To make these tactics work, you need players who fit the specific demands of the old match engine:
You sign a 6’4” brute with 18 Bravery and 20 Heading. Every goal kick becomes a heat-seeking missile to his forehead. He doesn't even need to score; he just needs to nod it down into the path of a nippy youngster with 20 Pace. It’s ugly. It’s route-one. It’s absolutely unstoppable. The Diagonals of Doom fm 2007 best tactics