Two strikers à la Cole and Yorke. Not a true 4-2-4 really.
What I have in mind is,
Ronaldo, Greenwood, Cavani to fight out the two striker positions.
Sancho on the right.
Pogba, McT, Bruno behind them, with Pogba à kind of deep left wing, which is his best position.
It's true of course that we are more vulnerable, but Varane has helped there, and we should be scoring plenty.
Rashy will have to fight for his position when fit, Martial also.
Personally I would always have Greenwood as one of the two up front.
Is there any reason we can't have
posted on 1/9/21
comment by Clockwork Red: Jadon and the Argonauts (U4892)
posted 1 minute ago
If we didn’t have Sancho, we might have gone with something like:
Fred
McTominay Pogba
Bruno
Greenwood Ronaldo
With Cavani, Rashford etc also available up front.
But I’d like to see us play 433. The midfield isn’t perfect for it, but something like:
Bruno McTominay Pogba
Sancho Ronaldo Rashford
Scott obviously in the more defensive role.
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Yes, that's what I have in the OP near enough
posted on 1/9/21
comment by Plump CR7 (U22314)
posted 8 minutes ago
424?
Fred and Pogba the two 😂😂😂
Games will end 5-5
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No 4-3-3 Pogba. McT. Bruno
posted on 1/9/21
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Plump CR7 (U22314)
posted 8 minutes ago
424?
Fred and Pogba the two 😂😂😂
Games will end 5-5
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No 4-3-3 Pogba. McT. Bruno
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4231 is Ole's comfort blanket 52!
Would love Ole to play 433
posted on 1/9/21
comment by Dwight K Schrute (U22590)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 4 minutes ago
Ole needs to switch it to a 4-3-3.
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what are you thinking there
bruno McT Pogba
Sancho CR7 Rashford?
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Yes. And there are lots of ways to bring in others so that can continue to play that way.
It doesn’t have to be those players up top. You can switch with Cavani and Greenwood any time.
posted on 1/9/21
I bet we could play the team in the OP against Arsenal at Old Trafford and shatter them.
posted on 2/9/21
Mason has to be in our starting lineup regardless of formation. Him and Ronaldo will be very difficult to mark and they can interchange, as can Sancho and Marcus. Hard to pick a starting 11, the only weak spot is CDM, unless Scott really steps up this season (after he returns to fitness) Pogs and Bruno don't retain the fackin ball well and Fred, is.... Fred.
posted on 2/9/21
I think the formation op describes is actually something ole has used in the past a few times and I loved it.
ole has in the past played a 41212 or 442diamond formation
with
-------------Matic-------
herrera/fred-------pogba
-------mata/lingard-----
Rashford ----------martial
I loved this system and its the most coherent system I have seen us play under ole. When we had used it succesfully the 2 cfs will slpit wide becoming false widforwards especially when opposition had possession. What I observed was when we did this the opposition cbs became redundant and the space vacated by opposition full back pushing forward became susceptible to being exploited in a break. So with 2 cfs spliting we could occupy a back 4 when out of possesion. This allowed us to create overloads when defending.
We also created overloads when attacking. When attacking the left, our left sided cf drifting wide left to support pogba and shaw while the right sided cf moved centrally., The equivalent happened when we attcked from the right. Plus our # 10 was always ready to join attacks centrally.
I could go on but here is video highlight of the sytem in action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E__EUarCVB4
with our currentsquad the system will be:
---------------ddg--------------------
awb---varane*---maguire---shaw*
-----------------McT----------------
---sancho*------------Pogba------
--------------Fernandes*-------------
mason/cavani*------CR7*/Rashford/martial
*represents positions we now have better players including a reborn shaw than when ole last played the 442 diamond system
swap fred for sancho in tougher games if necessary
posted on 2/9/21
I don't think it would work with the midfielders you have available but it does highlight the point of how unbalanced the squad is.
If Ole keeps them all happy he'll be doing very well indeed.
posted on 2/9/21
Is Garner good enough? I can only watch the first team.
posted on 2/9/21
He's gone to Forest again I think and they love him.