interceptions in this game due to passes having to be rushed because of how crazy accurate defenders ALWAYS are in the tackle. Or, as you say, when they go through the back of the ball carrier to take the ball.
Is not that they don’t fix the issue Konami just doesn’t have the Tech
The physicality of the game has never been good but it was easier to deal with during certain patches. The most recent patch has absolutely destroyed the game in favour of aggressive press merchants. It’s BS and I’m taking a break from the game until the next patch. Nice to read I’m not the only one finding it intolerable.
@@PeterCarroll83 You are not. I Played it everyday (nearly) since the relaunch last March/April (?) and now, have had enough. Its is just frustrating playing the game now. The tackle from behind, defenders catching up a forward who has better stats, from 10 yards behind them; the so called 'meta formations and playing styles' the ping pong passing, etc etc..where is the fun, where is the excitement of training up a player when his attributes count for nothing ?
I’ve had the game for one week and have made division 5. Is that good? I’m not sure how it compares to a rank based game.
Keep going!
Can you do a video of most important stats to train for each position? and thanks for the video.
Do not try to make META squad. Do as you feel more comfortable ;)
Win is win
Yeah. Possession play is fun for me.
And tactics with certain players kills counter play. Man marking is a must against counter play (just my opinion).
i dont keep track on meta plans or anything like that but for the last 2 weeks ive been using long ball counter just because i wanted to try it and somehow it just works and i didnt change it since then and yesterday i got a 7 win streak and i'm on division 4
thats funny man, it's completely different for me, i tried it too and lost a lot of games. What tactics did you use before?
@@ahmetgeril i used quick counter
After you described the most used formations I started thinking this game is broken 😞
Thanks for the info bruh ❤
I play with possesion and more enjoy
thank you for all your work crack
Thanks for the video. But this games sucks more and more with every update.
Do ii have to mark the opponents right winger?
What players should I buy if I want to do legacy transfer?
Players that cost 0 gp and have no skills
Thai league. The team with the beetle as it’s logo. Their worst rated players have no skills and are cheap.
@@AndrewCrankypants Thanks lad
@@romayo234 thanks lad
What is legacy transfer ?
Je ne sais pas jouer META avec 2 CF et 1 SS et surtout je ne prends aucun plaisir. Je prefere jouer en 433 faux 9 ou en 3-5-2 avec 2 pistons
I haven't played this game in months but would be interested in trying it out again. Have there been any significant improvements to the gameplay or is it still the same super automated ping pong fest that it was before?
The game feels great; better than before in my eyes. The collision models are still bad. Connection issues still occur. The same meta that people were using months ago is still effective and widespread in the higher divisions. Automated defending and interceptions are still the norm. There’s some good with some bad. It’s an alright experience on the whole. Just don’t expect PES from eFootball.
@@AndrewCrankypants Ahh, I think I'll give it a miss then. I did kind of expect there to be little change to be honest given how slow Konami are to dish out updates/fixes. The only thing that piqued my interest was the reintroduction of coop mode as I used to love playing that on previous PES games. I heard you can only set up private rooms though which is annoying.
@@ScottBlade1889 Yes. The co-op beta test with private rooms they had was well received. So we’ll received that I guess match making wasn’t a priority. Maybe it never was.
@@AndrewCrankypants Yeah, well I think we know what their priority is these days. Gameplay and actual content seem to be an afterthought. All they care about now is how many different versions of the same player they can get people to waste their money on.
@@ScottBlade1889 Yep. I’ve got my team that I like using. I pop in every now and then and have a few games. I’m done giving them money if they don’t want to use it the way they should.
I want to try sub-tactic , i set it up but when i go to play it just sets up for my original tactic . What button on my controller do i press . I think you said D pad , if thats the big pad front center it doesn't do anything for me
To work is you play the defensive so put the bar one down
how to switch sub tactics in match with control ??
People really see other player formations to guess the tactic? The only I see is the players on the field, and they how they play on the field.
Hi... If anyone could answer me, please do. I'm playing on my ps5 and i realise there are certain matches i can't change to my sub tactics even after holding on to the up/down d-pad for a few secs long. Was wondering if anyone has face this issue. I would really appreciate any help for this issue.
How do you mean man? They don't activate or they don't visually show it
Pls how did you train your son ?
I tryin whit the link you give me he trying take 39 my account but I not care for pay you sur it go work
Barry I’m so fed up of the game right now, lost the plot multiple times over the weekend. I need you to outline how the lads are making their team pressing terminators. I don’t mean playing a certain formation with quick counter or long ball counter. I need to know how their getting the team to always smother you and aggressively hound you and smash you off the ball. How do you do it and how do you counter it. Please make a video on it because I can’t figure it out for the life of me. I can’t pass through them, can’t dribble past (because their defender springs to the knock on ahead of my winger and brushes him off the ball) and can’t shield without the 2nd man press stealing the ball - seriously pissing me off - was never this bad before and it’s zero craic to play the game now.
When I play someone who is ultra aggressive i play a target man and pump long balls up to him. Sometimes it's the only way to beat the press.
