now that we have...

[Rjk]

a left footed ball playing CB, I wonder if we will see a return to 3 - 4 - 3 or 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 at any point?
if we get into a bad run then they may well want to try it again.

something like a back 3 of Ng Kipre and Simpson

wing backs Romeo and Collins

Wintle and Rinomhota in midfield

then sawyers/Colwill behind 2 strikers

or 1 striker and 2 wingers

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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...found love what are we going to do with it?

[Parti Mellow]

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These formations are getting more and more complicated. How about playing 1-10 and try and score one more than the opposition.

[splott parker]

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These formations are getting more and more complicated. How about playing 1-10 and try and score one more than the opposition.

It’s getting ridiculous isn’t it, managers, coaches and fans are disappearing up their own arses with all this complicating of a simple game, Christ knows what the baffled players are thinking........even you are advocating a new revolutionary tactic of playing with 10 men:hehe:

[Ninja]

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You can tell which posters still play football manager :hehe:

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: now that we have...

a left footed ball playing CB, I wonder if we will see a return to 3 - 4 - 3 or 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 at any point?

Hopefully not.

[Rjk]

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Hopefully not.

it can be really good.

Birmingham will probably play some variation of that on the weekend, and there are loads of other clubs playing it in this division

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: now that we have...

a left footed ball playing CB, I wonder if we will see a return to 3 - 4 - 3 or 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 at any point?
if we get into a bad run then they may well want to try it again.

something like a back 3 of Ng Kipre and Simpson

wing backs Romeo and Collins

Wintle and Rinomhota in midfield

then sawyers/Colwill behind 2 strikers

or 1 striker and 2 wingers

You've overthunked this haven't you

[J R Hartley]

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I don’t think we’ve signed 4 attacking wingers to then revert back to the wing back formation somehow

[The Hooded Claw]

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We’ve got quite a few centre backs.
Is Mick McCarthy coming back?

[Rjk]

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I don’t think we’ve signed 4 attacking wingers to then revert back to the wing back formation somehow

you CAN play with wingers and wingbacks - you just tuck the wingers inside slightly. then when you're attacking you should have 5 players involved

[J R Hartley]

Re: now that we have...

you CAN play with wingers and wingbacks - you just tuck the wingers inside slightly. then when you're attacking you should have 5 players involved

Nonsense

[J R Hartley]

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We’ve got quite a few centre backs.
Is Mick McCarthy coming back?

We’ve got quite a few of everything. For a club that’s apparently skint and built on a shoestring the squad is massive compared to what Midk had to work with at start of last season.

[the other bob wilson]

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It’s getting ridiculous isn’t it, managers, coaches and fans are disappearing up their own arses with all this complicating of a simple game, Christ knows what the baffled players are thinking........even you are advocating a new revolutionary tactic of playing with 10 men:hehe:

How much spontaneity is there left in the game? What sort of feedback would a player who tried something off the cuff which failed get from his manager and coaches? I was really shocked to learn about twenty years ago that a player like Marc Overmars (ie a dribbler) had been ordered to take no more than three touches of the ball after he received it by Van Gaal when he was at Ajax

[Des Parrot]

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you CAN play with wingers and wingbacks - you just tuck the wingers inside slightly. then when you're attacking you should have 5 players involved

Yep, I managed a side using this for 3 season, we got promoted twice and to two finals. Kept the core of 222 through the middle and let the 2 on each side operate as you’ve described. That was at Tier 13 though, not sure it would work at Tier 2