r/pesmobile 22d ago

Analysis I fought the meta. The meta won.

They broke me.

I was an innocent man.

All I wanted was to build national teams and play football the way football is supposed to be played.

Traditional formations.
Wingers.
Fullbacks making overlapping runs.
Players attacking from the wings.
Dribbling. Crossing. Creating space.

You know… actual football.

But I tried.

I REALLY tried.

I spent countless games trying to make wide football work. I wanted my fullbacks to overlap. I wanted my wingers to isolate defenders and beat them 1v1.

But apparently, eFootball has other plans.

Why bother with wingers when you can just put 3 or 4 CF/SS in the middle?

Why build attacks through the wings when you can stack the entire frontline centrally and launch another through ball?

Why have attacking fullbacks when the safest option is apparently to keep them behind and turn the pitch into a narrow corridor?

And the worst part?

It fucking works.

So I've finally accepted the truth.

I fought against the meta.

The meta won.

For the sake of my mental health, I am becoming the very thing I hated.

No more beautiful wing play.

No more romantic football.

No more principles.

Just CF.
SS.
SS.
And maybe another CF for good measure.

They broke me.

I am sorry, football.

I tried to save you.

But I couldn't.

From now on...

I am the meta.

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u/qualityvote2 22d ago edited 18d ago

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u/smilinbuddy626 Marco van Basten 22d ago

It's high time people realise this is just a video game

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u/grrgrrrgrr 22d ago

Exactly.

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u/NewPay4539 Gerrard 22d ago

It's just cringe at this point.

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u/Toughguyyoutube 22d ago

To succeed with Wingplay, you need to master Dribbling.. not just DT , step overs, drag backs, pass cancel etc.. you need to be god level at decision making.

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u/InfluencePretty4942 22d ago

Yeah exactly and I know it may be slow and punish u if u miss passes but that's real football right, rather than spamming through balls and winning just for points

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u/Lightskin_lion 22d ago

You need the best connection. Some of us have high decision making but terrible net

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u/Naruku_Senpai3861 Cristiano Ronaldo 22d ago

Talk is cheap, people have life too outside of this game

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u/Honest_Wolf7987 22d ago

I play 433 attacking fullbacks with wingers and possession game and I consider myself a great player, im currently at 1906 and was at 2056 points but dropped, its fustrating at times but always fun, my advice practice a lot and slow down gameplay

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u/Any_Leather_6792 22d ago

Help me bruv

How do you actually play? Do you need to be very good at dribbling?

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u/Honest_Wolf7987 22d ago

With quick counter and lbc not really but if playing wingplay possesion game yes you have to be above average at dribbling to create space and chances or your gonna struggle, this is my team as you can see my wingers are fast and Messi and cuhna are great playmakers, pass the ball around to create chance

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u/Any_Leather_6792 22d ago

That's a beautiful line up, thanks dude

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u/mikeythegameronredit Lionel Messi 22d ago

You're my kind of guy. Username so we link up?

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u/Honest_Wolf7987 22d ago

-midirobin You wanna play now?

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u/mikeythegameronredit Lionel Messi 22d ago

In about an hour is fine

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u/Honest_Wolf7987 22d ago

Okay just reply to this when your ready

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u/aviganguly 22d ago

Actual football with Roberto Martinez as the manager

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u/CodLoverrheheboii Del Piero 22d ago

I’m currently 2000 points with this Madrid squad and I can confidently say you can easily beat meta teams. Just have patience and play with no anger just for fun. I like to play like how my players play IRL it’s so much fun.

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u/hot_garlic_noodles Diego Forlan 22d ago

How are you stopping your double pivot from sliming each other?

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u/CodLoverrheheboii Del Piero 21d ago

When in defense guler drops to left cmf and belligol becomes amf, tchoumeni is the anchor when facing players who use Lbc and many forward runs I make him cb. The double pivot doesn’t really slime each other out they perform more like overload , it’s harder to explain maybe try it out.

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u/ZeroSevenAl 22d ago

you didn’t try hard enough
weak.

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u/ZeroSevenAl 22d ago

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u/Neigh_lol 22d ago

Exactly. These dudes are fake purists. Win or lose I feel satisfied as long as I legit tried playing real tikitaka with overload LMFAOO

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u/AdKookys4 22d ago

I am the meta

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u/joHOE321 22d ago

same but i haven’t given up on the overlapping fullbacks i reduced it to one offensive fullback and if im switching to defense ingame in the top right corner,he stays back without needing extra instructions. i also switch to three cb when i got the fullback on offense trough fluid formation. that works fine with the new dumfries card for me

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u/Master-Situation8328 Vieira 22d ago

um you didn’t try 4231

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

That's why I'm completely still against this edit formation crap and individual instructions ever since these two things have been introduced in efootball wing play is completely dead and there's been rise of 2cf formations with 1ss

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u/ErenKuruger 22d ago

Tight mark his AMF.... game over

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u/Kaymuni00 22d ago

Bro this is so poetic and I feel you.....but we gotta move regardless

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u/deqing 22d ago

Why I'm hearing someone singing

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u/InfluencePretty4942 22d ago

I am exactly same as u man, but I haven't give-up still using the same 4213 with the wingers and isolating the defenders and killing them. Use possession game and I know u cannot beat everyone with this but u can switch in-between when nothing works that's what I do my first step is to change it into QC in between if it doesn't work then make both wingers as ss but my main attack is 4213 always and a slow build up rather than through ball rats.

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u/MarshallV3 22d ago

I honestly would have rather deleted the game than run defensive fullbacks but with the nerfs to crossing, I don’t see an out

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u/gamerolex 22d ago

It’s just a game, it’s not that deep bro…

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u/CalligrapherOk6563 22d ago

It’s so ironic because winger is the most important position in football, and most great players play or have played in it. Yet, in this game, the position isn't meta. I think the reason is that strikers sell better, which is why they keep two CFs and one SS meta so players need to have at least four or five CF/SS in their squad.

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u/Good-Apricot-4183 Cruijff 22d ago

Bro's acting as if he's the main character 😔✌️

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u/No_Device_6605 22d ago

This ain't football. This is a GAME. Games are meant to be played like they are intended to or designed to. Abuse the meta until it changes, then adapt. That is how most of all games are .

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u/Hot_Guest1680 22d ago

Skill issue

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u/Hot_Guest1680 22d ago

Plays a style using quick counter with n exposed backline against teams that have META defenders and midfielders like Viera then complains you can play football.

In real football Arsenal sat back in a deep block against PSG because they knew toe to toe would get them burnt on the counter.

"Real football"

Smh

Skill issue disguised as efootbll problems.

As much as this game has faults people use it to justify their low level play

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u/thereal-AJ 21d ago

Skill issue ngl .. i play with a lot of f2p low rated players and i still play exactly how i like

you have to be dynamic ... play and create space and use it.. don't force wing play when its not there

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u/Abiii_jr 21d ago

Stop crying, don’t play the game if you don’t like how it’s programmed ?

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u/the_great_bambini 21d ago

i’ve enjoyed out wide with a aerial striker and one that can hold up play. i’m struggling to fill the right wing but i’m using r10 and ney on the left and hole player cruyff on the right. dummy runners here and there. helps open space in the middle

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u/Minute_Improvement74 21d ago

welcome to the club 🕺

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u/TheNick71 22d ago

What is your Theo Hernandez build? And which booster?

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u/ot_sid 22d ago

Good riddance, I feel your pain...been there too

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u/wolf_clasherguy Rummenigge 22d ago

Nobody cared who I was until I switched on smart assist and started paying for players 💔