2005-06 Review (I): Key Player System
Your probably have all heard about the all-new World Club Champion Football Intercontinental Clubs 2006-2007 by now. ^_^
(In case you have not, check these out:
Japanese with video clips and photos
http://am-net.xtr.jp/game/profile.cgi?_v=1178716134
http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0705/11/news062.html
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/juveneko/5829008.html
English:
http://arcadeheroes.com/2007/05/12/wccf-06-07-info-pictures/
)
At this point, I would refrain myself from all the fun spectulations on the new WCCF teams, rare cards, etc. Instead I take note that, during an interview, the producer of WCCF emphasised on the 2006-2007 introduction of a key player system as well as strengthening of player communications. Here I continue my typically technical, boring *_^ way and provide you with a 05-06 review and 06-07 headstart into WCCF's key player roles as well as the linkage system.
KEY PLAYER SYSTEM
In my opinion, WCCF has always had a Key Player System embedded, especially in the complete versions of 2002-03 and 2005-06 (versus the "beta versions of 2001-02 and 2004-05). Tactics buttons (aka left-hand-side buttons), regardless of how skilful you are at using them, are being applied to the team's 11 players as a whole. A key player system presents a framework for personalising the tendencies and preferred movements of various important players, and allowing different ways that a team can be constructed.
The following list of key player roles comes from months of WCCF 05-06 experiments by my friends and myself. However, I must also state that much of the list is "stolen" from ideas in other football games such as WE/PES or FM/CM. Any football game requires a player system to program player tendencies that cannot be manually controlled. WCCF does indeed implement the most "automatic" system because it neither allows "truly"-manual controls nor overly-complicated individual player settings. ^_^
TARGET MAN
A target man is someone who will look to bring others into play via flick-ons or holding up the ball. Personally I also like to call him the "control tower at the front line".
-- requires strength, jumping, and sometimes good first touch and creativity
-- most passes to the front line will go to the target man first
-- good at holding up the ball, e.g. a "sticky dribble"
-- rare forward runs
-- bring others (especially runners from MF) into play
Examples: KLUIVERT, SHEARER, KONE
PLAYMAKER
A playmaker is someone who will generally forgo defensive duties to get himself into positions to recieve the ball and create goal-scoring oppurtunities. Also sometimes called a conductor, a regista (Italian) or the brain/CPU of the team.
-- requires top passing ability and vision
-- during game-making at MF, most passes will go to the playmaker
-- when holding ball, other players make better reactionary forward runs
-- best under low closing down (non-press)/FREE role
-- forward runs only occasional
Examples: XABI ALONSO, PIRLO, RIQUELME
MIDFIELD RUNNER
A midfield runner is someone who create goal-scoring opportunities by making forward runs from midfield. Here a run refers to both a ball-carrying dribble or an off-the-ball run into space. Both a playmaker and a midfield runner may be called a "general" or a commander at midfield.
-- requires good dribbling and understanding of forward movements
-- like a playmaker, receive many passes at midfield
-- make tactical dribbles -- long winding dribbles
-- keep possession and bring overlapping players into play
-- most common type of command tower
Examples: DECO, KAKA, SEEDORF
MIDFIELD ANCHORMAN
A midfield anchorman may also be called a Volante (Portugese) or a Pivote (Spanish). A midfield anchorman is a defensive midfielder whose main responsibility is to restrain the opposition's midfield commanders and provide added protection for the defensive line. He must also possess good sense of game balance and fill in the spaces of the formation.
-- requires good stamina and decision-making
-- mark / close down opposing playmaker / midfield runner
-- fill in space, especially in the defensive-half
-- uses short link-up passes to start transition, tends not to risk losing possession by dribbling
Examples: GILBERTO, MAKELELE, ALBELDA
COVERING DF
A covering DF is a key player who ensures that there are no "holes" in the defensive line. Whenever a DF runs out of position for a tackle, intercept or overlap, the covering DF would fill in the hole and cover for the teammate. A covering DF key man is often ideal to play at the sweeper position.
-- requires good covering and anticipation abilities
-- prefers free (non-marking) role
-- strongly prefers not to mark/tackle (i.e. very small area of tackling responsibility)
Example: LE COSTACURTA
MARKING DF
A marking DF is a key player who ensures that opposing strikers are marked properly. Also called an ace-killer. This key man will command his partners so that all opposing attackers are marked within a suitable range. (Note that this does not mean the marking DF himself must be marking someone all the time!)
-- requires top marking, tackling abilities as well as good physical play
-- Stay at back of defence, never overlapping for attack
Example: CORDOBA, BOUMSONG, CRIS
LINE DF
A line leader is a crucial player in a line-defence scheme. This key man helps maintain the defensive shape as a line and commands for making offisdes. Sometimes a line leader is also referred to as a libero.
-- requires wonderful decision-making ability
-- commands offside
-- maintains defensive shape for line defence
-- occasional overlaps for interception and subsequent playmaking
Example: MARQUEZ, LEGROTTAGLIE, DEHU
OFFENSIVE GK
A goalkeeper who posses this key man ability tends to be active as a 11th field player of the team. This key man not only acts as an extra "watchman behind the defence", but also helps organising the attack as the starting point from backfield.
-- requires good footwork, fielding and good passing sense
-- acts as a second sweeper and commands for balls to be played by GK
-- makes short hand passes to the backfield more often
Example: BARTHEZ, VICTOR VALDES
CHARISMATIC KEY MAN
This is a special type of key man that can exist on any position. The key man possesses good mentality abilities and more-often-than-not a visibly unique style which can encourage surrounding players and bring out other players' abilities.
