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What Happened to 3-3-1-3

During our winning streak we started with this formation or adopted it a lot.

I have hardly seen it during this shocking run.

It is no coincidence that during this run the position of left back as being highlighted as huge weakness. A weakness that is negated by 3-3-1-3.

So why have we hardly used it recently?

Unfortunately Phillips' suspension makes it difficult to use it more often in the next 3 games.

Whether the opposition is playing 1 or 2 up front I would like to see us use this formation a lot more and cannot understand why Bielsa appears to have moved away from it.

posted on 22/1/20

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posted on 22/1/20

comment by Cal Neva - Lisa For Leader (U11544)
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Who is the 'one' ?
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Hernandez or Roberts. Who have both been injured.

posted on 22/1/20

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posted on 22/1/20

Not sure if this explains but it does say it depends on the other team as to what setup he uses!..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsxLowdyqao

And I'd like to say, its only "if" we go up, I know lots around here ain't as confident as this guy!..

posted on 22/1/20

Cal, he has also used Klich in the 10 role but he’s no where near as effective as Pablo or Roberts. He’s an 8 and probably the person I would have cover Phillips as a 4 in this system. He’s far from perfect. In fact he’s a poor option there but possibly our best.

Germany, as I mentioned in the article, he prefers this system against 2 up top. But I would like to see him use it more and against 1 up top too. One of the biggest reasons for this is the left back problem we have defensively.



posted on 22/1/20

As you say Lubo. It may just be he didn’t have the players available for this system. Now Pablo is back I think we need to revert back to it as much as possible

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