But we dont know how much he rates Zouma because he has never really spoken about him or had the opportunity to pick him ahead of those 2.
He won't play ahead of Terry and luiz he will play ahead of our RB who is playing as a CB who will then shift to wing back where we have an attacking forward playing WB.
A 3 of Terry, zouma and Luiz could be a very good combination, both with and without the ball. Terry left, zouma right and luiz central, with luiz joining the midfield when the timing is right.
That's what is in my mind anyway but I would have JT in the middle, you have zouma with his pace and 1 on 1 defending, JT organizing and reading the play and luiz picking out passes, I think it's a well balanced back 3 who are all good in the air and can also score goals, I really hope to see this, think it could be very effective, my only issue is Dave and Alonso don't offer too much creatively when they are in the middle of the pitch, I actually thought Alonso made some nice runs on the left but I think with the middle of the park consisting of Dave-matic-kante-Alonso we will struggle creatively especially when Costa isn't that technical and Willian/Oscar can be a bit flat, I think there will be even more reliance on hazard, this setup is begging for a world class creative CM to run the show, I don't see why fab can't take that on with kante? I think conte sees him as a player lacking physicality for that role and to be fair he has no clue about positioning especially in a double pivot in DM, come Jan that's what would be top of my list, a top quality CM, we have CB's.
I agree Conte might play that trio against average teams but we will go back to 4-5-1 against top or good team and Zouma won't get a chance if we are to play for 4 at the back.
Dont think it's a good idea to switch between systems that freely, we are already inconsistent and look lost at times, it took us a half to play into the 3-4-3/3-5-2 , Conte uses it to good effect and it something different Pl teams arent used to, i think if we get it right we stick with it, as the next 2 transfer windows go on if we get in personnel to suit it, could be very effective.
Well I was thinking a top team will expose us if we go on with that formation, so I felt Conte might not want to take that risk.
Why expose us, if the wing backs push up we have 1 extra in mid field and if they sit back we have 5 at the back and 2 DM's, it's a more defensive formation? The issue is going forward...
If our players can adapt and get used to it easily then I think it will make us hard to beat. But for now I can't see it happening though.
We have a new manager, looks like he wants to change things up which after last season is a good thing, right now is surviving not thriving, it's going to be hard but it's beginning, if he can get us top 4 while rebuilding it will be some achievement.
John Terry on the bench? I pray he starts!
