The weakest part of FIFA 09 is the defence. The back line pushes up too much. They easily get overpowered and outmuscled. You get a feeling that a definite advantage is given to the attacking side over the defensive side. Everytime the defence pushes up unnecessarily and concedes a goal due to that, you get [...]

Having tweaked the custom tactics and adjusted the speed and acceleration attributes, I thought I had hit the sweet spot with FIFA 09. But then I could feel that something wasn’t right. But I couldn’t put my finger on it. So I put FIFA 08 (not 09) on my XBOX 360 just to remind myself [...]

Truth be told I love defending more than attacking. I love tackles, ball winning, blocks and interceptions. Now we’ll talk about how do we defend in FIFA 09. This is one area which gamers have complained a lot about this FIFA. The common complaint is that the defence pushes up. Of course it does but [...]

Exhibition matches – That’s where you’d get the best out of FIFA 09. I have played online games, offline competitions, offline leagues, manager mode, be a pro seasons, exhibition matches – every mode that’s available, all in WORDL CLASS difficulty. I can tell you with confidence that the game plays best in exhibition matches more [...]

Ok guys, be ready with the bouquets and everything. I’m presenting you the biggest discovery in FIFA 09. This discovery would change the way you play FIFA and will make you go crazy over it.
The below has been tested and found successful only in OFFLINE games so far. I play in WORLD CLASS difficulty with [...]

I’m back. I’m sure a lot of you have read my earlier post on custom tactics suggestion for realistic gameplay in FIFA 09. That’s what about 7500 views in EA’s forums are telling me. Now, this time, I’ve going to suggest custom tactics for the top top teams. I’ve tried these setting myself and I [...]

It’s me again! One more painfully long post! This time I’m gonna talk about how to play possession football in FIFA 09. Playing possession football may not guarantee you goals or success but certainly it will make you confident on the ball and confident about the game. And I assume that you have tweaked the [...]

In my previous post, I had talked about how some tweaking of the custom tactics for the opponent teams would make this game absolutely brilliant with variety and randomness. Thanks for your overwhelming response for that idea. As a result of your support, now I’m going to suggest you some custom tactic set ups for [...]

I think I’ve found the ideal camera setting for FIFA 09. It is TELE and then in custom, both height and zoom should be zero. This way the camera angle like you’re watching from the stands. You see a lot of pitch at the same time, you feel closer to the players so your moves [...]

I love this game. As I get better I realise that very often the scoring happens to be from a throughball that results in on one-on-one situation, which you can finish with a finesse shot. Nowadays, it is happening too very often. This is what people complain as ‘route one football’ of FIFA 09. This [...]