Thanks, that's essentially what I'm trying to say, but it seems I'm not saying it clearly.
One of the more interesting things Pep said on Tuesday was that he perhaps moved on too quickly, and that the players needed more time before he changed things. IMO that in itself suggests that we're moving towards the 3 at the back again, he just went too soon last time and they've just taken a step back in order to take 2 steps forward.
We conceded 2 to counterattacks, the first goal was nothing other than Otamendi being shite, and the other 2 came after Sané went off, before then he'd kept them completely quiet down his side by pinning them back. Sané also wasn't playing as a wing back, he was simply a winger, that's why it's a 3241 not a 343 or 523. It's funny how the English media obsesses over wide men being wingbacks, in Germany nobody thought Robben or Ribery was a wing back when he played wide in a 3241, they just looked at him, saw he was playing winger and said, "Pep's playing wingers".
3 at the back will come back, you can bet your life on it. It might not be this weekend, it might not be next month, but sooner or later it will come back because Pep loves it, and it gives him the perfect excuse to play fernandinho and Yaya together.
I disagree, it was not the same as the West Ham game, KDB was playing much higher and wider vs. Everton.
Can you just point me in the direction of where I said we played with wing backs mate?
My point was that when you play 3 at the back without wing backs, you're extremely vulnerable to the counter attack. The perfect example being City vs Chelsea.
If you don't think we've looked vulnerable to counter attacks this season when we've played 3 at the back then I assume you've either not seen the games, or "not been paying attention" ;-)
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compu...boards/1071_8585_71695_xx_xx/xx-criteria.htmlBovvril all over keyboard laughing!
It's simple mate - the games are a bit boring when we're winning 3 or 4-0 and the page count on the post match threads has died a death. By switching to 3-5-2, we can play our centre halves in a system they're uncomfortable with (increasing goals conceded), move our wing forwards to play out of position at wing back (stops them tearing the opposition to shreds) and isolate two small strikers up front without support, makes the game far more even ;)Ugh, why are people so keen to see the return of the shite that is 3 at the back? We've been wank whenever we play it and have just got a ridiculously terrifying front 3 sorted.