Defence Roles and Instructions in FM24

Full-Back (FB)

Support
The Full-Back is a key player in modern football, having to supplement his traditional
defensive duties with overlapping runs down the wing to support forward play and help
attacks overload the final third. Although primarily a defensive player, he must be prepared
to get forward when the team needs extra width.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard, More Direct Passing

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks, Take Fewer Risks

- Dribbling: Dribble More, Dribble Less

- Shooting: Shoot More Often, Shoot Less Often

- Crossing: Cross From Deep, Cross From Byline, Cross More Often, Cross Less Often

- Aim Crosses At: Far Post, Centre, Near Post, Target Forward

Attack
With an Attack duty, the Full-Back supplements his defensive responsibilities by
overlapping and providing first-time crosses into the area.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider (always enabled)

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position (unavailable)

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard, More Direct Passing

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks, Take Fewer Risks

- Dribbling: Dribble More, Dribble Less

- Shooting: Shoot More Often, Shoot Less Often

- Crossing: Cross From Deep (unavailable), Cross From Byline (always enabled), Cross More
Often (always enabled), Cross Less Often (unavailable)

- Aim Crosses At: Far Post, Centre, Near Post, Target Forward

Defend
With a Defend duty, the Full-Back will stay back with the defensive line and make simple
possession passes down the flanks or into central midfield.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position (always enabled)

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard, More Direct Passing

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks (always enabled), Take Fewer Risks

- Dribbling: Dribble Less (unavailable), Dribble More

- Shooting: Shoot Less Often (always enabled), Shoot More Often (unavailable)

- Crossing: Cross From Deep (always enabled), Cross From Byline (unavailable), Cross More
Often, Cross Less Often

- Get Further Forward: Unavailable

Automatic (Support)
With an Automatic duty, the Full Back will switch automatically between Defend, Support
and Attack duties according to the current mentality.

Instructions:
- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard, More Direct Passing

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks, Take Fewer Risks

- Dribbling: Dribble More, Dribble Less

- Shooting: Shoot More Often, Shoot Less Often

- Crossing: Cross From Deep, Cross From Byline, Cross More Often, Cross Less Often

- Aim Crosses At: Far Post, Centre, Near Post, Target Forward

Center-Back (CB)

Ball Playing Defender (BPD) - Defend

The main job of the Ball-Playing Defender is to stop the opposing attackers from playing and
to clear the ball from danger when required. However, unlike standard central defenders,
the Ball-Playing Defender is encouraged to launch defence-splitting through balls from deep
to generate counter-attacking opportunities. With a Defend duty, the Ball-Playing Defender
will stay in line with his defensive partner and look to break up attacks, mark opposing
forwards and prevent the ball from getting into the box.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position (always enabled)

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks (always enabled), Take Fewer Risks (unavailable)

- Dribbling: Dribble More, Dribble Less

- Shooting: Shoot More Often, Shoot Less Often

Ball Playing Defender (BPD) - Stopper

With a Defend (Stopper) duty, the Ball-Playing Defender will push ahead of the defensive
line and close down players before they get to the area.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks (always enabled), Take Fewer Risks (unavailable)

- Dribbling: Dribble More, Dribble Less

- Shooting: Shoot More Often, Shoot Less Often

Ball Playing Defender (BPD) - Cover

With a Defend (Cover) duty, the Ball-Playing Defender will drop a little deeper and sweep
up through balls behind the defensive line.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks (always enabled), Take Fewer Risks (unavailable)

- Dribbling: Dribble More, Dribble Less

- Shooting: Shoot More Often, Shoot Less Often

Central Defender (CD) - Defend
The main job of the Central Defender is to stop the opposing attackers from playing and to
clear the ball from danger when required. However, especially for more aggressive tactics,
he must also possess the composure to be able to help the team maintain possession and lay
off simple passes to more creative players. With a Defend duty, the Central Defender will
stay in line with his defensive partner and look to break up attacks, mark opposing
forwards and prevent the ball from getting into the box.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position (always enabled)

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard, More Direct Passing

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks, Take Fewer Risks

- Dribbling: Dribble Less (always enabled), Dribble More (unavailable)

Wide Centre-Back (WCB) - Support

With a Support duty, the Wide Centre-Back is willing to make overlapping and underlapping
runs to create 2 vs 1 situations.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider (always enabled)

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard, More Direct Passing

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks, Take Fewer Risks

- Dribbling: Dribble More, Dribble Less

- Shooting: Shoot More Often, Shoot Less Often

- Crossing: Cross From Deep, Cross From Byline, Cross More Often, Cross Less Often

- Aim Crosses At: Far Post, Centre, Near Post, Target Forward

Wide Centre-Back (WCB) - Attack

With an Attack duty, the Wide Centre-Back is willing to make regular overlapping and
underlapping runs to create 2 vs 1 situations, and also has a higher tendency to dribble with
the ball.

Instructions:

- Trigger Press: Balanced, More Often, Less Often

- Mark Tighter:

- Tackling: Tackle Harder, Ease Off Tackles

- Positioning: Stay Wider (always enabled)

- Freedom of Movement: Hold Position (unavailable)

- Passing Directness: Shorter Passing, Standard, More Direct Passing

- Passing Risks: Take More Risks, Take Fewer Risks

- Dribbling: Dribble More (always enabled), Dribble Less (unavailable)

- Shooting: Shoot More Often, Shoot Less Often

- Crossing: Cross From Deep (unavailable), Cross From Byline (always enabled), Cross More
Often (always enabled), Cross Less Often (unavailable)

- Aim Crosses At: Far Post, Centre, Near Post, Target Forward