@@iandavis1723 That’s a bit of a solution alright to a point but the way these teams are hunting they’ll get to the knock down ahead of your player and if they don’t they smash into you and get the ball - no shielding or evasive dribble works and never a free kick. I think it’s horrible game mechanics, fair play to them for mastering the manipulation but I’d just like a fair fight and know how to do it myself
@@iandavis1723 try to block his midfielders or wingers from your opponent.
Sometimes it’s a connection issue. Sometimes they might have a squad of players trained with elevated speed and aggression. I find most of the time it’s connection and input lag that puts me at a huge disadvantage. There’s really nothing I can do about due to my distance from my servers.
I’ll go over a few things in my livestream today bro! Sorry to hear your struggles, that sucks. There are a few things to adapt to since the last patch
Please do an anti meta I am so annoyed by allt he crossing stuff
Working on it mate!
MAKE THAT 40 min VIDEO !!!!!
👀
@@eFootballUniverse 🗿🙏
Zero respect for anyone who plays this computer game with sweaty, toxic, try hard formations and styles
i need no meta 3232 long ball counter
Already have it done mate check my vids
nice tatic
Click bait! Where was guardiola 😂
I’ll have a word with my graphic guy 🤣
You have one of the best channel,honestly. But I hate this video. Encouraging people to not play. Mourinho style football is not football. I think its not a good view, stay back kick forward etc. Would be More helpful and positive (according to myself) if you could show movements, understanding shielding system etc. Because football is about this skills. And everybody van improve their play if they van understand the movement System. Finesse dribbling,how to play in front of the box. I play posession style,never change to"meta". Why? Because I would like to play and Beat somebody with skills and show im better. Yeah everebyody can find a better player and should say gg,but leadning long ball counter etc ,its not a fact that somebody played better. This is my opinion,and again I love your videos,but I dont agree to teach people to not play.
I also play with Pep, at the end of the day it's just a game. Ist doch langweilig wenn jeder gleich spielt :-)
He’s probably tired of explaining it a million times to people who only play video games to win. The game simply isn’t going to change from its current course due to us dinosaurs complaining about how simplistic it is and how mindless the tactics and grind to climb to the upper divisions are.
Thanks for the comment! I think you missed the point of the video mate, or maybe you don’t watch my other content/livestreams. I don’t use this setup. You should check out my RTG with Jan Koller as my star striker. This video answers a question I get asked every day multiple times from lots of different players.
Personally, I play the most anti meta style and have done since lunch. Out wide dribble centric play. I play for fun and enjoy possession and space. This video is not encouraging people to play a certain way, it is showing meta which is one of my most asked about topics. I create a variety of content and part of that is tutorials and walkthroughs. People ask me all of the time why meta works, what it looks like and how to set it up. At the end of the day, there is no pure way to play, just what you enjoy and some enjoy meta 3cf quick passing such as this. Some enjoy possession. Some enjoy crossing. People are allowed play however they want as it’s a video game. Just because you don’t enjoy that, doesn’t mean your way is the purest way and vice versa.
I am also bringing an anti meta video out. And various others
I literally get asked 10 times a day what meta is and how it looks mate yes! A lot want to know
@@eFootballUniverse I understand your point,truly. But I think you can close this case if somebody asking "try to learn movements,turns,football" thats it :) its rude but I think true. I love your videos, but for meg like I said its encouraging people to not play or learn physics of this game. Mate, next Time please make a video about shielding which is one the most underrated thing ín the game but very useful.
Strickencube anyway xd you saw my goals,I think this game is áll about football. Title is pitch is ours, try to better on the pitch,emberor of the pitch,posession,skills etc.
How to activate sub tactics in game??
subbtaktıcs must be on, so you can position your players differently. In the game you have to hold the cross button up or down for a short moment, then you can see whether you are offensive or defensive. If you stand defensively then you play with subtactık. better try offline first.
Done in dpad
@@eFootballUniverse thanks so much for your reply man❤️
@@ahmetgeril thanks man❤️
Meta players are crap tbh, , they all have to play PA1 or 2 as they have no ability to do anything other than that. If they didnt have the AI making sure their crappy spam one-2 and through ball passes perfect they wouldnt make it past Div4.
@@ducnguyen4973 I disagree, If you have to play PA1 o2 3 you are not a good player as you need the maximum assistance to get to Div 1. PA3 allows for misdirected passes under/overhit passes with minimum assistance, Manual is that to the max. I dont think everyone should play manual but for me to class someone as a good player then you need to play PA3 and get to Div1. I regularly match with Div1 and 2 players who try the kick off exploits, its tragic that your life is that devoid of happiness you have to scam wins in a game where you dont win anything to get gratification.
@@ducnguyen4973 Exactly they don't believe in their own ability or don't have the ability to play the game as intended. they need AI assistance or rely on poor coding to find exploits to win. I know how it works, just not pathetic enough to get a cheap win that way. You clearly like to play the exploit way hence the defence of it, if that's how you get your own personal gratification then go for it, I find it tragic.