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Originally Posted by vikefan24
also, if I played 41212 those guys would be in their correct positions at LM/RM instead of CM/CM and be lined up in essentially the same spot of the field playing the same style that I'm currently playing
no
the wide players hug the touchline to offer an outlet and having the possibility to make penetrative runs in behind -> in possession they stay very wide, when opposition has the ball they cut in to make it more narrow
the CMs in a 4-3-x stay central in possession for the most part and try to dictate play WITH the ball a lot more, when the opposition has the ball they cut out a lot to help defend wide
in short
in the CM spots you want good all-around players who have good passing ability, strength, vision, tackling etc
in the wide position dribbling, speed etc becomes a lot more important