From memory, you get 3 “flicks” of your players, ie you flick the man onto the ball, causing man to move, which keeps it “your turn”, and at the same time, you can flick 2 others into positions where they may receive a ball from the next – to siumulate team mates running up the field. You then continue to make progress flicking a man at the ball and making contact, and another 2 off the ball flicks, until such time as you fail to make contact with the ball.
to prevent infantile “long ball games” the ball must be ahead of the shooting line (twixt half way and penalty box).
Remember to flick “properly”, or if we end up playing, and I have 9 of my precious Aston Villa no 74 team hanging in the goal netting, as you went “ping ping ping” like a machine gun, its fist pie for you sunshine.
To be honest, at first, it seems dull and slow. but trust me, when you get up to speed, and can accurately flick the little guys round things applying spin ;like on a snooker ball, and can jut the ball how har/soft you want from a decen distance, it can become incredibly fast paced. You end up losing the ball say, by passing it into an opponents figure by mistake, and then the other guys all over you, flick flick and can score before you get in place for the keeper.
Practice, does actually make it a brilliant game. its exactly like snooker,which is shit till you have some sort of skill, then makes sense from there.
