Quote Originally Posted by CCFC CASUAL View Post
You dont need 3 midfielders sitting just because we are playing with a back 3. That leaves us with only going forward - the wingbacks and the 2 strikers?!?!

If theres 3 in midfield we can afford to commit 2 of them forward when we are on the attack.
You can afford to commit one of the 3, and it seems that was Gunnarson's role last night, Pilkington would then support the lone striker.

That would leave you with a defensive 5 in the event of a counter attack. Which is what you would get with a back 4 and a DM.