Example: Spider-man LE KAVIEDES, Wonderboy LE AMOROSO
Some reference materials:
WE/PES9 Player Attributes
SAKA 04 play-styles (Japanese+Chinese)
FM/CM Target Man
FM/CM Playmaker
(In case you have not, check these out:
Japanese with video clips and photos
http://am-net.xtr.jp/game/profile.cgi?_v=1178716134
http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0705/11/news062.html
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/juveneko/5829008.html
English:
http://arcadeheroes.com/2007/05/12/wccf-06-07-info-pictures/
)
At this point, I would refrain myself from all the fun spectulations on the new WCCF teams, rare cards, etc. Instead I take note that, during an interview, the producer of WCCF emphasised on the 2006-2007 introduction of a key player system as well as strengthening of player communications. Here I continue my typically technical, boring *_^ way and provide you with a 05-06 review and 06-07 headstart into WCCF's key player roles as well as the linkage system.
KEY PLAYER SYSTEM
In my opinion, WCCF has always had a Key Player System embedded, especially in the complete versions of 2002-03 and 2005-06 (versus the "beta versions of 2001-02 and 2004-05). Tactics buttons (aka left-hand-side buttons), regardless of how skilful you are at using them, are being applied to the team's 11 players as a whole. A key player system presents a framework for personalising the tendencies and preferred movements of various important players, and allowing different ways that a team can be constructed.
The following list of key player roles comes from months of WCCF 05-06 experiments by my friends and myself. However, I must also state that much of the list is "stolen" from ideas in other football games such as WE/PES or FM/CM. Any football game requires a player system to program player tendencies that cannot be manually controlled. WCCF does indeed implement the most "automatic" system because it neither allows "truly"-manual controls nor overly-complicated individual player settings. ^_^
TARGET MAN
A target man is someone who will look to bring others into play via flick-ons or holding up the ball. Personally I also like to call him the "control tower at the front line".
-- requires strength, jumping, and sometimes good first touch and creativity
-- most passes to the front line will go to the target man first
-- good at holding up the ball, e.g. a "sticky dribble"
-- rare forward runs
-- bring others (especially runners from MF) into play
Examples: KLUIVERT, SHEARER, KONE
PLAYMAKER
A playmaker is someone who will generally forgo defensive duties to get himself into positions to recieve the ball and create goal-scoring oppurtunities. Also sometimes called a conductor, a regista (Italian) or the brain/CPU of the team.
-- requires top passing ability and vision
-- during game-making at MF, most passes will go to the playmaker
-- when holding ball, other players make better reactionary forward runs
-- best under low closing down (non-press)/FREE role
-- forward runs only occasional
Examples: XABI ALONSO, PIRLO, RIQUELME
MIDFIELD RUNNER
A midfield runner is someone who create goal-scoring opportunities by making forward runs from midfield. Here a run refers to both a ball-carrying dribble or an off-the-ball run into space. Both a playmaker and a midfield runner may be called a "general" or a commander at midfield.
-- requires good dribbling and understanding of forward movements
-- like a playmaker, receive many passes at midfield
-- make tactical dribbles -- long winding dribbles
-- keep possession and bring overlapping players into play
-- most common type of command tower
Examples: DECO, KAKA, SEEDORF
MIDFIELD ANCHORMAN
A midfield anchorman may also be called a Volante (Portugese) or a Pivote (Spanish). A midfield anchorman is a defensive midfielder whose main responsibility is to restrain the opposition's midfield commanders and provide added protection for the defensive line. He must also possess good sense of game balance and fill in the spaces of the formation.
-- requires good stamina and decision-making
-- mark / close down opposing playmaker / midfield runner
-- fill in space, especially in the defensive-half
-- uses short link-up passes to start transition, tends not to risk losing possession by dribbling
Examples: GILBERTO, MAKELELE, ALBELDA
COVERING DF
A covering DF is a key player who ensures that there are no "holes" in the defensive line. Whenever a DF runs out of position for a tackle, intercept or overlap, the covering DF would fill in the hole and cover for the teammate. A covering DF key man is often ideal to play at the sweeper position.
-- requires good covering and anticipation abilities
-- prefers free (non-marking) role
-- strongly prefers not to mark/tackle (i.e. very small area of tackling responsibility)
Example: LE COSTACURTA
MARKING DF
A marking DF is a key player who ensures that opposing strikers are marked properly. Also called an ace-killer. This key man will command his partners so that all opposing attackers are marked within a suitable range. (Note that this does not mean the marking DF himself must be marking someone all the time!)
-- requires top marking, tackling abilities as well as good physical play
-- Stay at back of defence, never overlapping for attack
Example: CORDOBA, BOUMSONG, CRIS
LINE DF
A line leader is a crucial player in a line-defence scheme. This key man helps maintain the defensive shape as a line and commands for making offisdes. Sometimes a line leader is also referred to as a libero.
-- requires wonderful decision-making ability
-- commands offside
-- maintains defensive shape for line defence
-- occasional overlaps for interception and subsequent playmaking
Example: MARQUEZ, LEGROTTAGLIE, DEHU
OFFENSIVE GK
A goalkeeper who posses this key man ability tends to be active as a 11th field player of the team. This key man not only acts as an extra "watchman behind the defence", but also helps organising the attack as the starting point from backfield.
-- requires good footwork, fielding and good passing sense
-- acts as a second sweeper and commands for balls to be played by GK
-- makes short hand passes to the backfield more often
Example: BARTHEZ, VICTOR VALDES
CHARISMATIC KEY MAN
This is a special type of key man that can exist on any position. The key man possesses good mentality abilities and more-often-than-not a visibly unique style which can encourage surrounding players and bring out other players' abilities.
Example: Spider-man LE KAVIEDES, Wonderboy LE AMOROSO
Some reference materials:
WE/PES9 Player Attributes
SAKA 04 play-styles (Japanese+Chinese)
FM/CM Target Man
FM/CM Playmaker
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