Transfer thread

[Finney Is Back]

And they would be spot on

I rest my case….

 

[Finney Is Back]

In 2025? Surely not. High stakes and you rely on a fax machine? I dont believe it.

Faxes are used because the timestamp is irrefutable.

 

[Finney Is Back]

That's why most coaches don't really care about formations these days: there's little difference between a 4-4-2 with two attacking players on the flanks and one of the forwards coming in deeper and a 4-2-3-1, for instance. It's all about instructions and patterns of play these days.

Even a 4-3-3 can be very similar to a 3-5-2 if you ask your holding midfielder to drop in defence to allow the full-backs more freedom to move forward (I couldn't watch the whole game but I think PSG did something like that when they played that American team in the Club World Cup the other week).

Indeed. One of the best articles I saw on this was from Martin Jol way back in 2006 World Cup. To very briefly summarise, he said that formations are very fluid and really don’t matter, what is of real importance is your defensive/offensive split. I.e. how many players have primarily a defensive job and how many have primarily an attacking job. The formation then works in fluid way round that 8-3, 7-4 or 6-5 or whatever split. I remember him specifically talking about Brazil and saying they were different because both full backs (Cafu and Carlos) had a primary attacking and not defensive role, which was different to every other team in the tournament.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

And the funeral industry. You try convincing Margaret, an independent funeral arranger in her late 60s in Cornwall that computers are the way forward when faxes get the job done.

I watched the sensible signings for Spurs today, it mentioned that Maddison was our only option as a 10. Can't help but feel they haven't seen Kulu play attacking midfield as the furthest forward in a 3, and Bergvall may come into his own in that position. Then Odobert can play there....I'm not saying we shouldn't sign someone there, but there's definitely options. A proper 6 would be my priority but there's a dedicated thread for that...

It also mentioned the double pivot system Frank favours. Is that just a pretentious way to say a midfield pairing?

Please don't fall into that trap of defining tactical systems or positions, you will be swamped by technical analysis.

 

[Robbo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1940497274091851941

Hope it works out better than the last LB we bought from them.