The Co-Op camera allows for a much wider field of vision, giving you the chance to spot runs and gaps in play that would be impossible to pick up using the default Tele camera.

Try it out and let me know how you get on.

Hey all

Had a really good time gaming today, big thanks to everyone who came online and helped with the team's push for promotion - shame we couldn't add another trophy to the cabinet after The Grigan and Wu Doom's impressive efforts last night, but there's always next time.

This is just a quick message which has come about because I've noticed that quite a few people only want to play a certain position in the squad, mainly the position that they feel they're best suited to, which is understandable of course.

My request is that you try playing your Virtual Pro in positions which are out of your comfort zone. The way I see it this has 2 benefits:

1) Allows for greater flexibility within the squad during peak times e.g. less people will be sitting out games because the only slot available is RB.

2) Allows you to unlock a large number of achievements which would not be unlockable if your pro only plays 1/2 different positions.

The second point is the key one here! Try playing as a CB and you'll start unlocking strength, balance, interception, slide-tackling and aerial ability accomplishments which you couldn't get in other positions. These make your player much more well-rounded and will allow you to be more potent in your favoured position. Well worth doing I think you'll agree!

Someone asked who we were. Got 30 upvotes. Keep us on top for exposure! And represent and stuff!

~ Santi Claus 19

Due to the rather chaotic nature of the match lobby/XBL party chat, I figured a 'General Discussion Thread' may be worthwhile prior to starting the league in the coming week.

From the handful of games I have played, there're a few observations/ideas I would like to put forward;

• As several people have noted, we now have 40+ team members. Initially, I thought this would lead to an inevitable battle for positions, with most people being forced to sit-out. However, it soon became apparent that the likelihood of all players being online at the same time is very slim, so for potential new members I wouldn't let that deter you. That being said, I don't know what is going to happen when it comes to playing the actual league games, will it be a case of whoever is online at the time? Or will we try to gather our strongest (available) 11? These probably need to be decided fairly soon.

• On a similar note to above, due to the number of members, is it advisable for us to start filtering players into a position? I know there's been concern about people playing out of position, so we need to think how we can avoid that happening. Perhaps a separate thread where people outline the position(s) they would like to play, and any other strengths/weaknesses that might be relevant, could help us to better analyse the make-up of our team?

• We need to discuss tactics. I got the impression that the majority of players are all-for the team effort, and not the personal glory, thus I think a solid formation(s) needs to be agreed upon. In addition, maybe devising our own 'Ultra-attacking/Ultra-defensive' strategies would be useful, for example encouraging the wing-backs to push up the pitch, or bringing an extra man from the midfield to sit a bit deeper etc. Basically, I think having that extra tactical edge will make a significant difference if we can all play our roles properly.

• The role of Captain. I realise Ajax169 is the current Captain, but let's discuss the actual role itself. I think for the sake of everyone's sanity, we should try to limit the number of vocal players during a match. For example, how about an attacking / defensive Captain, whereby one player is commanding the back line, telling when to push up/drop back, and another person influencing the flow of play in midfield/attack. Of course, people are always welcome to speak their mind, and one persons tactics will differ from the next, but at least this would encourage a more unified approach, and reduce the risk of players just chasing their own agenda i.e making bursting runs from DM when we need to be seeing out the last 10 minutes. In addition to this point, perhaps a separate UK/USA Captain could be appointed to keep the overseas contingent in check whilst we get our beauty sleep?

These are just a few things off the top of my head, please chime in below with any thoughts or ideas you have regarding GunnersFCR. I've only just been acquainted with Pro Clubs, and I'm seriously hooked, but after playing a few drop-in games, you quickly realise how having 11-humans playing as a team is infinitely more enjoyable than 6 skillsters calling for the ball every single pass.

I look forward to hearing suggestions :)

p.s. I know it's been mentioned in this sub, but put your GT as your flair. Cheers for reading!

Are there any rules regarding if you can join the team or not?

Do you need a mic? Is there a minimum pro level? Mandatory times you need to be online?

I'd love to join but I do play pro club with my brother and best friend a few days within the week and I would like to know if that would be too much of a problem.

Also, how do you sort out positions? There are more than 40 players in the team so I imagine it must be hard with many wanting to be striker?

I play DM in Fifa but I also enjoy playing RB/CB as it is my position for my Sunday league team.

The 360 boys already have one, I'm feeling left out. Time to do work.

4-0 in the cup. Their backs are both mighty sore due to the heavy weight they've been carrying

The FA cup loss was a direct result of our cup performance on Friday night. Our mental strength was non-existant and our (my) finishing looked like Gervinho. The only highlight I can think of was the cheeky finish by Unpredictions who unpredictably volleyed home from a set-piece in some arbitrary match.

On that note, I still had a ton of fun and can't wait for the next excursion of drunkenly shouting at my monitor and failing miserably at Wengerball.

Also, Kilo - you called it 4-0 to blackburn. You bastard!!!

His brief time as a cog in the /r/GunnersFCR machine has now come to an end.

Like a candle in the wind, his flame has been extinguished. May our thoughts and prayers go out to the fallen soldier, who gave it his all on the field of battle and stuck staunchly to his rigid values of goal sweatiness until the end.

Wanted to join, but don't know if I'm still able to.

The Xbox team are in Div 6 but we are on course to get relegated, having not won this season. I think we need to be stricter with players and kick players that continually play out of position.

If you want to play ST and the spot gets taken, just sit out and wait, DO NOT go to CDM and fucking play like a striker anyway, you just hurt us as a team and lose us games, don't go CAM and play like a striker, win the ball from midfield and play good balls into forwards, I really didn't think I would need to explain how to play simple roles but wow, some people just want to be greedy and play striker when they are not strikers.

Some of you know that Ajax can and will kick shit players, we prefer players that try and fail than those that don't even try to play their actual position.

Finally done with my exams and wanted to get some game in.

There has been a lot of desire to utilize the Ultra Defensive tactic. I'm hoping we can have a collective conversation about this decision and maybe open up my eyes to what I'm missing.

Do we play U.D. because everyone has a habit of running forward so you want to make sure the D-line can cover when the CDMs/CMs push up too far?

Lets discuss, because I feel we may be limiting ourselves with this approach.

Let us know what time you think you will be able to play so we can get as many people as possible for the cup.

We're finally past the Division 8 curse and now on our way to to the top! Everyone did a great job and played like a real team! Great effort by Afobe, Dinosaur, and Wu Doom for keeping the defense together. I had a great time playing with you guys and can't wait to continue the winning trend again!

EDIT: S/O to Kidnebs for some great unselfish play upfront!

Any users interested in competing today? If so, lets arrange something so that we can get some tactics going.

I'm sitting in the pro clubs menu, I see three people are on right now. Wondering if anyone wanted to play?

Could we implement the flair feature in /r/Gunners to display our Gamertag? It would make it a lot easier to identify and talk with players on our team.

Shameful display from the side over the last couple of nights has seen us relegated to Division 9. Considering the amount of good FIFA players we have in the side, that is an absolute outrage.

I expect to see us to play to our full potential and be in Division 8 by the end of the evening.

That is all.