25-08-2018, 12:28 PM
<<Hi, my first post so apologies if the formatting comes out wrong>>
I agree a traditional 4-4-2 is too easily exploited in midfield these days, but it seems we’re lacking some presence up the field so I was wondering how we could get more attacking options on the pitch. I had MOTD on and saw Spurs move to the diamond formation, which made me wonder if we couldn’t do that. To some degree you can fill in the players, eg centre halves, but how about:
———————-Pants————————-
Byram——CB1———CB2——-Robinson
——————Gueddy/Colback—————
———Cash—————————Ozzy——
———————-Carvalho———————
———-Soudanhi————Grabs————
It’s important you get your fullbacks supporting for width, but Byram by all accounts is an attacking fullback - our Trippier? - and while I don’t know Robinson, with Osborne ahead of him I would hope we have the left covered. The 2 mids Cash and Osborne can operate wide but also have high work rate for the middle of the park. And as modern day football expects, when not in possession you’d expect one of the strikers (Soudanhi?) to be helping out the midfield.
You’ve also got flexibility in the formation. The above can switch to more like a 3-5-2 without needing to use a sub - Robinson becomes the third (left-sided) centre half with Byram and Ozzy the wingbacks. And because Robinson knows the full back position we should have decent cover behind Osborne that we’ve sometimes lacked.
Without getting hung up too much on the formation, ‘cos things should be a bit fluid, the fundamental difference is that we’re only playing one deeper lying midfielder not 2, and getting more bodies up field to take the game to them and win back and retain possession further upfield. And you can change your personnel depending on the opposition and home/away, e.g. pop Dias in when you’re at home to QPR! And surely it would be more exciting to watch?
Anyway, I don’t get to matches very often these days living down South, so feel free to criticize!
I agree a traditional 4-4-2 is too easily exploited in midfield these days, but it seems we’re lacking some presence up the field so I was wondering how we could get more attacking options on the pitch. I had MOTD on and saw Spurs move to the diamond formation, which made me wonder if we couldn’t do that. To some degree you can fill in the players, eg centre halves, but how about:
———————-Pants————————-
Byram——CB1———CB2——-Robinson
——————Gueddy/Colback—————
———Cash—————————Ozzy——
———————-Carvalho———————
———-Soudanhi————Grabs————
It’s important you get your fullbacks supporting for width, but Byram by all accounts is an attacking fullback - our Trippier? - and while I don’t know Robinson, with Osborne ahead of him I would hope we have the left covered. The 2 mids Cash and Osborne can operate wide but also have high work rate for the middle of the park. And as modern day football expects, when not in possession you’d expect one of the strikers (Soudanhi?) to be helping out the midfield.
You’ve also got flexibility in the formation. The above can switch to more like a 3-5-2 without needing to use a sub - Robinson becomes the third (left-sided) centre half with Byram and Ozzy the wingbacks. And because Robinson knows the full back position we should have decent cover behind Osborne that we’ve sometimes lacked.
Without getting hung up too much on the formation, ‘cos things should be a bit fluid, the fundamental difference is that we’re only playing one deeper lying midfielder not 2, and getting more bodies up field to take the game to them and win back and retain possession further upfield. And you can change your personnel depending on the opposition and home/away, e.g. pop Dias in when you’re at home to QPR! And surely it would be more exciting to watch?
Anyway, I don’t get to matches very often these days living down South, so feel free to criticize!