Box to Box Midfielder FM24 Role Guide

Have you ever wondered how certain positions and roles work together in football manager? In today's video we go over the box to box midfielder role in football manager 24 and talk about a variety of things, like what does the box to box midfielder actually do? How do you incorporate this role into your tactic? Is he more defensive or attacking?
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CHAPTERS:
0:00-0:11 INTRO
0:11-1:07 ROLE OVERVIEW
1:07-3:18 TACTICS
3:18-4:54 PLAYER EXAMPLE
4:54-7:28 GOAL BREAKDOWN
7:28-7:47 OUTRO
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If you've ever wanted to create your own tactic but aren't sure how the roles in FM24, let me know in the comments which other roles you want to see some videos on!

[@DarkHorseFM2023]

Petition to have his voice as the narrator for Football Manager 2025 In-game Guides? (LOVE THIS CONTENT MATE!)

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Thank you my friend! I may not have much but at least I've got the dulcet tones I guess haha

[@BenAnderson48]

One thing to remember in the tactical overview is that the midfield has to fit within the front 5. While I like a BBM/CM in theory, it has to be paired with wingers wide. If the wingers want to come inside, you've reduced the space for all players and weakened yourself in rest defense. For me, if I'm gonna use a BBM, it's going to be with either an RPM or a DLP(S) next to him, which will allow my fullbacks and wingers into the front 5 instead.

[@MASHAFFILIATEDPZ]

Doesn’t necessarily need to be a 5 lol can be 6 attacking too

[@drew3ism]

Been playing the game 30+ years and I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you and I can’t wait to see more 😀

[@ashn18]

Real nice content! The explanation of the BBM and the 'Triangle' in the midfield was broken down perfectly! Thank you! 👌

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Appreciate it! I love a good midfield triangle haha

[@bentaygaxx3452]

I can t wait for the next giude ! much love

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Thank you my friend!!

[@alejandrogarcia-marcos4484]

Fantastic video!!

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thank you my friend!

[@chishell9560]

Great series.

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thank you!

[@cardinalbiggles3142]

good stuff

[@JonnoRob]

Brilliant

[@KOBKStreak]

Watching both videos has made me subscribe!

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

that's awesome to hear glad you've been enjoying the content!!

[@bogdanyanchenko2876]

Brooo! Good luck!

[@jacobkennedy6636]

Great content man! Love how you break it down in simple terms so that dummies like me can understand.

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thank you! I always need stuff broken down in literally the simplest terms haha so I've figured I'd make a channel that does that XD

[@KamiKazeii69]

Really well made video. Box-to-box one of my favourite roles, best 3rd man role.

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

glad you enjoyed the video! And definitely agree; the B2B is such an underrated role

[@Total_Flipz]

Seen your most recent video on my recommended and I can already establish your content is fire, keep it up man!

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thanks bud I appreciate it!!

[@hamedjabbari5883]

This was so calming and educational to watch. Amazing content. Please do as many guides as you can. Describing all the roles and the way they change based on their duties, describing all the team instructions as well the player instructions, and describing attributes as well. Now I'm gonna watch your other videos (NOTIFICATIONS: ON).

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thank you so much for the kind words and I'm really glad the videos are helping! It's been a balance for me to make the guides in a (somewhat) fast matter, while still giving each role a worthy video!

[@hamedjabbari5883]

You're welcome mate. I absolutely love this style of content, it's both calming and educational, also, high-quality. Slow tempo, deep analysis, just perfect. Forget the trend of fast-paced content, just do what you're awesome at ♥@@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker

[@peterkip1095]

Real nice explanation.

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thank you!

[@user-jh9om9bx7u]

I am a napoli fan, Anguissa is amazing in that position❤

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

That's a great call... need to use him a lot more; so many great underrated players in Italy

[@StingerNeilD]

Excellent . Very well done vid

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Appreciate it bud. Been watching your channel for years!

[@alessandrozapparrata6078]

thank you for your guide😊

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

you're welcome!! I hope it helps!

[@NaturalBornChilla666]

I really enjoyed this guide. I hope you do a video on all the positions :)

[@Sprite8822]

Another great video. I was using a B2B for a while, but he wasn't getting involved enough so I swapped to a CM-A and I made my DM more defensive. I do like the role though

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

I know I say a lot of roles are underrated, by the CM(A) is maybe the most underrated haha. My favorite role in the game (well right behind the DLP lol)

[@Sprite8822]

@@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker I love a DLP. The metronome of my playstyle

[@user-cz6tj3sk6t]

Keep making , great content 👍 need other roles too

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thank you and should have a lot more content coming in the future! thanks for sticking around

[@leomacor2077]

great stuff

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thanks man I appreciate it!

[@keithbehan4660]

Really great content man, was looking for proper explanation of the player roles who they work best with.

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Glad you enjoyed it!! And thanks for the compliment; was looking to help out in the FM/role space

[@Lubitel_Kakuley]

I feel safe with this man 😂 Beautiful content!

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Haha love this comment!! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@YGormy]

INCREDIBLE WORK! Love the way you break everything down with the role, give examples, and even tips. Reminds me a lot of my Tactic school videos where I utilize data to showcase the roles. Love the work you are doing my man! Keep it up, you have a new sub in me sir :) P.S. great to see another North American in the FM community!

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Awesome reply thank you for the compliments!! Checked out your channel and love your video ideas and subscribed! And us NA guys got to stick together XD

[@YGormy]

@@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker I appreciate that brother! Us NA folks know football too, and I am glad we can show it! XD

[@Dill40k]

Love the aesthetic of the channel dude. Cool to see another American in the creator space for FM too! Its crazy you are doing a CPL save too, I run an online league of 8 users on twitch in it. Its such a fun league.

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Thank you for the kind words!! And I grew up in the late 80s/early 90s so this aesthetic is very familiar to me hahaha. And I love the CPL; my favorite part is that the teams are so new it's a great chance to write your own history with them

[@williamman9136]

Your voice is very clear, even someone like me whose native language is not English can understand clearly keep up the good work😃

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

thank you!! I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos!

[@FM_Console]

Feels like this could be the next big channel in the scene unbelievable 3 videos to just start. I mean I dont know if you’re inspired by TIFO in your delivery but this is like FM X TIFO X Jazz fusion Love it

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

this really means a lot, thank you! I love the Tifo videos; the calm delivery they do really suits me so they've had a ton of influence

[@bosqueSP]

Look how balanced your tactic is! I love this approach. Keep them coming! PS: I'm not asking to do this right away, but in the future (and if you can) I would love your explanation of mentalities. It doesn't matter how much I read and how long I test them in-game, I can't tell how to use them, if I should cange them mid game or etc.

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

Glad you liked it!! Always love a good balanced tactic haha. And thanks for the recommendation; I'll see if I can start implementing that in the upcoming videos

[@nicnePencin]

what if i would prefer playing regista instead of anchor or any other defend duty role on dm

[@dubem9422]

I have a midfield setup of regista, mezzala (su) and box2box in my Soton save. so far I've won 1-0 against United and kept a CS in a draw against Milan.... wondering if it's necessary to tweak the role my Mez and change regista completely. Wdyt?

[@TheDeepLyingPlaymaker]

hey if it's working keep it rolling haha. what's the striker you're running? You could try a mezzala (a) and then a central midfielder (s) to give you a little more attacking threat while having the other midfielder less of a "roam from position" role. That's only if you feel you're not getting enough quality shots. As you get a few more matches, you can always check your xG versus your opponent's xG to see if you're getting enough quality shots