Counter Attack!!
July 14th, 2008 by rromie
Dear Diary,
Hahaha! I’ve never wrote a diary in my entire life. Hey but this a blog, besides I can’t let Jeff’s ‘Dear HT Diary’ post being in the first post for so long…. 
Yesterday, was the day of which Kota Damansara’s 7 games of unbeaten streak was broken when we fell down to our knees at DagangFC. It’s a game that one would expect that Damansara would lose, after all, midfield still plays a very important part of the game. So what would you do if you know that you would lose midfield? If you are still thinking (or dreaming) to win then playing Counter Attack appears to be the only alternative. However, if you are trying to get a draw, pressing will be a great alternative. But I really dislike playing for a draw, its like you are giving up all hope, not my style huh?
Realising that in order to train playmaking and still make some decent money, it is obvious that you need to sell your playmaker trainee at a profitable level, usually around the worldclass level, which means that most of the time my middy sucks!! (That might change much later…) Besides, I pity the U20 Malaysia of having to go through its campaign without much middy power over the last season. 
Patriotic thought huh. Also that my middy at that time has very little secondary, which make them a no competitor in the National Team with the likes of other players trained by PeeJayReds, AirHitam, Kickaball and KJBrite.
While I am not an expert in Counter Attack (unlike goldfries), here is what I gathered over the seasons:
Counter Attack required:
- Great defense – Therefore your defenders have be better at high level and great goalkeeper too.
- Defenders with passing – The counter attacking defenders, so that they can pass the ball that they won after defending to your attackers instead of clearing at row Z like English defenders normally did. :p
- Great attack – Your striker better be good, since counter attacking chances are normally not many, only 1 to 3 per match, you really need to utilize that limited chances.
- Less than 50% possession, or else you will only lose your middy. So do make sure that you have a high chance of a weaker midfield than your opponent, but don’t give up too much possession as well (45%-50% would be idle) .
- Extra advantage points : Since competing against the more superior number of normal chances, having a great Set Pieces taker, specialty etc will be helpful, all little things will be needed when playing Counter Attack.
- AND A LOTS OF LUCK So Good Luck!
Tags: counter attack, Hattrick
July 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Nice… wondering if we should post it here and mirror in the conference as well??
July 17th, 2008 at 1:31 am
could always use my CA Ratings calculator.
http://www.ht-zone.com/caratings.php
basically, defenders defending AND passing contribute to COUNTER-ATTACK (CA) rating.
firstly you NEED the defence. without the defence, CA will not happen.
now assuming you managed to defend, there’s a chance of CA happening. this would be depending on the CA Rating, but till now there’s no proof on how great the CA rating should be.
as to the GREAT ATTACK part, I’m sure many of you have noticed – I’ve been using 4-4-2 CA with 2IM successfully, by having 2 wingers with strong winger skills and playmaking skills.
from my observation have 1 out of 3 areas of attack isn’t going to help you much in the game, let alone CAing. Having 3 areas is best.
Do remember that after a CA, it becomes an ATTACK from your side. so the ATTACK now counts.
Bear in mind that having the good attack (good ratings, on all 3 areas) is not just for your CAing but also for your normal chances. holding 45% posession means you HAVE chances.
there might be no CA in the game but the defence and attack alone could bring you victory.
and lastly, don’t forget the specialists! SE’s help a lot for a CAing / defensive team.
Cheers! *yes, I’m sort of back from the dead. still half-dead but half-back la*
July 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
velum bak goldie