Centre Midfielder Strategy OM, DM, CM

woodman663 talking

Offensively, the OM gets very little assistance from the DM and therefore has real trouble getting through midfield. Defensively, the DM has too little assistance from the OM to really cut off the passes into the box. The double CM formation leaves you vulnerable to flank attacks, because there is extra assistance that doesn't compare to what the OM contributes to the PB.

I don't like the OM-CM formation much unless you're totally dominant at the back but, lacking in the front. I think you're better off playing a DM (diamond formation) while you have an OM in play, but of course it depends on your team, the opponent, and the occasion.

awesomeau talking

OMs annoy me. Actually, DMs do to an extent too.

My main reason for using either of these positions, is not entirely for the extra assistance in the PB, but to limit the amount of times the OM appears defensively in midfield, or the DM appears offensively. Otherwise, I may as well use them as CMs.

However, I too often find my OM appearing in defensive actions, and not appearing enough offensively and vise-versa for my DM.

It's a risky position to play, because by playing the OM as a CM, I risk him taking part in even more defensive actions... and he doesn't fit in anywhere else.

Butlee talking

The thing people have to remember when looking for CM's is that the "more" skills you try and get, the lower each skill will be.

As a premier club, it's quite easy for me to obtain a guy with 2 awe skills (say PA and BC) to play in midfield at OM. It's not even that hard to obtain a guy to play DM with sup PA and sup/sup DP/TA (though that's a flanking back imo).

What is hard, is to get a guy with OP,BC,PA,TA,DP at exc, and still have some dec CO about him. So most days I will settle for a guy that has 3 exc skills and 3 good skills (in OP,BC,PA,CO,TA,DP) and that's quite a high quality player for me. Then the rest of his skills are just trade-offs. Maybe I'll take sup BC and only have dec OP, and the rest the same, for example.

The thing to remember is that it's the same for everyone, depending on your division. If you're getting a guy with two sup skills (BC and PA for example) and that's going to be a great OM for you, then your DM/FB might only be exc/exc/exc PA/TA/DP. Then a well-rounded midfielder is likely to have a couple of exc skills, and then mostly dec or good skills otherwise.

Your ideal CM is actually a weak-looking player, but he's strong because he can do a bit of everything and is well-rounded. Just realise that you're not going to get flashy skills across every position, but you can get good enough skills to do the job, sometimes multiple jobs.