F me. Rush of blood to the head, but Anelka should have put the game to bed on the chance that came a few minutes after. Stupid to give away a penalty so late in the game, but in his defense, the team turned off after Lamps' goal. We let them back in the game after doing pretty well in the first half. Not a terrible result though, I think we'll still advance out of the group for sure.

Great result for Arsenal.

Damn, Marseille picked apart Dortmund. Champions league is a different animal than Europa or the Bundesliga, but they should be able to adapt quickly. Hopefully.

damn Mexico!!! i went around to 5 different stores and could not find a single copy of fifa '12.

OMG i HATE people who use Barca in FIFA. Even though I just OWNED the kid (with me having a red card I must say) I am still mad.

Manuel Neuer passed the 1,000 minute mark without conceding a goal :tup:

Aaron Ramsey picked a bad game to bottle it :shakes head:

"Miss me yet?"

I suck at FIFA 12.

tactical defending takes a few games to get used to. my defense is always stretched right now because i have a nasty habit of not keeping shape.

on the other hand, i finally got it right once last night, and recorded a 2-1 win over leverkeusen :tup: rvp put in one at the 88th, then i focused on defending haha

....then i got spanked by the CPU playing as sp*rs :facepalm:

Yeah, exactly. I'm getting used to the tactical defending & sucking. I've only played twice, though, so I'm not losing sleep (moving is a bitch-- I'm ready for everything to be sorted & in its place).

i'm still horrible at defense and i've played 20+ games, It seems like every time I make a move for the ball ie stabbing at it with my foot, the offensive player cuts inside or outside and goes around me, not a fan of it at all.

The tackle button punishes you BADLY if you mistime it, or completely miss it. It's so easy to dance around tackles now, but I'm finding myself buying into the tactical defense, and using the formation and support players to choke passing lanes and stealing the ball back instead of tackling all the time.

You guys do know there is an option to put it back to the old defence, right??? Any of you play online club w your pro?? Thats what Im into. Im loving the overall player control/movement in this iteration of fifa. Trick moves are pulled off much easier and cleaner. Tactical def is hard tho, I agree.
On another note im blow away by Newcastles performance this season. 4th place, undefeated!?!?

Newcastle's defense is rock solid, and is allowing them to stay in games when most would count them out otherwise (Demba Ba? Leon Best? REALLY???).

Like I said Im impressed. Especially for a team that recently dug itself out of relegation and got rid of some of its better players. My partner at work is a huge Newcastle fan, he currently strolls around w a boner over the recent success.

Personally, I want to get good at tactical defending rather than going back to the old way. I feel like once I've mastered it, I'll be way better at the game as a whole.

how do you enable the old defensive style?