3 at the back

[WJ99mobile]

Last night we went 3-5-2 and it looked better than the shambles we started with

Is this a sign to come? Will it work?

[LeningradCowboy]

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Last night we went 3-5-2 and it looked better than the shambles we started with

Damning with faint praise...

[NYCBlue]

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I've wondered about playing 3 at the back. We've got players that could play in front of them and it might help us connect the dots. Something like 3-2-4-1 with Pack and Ralls as the 2? If 2 of the 4 were wingers who would play in the middle?

[LeningradCowboy]

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Do we really want to be starting games with three of our centre-backs in the team? They aren't the most technically gifted players, even by the standards of our squad. The change was probably necessary yesterday because the pitch was bad and we were facing a lot of aerial balls into our penalty area, but that isn't going to happen every week.

[tforturton]

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Our midfield gets over-run in every game, mainly because our players can't pass the ball to save their lives. So anything that adds to the midfield numbers should help.

[Ianto13]

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Last night we went 3-5-2 and it looked better than the shambles we started with

Is this a sign to come? Will it work?

Didn’t Harris try this earlier this season and it was a disaster?

[WJ99mobile]

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Didn’t Harris try this earlier this season and it was a disaster?

In the cup if I recall?

And it was a disaster then

[RonnieBird]

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He did if at QPR and we know what happened

[RonnieBird]

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A good system but not when it includes Aiden Flint!

[198bore]

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It suited the game as the ball was in the air the entire match.

[J R Hartley]

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With Bagan and Ng we are tailor made for 3-5-2. Unfortunately we dont have the defenders comfortable enough to play 3 at the back.

[light up the darkness]

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A good system but not when it includes Aiden Flint!

He was too slow to start with and he’s not going to get any quicker

[the other bob wilson]

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I’m all for us playing with three at the back in theory, the problems have tended to start when we try to put it into practice.

Last night three at the back was an improvement on what went before it, but we were all over the shop at centre back when we were playing with a back four.

[life on mars]

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You'd like to think a professional side in the second tier would have the ability to effectively switch for 4 to 3 or visa versa with ease ?

[Sparticus_Mills]

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I wanted to see us play 3 centre backs when we had Benkovic and Bamba available, thought it would have given us more flexibility with the wing backs, especially with Bacuna at right back. But now, with Flint? Not so sure.