If we start playing 442 then we may as well all pack up and go home. Our squad just isn't set up for 442. It wouldn't surprise me though - spend 100 million on shaping the squad and then end up with Ade and Defoe up front, Dembele and Sandro in the middle, Townsend and Siggy left and right.
We could then have a bench of Soldado, Lamela, Eriksen, Holtby, Paulinho and Vlad and admit we spunked away our big pay day opportunity.
While we're there lets stick Naughton in at left back. If Verts gets injured at any point we're completely screwed.
We need to stick to the formation we've bought players for, have courage in our convictions and drive it through and make it work. I'm fairly sure that's what AVB will do. I certainly hope that's what he's going to do.
If we start switching to 442 I think its time to start asking some serious questions.
We don't have a hope of getting any kind of result here. I've never been so certain that'll we'll lose a game in my life.
Comfortable 2-0 to them goodbye champions league.
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had a couple of weeks off from this forum.....am hoping for a performance tomorrow to make this a happier place.
I don't know who suggested 4-4-2 but its like most formation's imo.....there may be a need for it in certain circumstances so it shouldn't be something we just dismiss...it should be something we should work on.....with a proper cf and a forward in the withdrawn role.
I think AVB will stick with his formation but he does need to understand that if he puts on defoe with Solly when we are struggling to create then that is not the answer........ personally I want to see Townsend left eriksen off the front man and Lamela on the right with Solly up front.......Sandro always a cm.
We have no international breaks for a while now so we do have some serious work to do on the training ground......we must strive to be more cohesive.
Hope both Ade and Lamela start.. I think Adebayor could be just what Soldado needs...
Hope both Ade and Lamela start.. I think Adebayor could be just what Soldado needs...
Yeah, Adebayor was awesome last season.
Has everyone forgotten how appalling he was for 95% of the entire campaign?
If we start playing 442 then we may as well all pack up and go home. Our squad just isn't set up for 442. It wouldn't surprise me though - spend 100 million on shaping the squad and then end up with Ade and Defoe up front, Dembele and Sandro in the middle, Townsend and Siggy left and right.
We could then have a bench of Soldado, Lamela, Eriksen, Holtby, Paulinho and Vlad and admit we spunked away our big pay day opportunity.
While we're there lets stick Naughton in at left back. If Verts gets injured at any point we're completely screwed.
We need to stick to the formation we've bought players for, have courage in our convictions and drive it through and make it work. I'm fairly sure that's what AVB will do. I certainly hope that's what he's going to do.
If we start switching to 442 I think its time to start asking some serious questions.
You would think 4-4-2 was akin to converting from islam to judaism (has anyone ever done that?)
Having 2 players on the pitch very good at scoring goals instead of 1 is not really heretic.
Yeah, Adebayor was awesome last season.
Has everyone forgotten how appalling he was for 95% of the entire campaign?
Love your positive slant on tomorrow and the season considering were 2 points off 2nd and have had our best start to a PL season ever...
For what it's worth I think we will lose and then again at home to Man U next week.. We will then be unlikely to catch the top four who will probably be the usual suspects...
Not all bad news though...that would take pressure off in the league so we can try and find a 'goal scoring' system of play where not every game is so vital.
That would allow us to concentrate on actually winning a trophy as we have a strong squad. We could then take that confidence trophy into next season and with a decent big striker ( I want Benteke in January) we might actually show convincing title winning form right from the start.