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it's been a long while since we have looked decent with 3 at the back, probably since Lennie Lawrence?
I quite like the 3-4-3 formation, I wonder if McCarthy will persist with 3 at the back if he stays here beyond his current contract.
I have a sneaking suspicion that we're just playing it at the moment to be able to get flint and Morrison in the team and get the best out of ojo and Wilson.
assuming we do well and want to continue with it, what would that mean we need in terms of players in the summer?
wing backs we will have Ng and Bagan, Ng is already looking like a good signing, and is well suited to the formation. Bagan looked decent enough when playing in a back 4, but we didn't see him getting forward that much to see what he can offer in an attacking sense. his passing seems decent amount though.
if Bennett re-signes then that's LWB covered as he is a natural at that position - Trollope originally signed him to play as a wing back but Bennett was injured for basically the entirety of Trollope's time as manager.
centre backs we will have Morrison, flint, Nelson and brown, but that will be covering 3 places, so you'd have thought we would need another centre back at least, unless we have any youngsters ready to step up.
central midfield we will have ralls, pack, vaulks and Bacuna, covering 2 spots, so we would probably need to move someone on before bringing someone in in that instance.
I think that this formation relies less on the CMS to be creative, so their weaknesses aren't as apparent l, so maybe we would keep them.
wingers/am we will have Murphy and Whyte (if he comes back) we are definitely going to need to replace ojo and Wilson if possible, and bringing Murphy back into the first team would be a real bonus.
up front we have Moore, watters and Harris and vassell covering one spot, with potentially glatzel coming back as well, so it seems unlikely they we will bring in anyone else here unless several leave.
so we will need at least one CB, and some wingers, potentially on loan again.
from this tactical description of the formation:
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it suggests that having a CB that can pass and bring the ball out of defence is important, and I wouldn't say that any of the current lot have that as a particular strength, so maybe that's the type of player we will look to bring in.
I quite like the 3-4-3 formation, I wonder if McCarthy will persist with 3 at the back if he stays here beyond his current contract.
I have a sneaking suspicion that we're just playing it at the moment to be able to get flint and Morrison in the team and get the best out of ojo and Wilson.
assuming we do well and want to continue with it, what would that mean we need in terms of players in the summer?
wing backs we will have Ng and Bagan, Ng is already looking like a good signing, and is well suited to the formation. Bagan looked decent enough when playing in a back 4, but we didn't see him getting forward that much to see what he can offer in an attacking sense. his passing seems decent amount though.
if Bennett re-signes then that's LWB covered as he is a natural at that position - Trollope originally signed him to play as a wing back but Bennett was injured for basically the entirety of Trollope's time as manager.
centre backs we will have Morrison, flint, Nelson and brown, but that will be covering 3 places, so you'd have thought we would need another centre back at least, unless we have any youngsters ready to step up.
central midfield we will have ralls, pack, vaulks and Bacuna, covering 2 spots, so we would probably need to move someone on before bringing someone in in that instance.
I think that this formation relies less on the CMS to be creative, so their weaknesses aren't as apparent l, so maybe we would keep them.
wingers/am we will have Murphy and Whyte (if he comes back) we are definitely going to need to replace ojo and Wilson if possible, and bringing Murphy back into the first team would be a real bonus.
up front we have Moore, watters and Harris and vassell covering one spot, with potentially glatzel coming back as well, so it seems unlikely they we will bring in anyone else here unless several leave.
so we will need at least one CB, and some wingers, potentially on loan again.
from this tactical description of the formation:
20201231_200009.jpg
it suggests that having a CB that can pass and bring the ball out of defence is important, and I wouldn't say that any of the current lot have that as a particular strength, so maybe that's the type of player we will look to bring in.
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