A lot of pundits have been saying how Tim Sherwood needs to try something different as in you're 4-4-2 formation, it doesn't suit the modern game now and when big teams play 5 in midfield you have a chance of being overrun. But Soldado and Adebayor seems like a partnership that could work for the time being. But why not try to 3-5-2 formation? It covers all areas that you want to play and it is a formation that works.
-------------------------------------------Lloris----------------------------------
---------------------Chiriches-------Dawson--------Vertonghen-------------
------Walker--------------------Capoue/Paulinho---------------Rose-------
-------------------Dembele/Sandro---------------Eriksen/Lamela-----------
--------------------------Soldado--------------------Adebayor/Defoe----------
You could then maybe alternate that around by putting 1 AM in and Wingers maybe to help when at home to get goals and obviously rotate as you usually do but not making 6/7 changes to the starting line up, potentially just 2/3, 4 max. All it does is just unsettle the side you play so they aren't playing well enough together resulting in you losing points against teams like WBA.
But that is just my opinion, this is just a potential template to solve a few problems that quite a few pundits are rightly pointing out.
Thoughts?
New formation
posted on 5/1/14
Thoughts?
Looks like a rugby formation
posted on 5/1/14
It takes one to recognise another Lion. Pointless Thudd.
It is something that has been tried and with the right strategy and style, it could work and put you into that Top 4 position. But who can argue at the minute? 1 defeat in his 6 games as Manager I believe? Not bad. Just thinking home/away against top teams.
posted on 5/1/14
"Takes one to recognise another....."
So you're either saying I'm a wum and have also sussed you out to be, or this is a serious article where you think that sandro is an AM?
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posted on 5/1/14
They are actually CM's but Eriksen/Lamela do play further forward. Why do you think Dembele is there as well? That is actually a CM position where Capoue/Paulinho are in DM.
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posted on 5/1/14
You could potentially drop Dembele/Sandro in with Capoue/Paulinho and put Lamela/Eriksen in that AM slot. You could have you're Wing backs tuck into DM as well but then spread wider should the ball go wide and just hold teams out.
You have plenty of options in midfield certainly, you could swap many players about.
posted on 5/1/14
352 would be ok against the bigger teams and away from home, but pointless vs the smaller teams at home.
It also means we lose one of our best weapons, Lennon.
Personally I would stick with 442 at home.
4231 away from home, or at least, if we are to use 442 away from home, 1 CDM and one more combative midfielder (Paulinho/Dembele)
posted on 5/1/14
Our results have been fantastic recently playing 442.
Especially the performance at old Trafford.
I dont think the reason we lost yesterday was down to playing 442. Adebayor dropped back into midfield frequently to make a five anyway.
We lost because (i hate to say it) we were playing the best team in the land, we lost because our depleted squad was worse than Arsenals depleted squad, and finally From back to front we were poor, terrible ball retention, Defensive errors, Poor service into the box and Soldado being wasteful.
It was a poor performance but there are some great positives from our performance and results under Sherwoods stewardship.
Its gonna take time, patience and some bloomin players getting fit again.
posted on 6/1/14
I dont think losing 2-0 to (arguably) the best team in the country, in their own backyard, with the second goal being a total blunder, is proof that the system does not work.
We didnt play well. We didnt make use of the ball when we had it. We didnt put our chances away. And a few players (including Ade) didnt appear at the races.
We obviously hate losing to that 'orrible lot up the road, but this defeat doesnt prove we cant be successful with this formation this season.
The buck stops with the manager (as always) and we need to think about a Plan B when things arent working out but i'd be happy to keep this formation as a default starting formation - with maybe thinking a bit more to defending when we play the big boys.
Soldado also needs to get up to speed with the game - his shooting is atrocious.