Posted March 7, 200817 yr my theory for a new formation ------------------Cech------------------- -------Alex-----Terry-----Carvalho-------- ----------Makalele/Essien/Mikel------------ ---------Ballack----------Lampard--------- Joe Cole------------------------------Kalou -------------Drogba----Anelka-------------- With this new formation we can: Positives -Play with 3 center-backs -The defensive midfielder will protect the defense -Drogba and Anelka could play together -We dont need to buy a good right-back -we could sell A.cole -We only need to buy Wingers -Attaking formation Negatives -No Width -Not enough flair -Wingers will have to track back -Open to counter-attack
March 7, 200817 yr that would be ok against weaker opposition, where we have the majority of the posession, but would fall down against anyone decent teams, especially if they have good wingers. also, the last couple of matches has seen our full backs getting forward a hell of a lot more that the last year or so. cole was our furthest forward player at times on wednesday, and i think thats a lay we can use more and more, as opposition defenders try to control our 3 forwards.
March 7, 200817 yr Playing three at the back would be a disaster. This outmoded system has not been played by a top team for years. As you quite rightly state it makes a team terribly vulnerable to the counter attack -- long diagonal balls to the flanks, stretching the centre backs out of position. While this sytem worked in the seventies and eighties two centre backs with a sweeper, the game was much slower then, if the ball was lost the teams would have time to get back their shape, now , with the pace an athleticism of the modern game, there just isn't that time and we would concede goals in every game. For me, 4-3-3 every time.
March 8, 200817 yr I put the idea of 3 at the back out there when we were run by Claudio, and even that was a stretch. It just wouldn't work, unless you signed two wing-backs and left out wingers Scott
March 8, 200817 yr I also threw the '3 at the back' idea out there ages ago. But my formation (with today's players) looked more like this: ------------------Cech------------------- -------Alex-----Terry-----Carvalho-------- Bel-------------Makalele------------Bridge ---------Ballack----------Lampard--------- -------------Anelka----Drogba------------
March 8, 200817 yr Author I also threw the '3 at the back' idea out there ages ago. But my formation (with today's players) looked more like this:------------------Cech------------------- -------Alex-----Terry-----Carvalho-------- Bel-------------Makalele------------Bridge ---------Ballack----------Lampard--------- -------------Anelka----Drogba------------ would replace bel with D.alves and Bridge for a.cole
