Finally, the ability to create and edit custom FUT 23 Coins tactics comes over to Pro Clubs. While you can adjust the Attack/Defense levels as well as some “on-the-fly” tactics such as “Attacking Fullbacks” or “Hug the Sideline,” being able to create your tactical setup and see it play out in Pro Clubs has been long overdue. Even being able to change your formation mid-match is a welcome addition — albeit long overdue as well.
Imagine having a defender sent off and not being able to adjust your formation to compensate for the huge gap in your defensive setup. The control of these tactics will similarly be left up to the manager, but with five tactic slots at your disposal you can design different formations and tactics for Attack/Defense levels.
Taking it one layer deeper, you can also assign player instructions (cut down passing lanes, track back, etc.), which should really help when you can’t get all of your mates online to fill out at least the full complement of outfield players.
Both FIFA 23 have seen minor improvements to Pro Clubs, which has to be seen as a positive thing. Unfortunately, these additions seem half-hearted as they are either areas where other modes have had them for years (career mode with kit clashes, tactics, etc.) or areas that should have been in the mode years ago. If we’re putting together a shopping list of things I’d like to see added to Pro Clubs in the future, I’ll start with something touched upon earlier in this article, customization.
When you’re creating your club, you have the ability to design your own kits and come up with your own club name, but where is the stadium creator? Why can’t we make our own grounds, complete with custom signs, pitch designs and so on? FIFA Ultimate Team is getting a stadium creator, albeit extremely bare bones, so maybe this will happen in Pro Clubs in the future?
What kind of mode that features full 11-on-11 gameplay doesn’t incorporate subs? As mentioned previously, what happens when someone gets sent off? Right now, you cannot take off an attacker to plug the gaping hole in your defense. Seeing your AI fullbacks, who have been bombing up and down the pitch for 80 minutes, chasing some 5-foot-3, 93 speed guy with cheapest FUT 23 Coins pink hair and gloves completely gassed and not be able to sub him off?