With the current players at our disposal so much this. With four CBs to fill those three positions and Walker, Zinny and Cancelo to fill in as wing backs/extra midfielders we would have a very sound setup for this season. All of them would get plenty of matches and we would never have to see a certain calamity on the pitch again.Not sure why we do not play three centre backs , we have three brilliant players in Dias,Stones and Laporte lets utilise them and adapt the system to our best players , with addtiona l cover from the central defenders the left back position wouldnt be such an issue , we could play either Zinchenko or Cancelo as a wing back.
Not sure why we do not play three centre backs , we have three brilliant players in Dias,Stones and Laporte lets utilise them and adapt the system to our best players , with addtiona l cover from the central defenders the left back position wouldnt be such an issue , we could play either Zinchenko or Cancelo as a wing back.
This formation makes a ton of sense in defence and then gets harder and harder to justify as you move upfield. Not sure how we'd get De Bruyne, Foden, Kane (or any striker) and Grealish into a formation with a back three.
3-4-2-1 maybe?
Stones
Dias
Laporte
Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne
Zinchenko
Foden
Grealish
Kane
I feel like that's a bit light in central midfield if De Bruyne goes wandering. You could do Rodri and Gündy in there, but then you'd need to fit De Bruyne into the front three somewhere.
We don't need to fit anybody in anywhere.....we constantly rotate!! Why are there so many posters that still haven't grasped this??
Pep doesn't even have a 'go to' strongest 11.....as proven in the CL final ;)
That a good team and formation , we only need one defensive midfielder and unfortunatley the couple of games i have watched Dinho so far have been average , Rodri has to be given the chance now to establish and prove his worth to the team.This formation makes a ton of sense in defence and then gets harder and harder to justify as you move upfield. Not sure how we'd get De Bruyne, Foden, Kane (or any striker) and Grealish into a formation with a back three.
3-4-2-1 maybe?
Stones
Dias
Laporte
Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne
Zinchenko
Foden
Grealish
Kane
I feel like that's a bit light in central midfield if De Bruyne goes wandering. You could do Rodri and Gündy in there, but then you'd need to fit De Bruyne into the front three somewhere.
Here's the thing...
At the 70th minute or so - KDB and Zinchenko are substituted on.
What happens? KDB transforms the game.
Meanwhile - first Zin involvement - Edders hand-passes the ball to Zin who does his best to fuck us over - miss-passing on his first touch right to a Spurs opponent.
Later on, Zin is confused with KDB by Arlo White on the US broadcast - anyhow, what happens? Zin gets the ball and delivers a deft cross right to Lloris. Zero quality.
KDB - best player on the field by far.
Zin - thank fuck Mendy is off! But at least twice needlessly giving the ball away - and his first touch might have cost a goal.
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Need a left back? WTF do you think? Hell - Spurs aren't even very good - and yet Zin had a very - just as expected - iffy performance.
Did you watch the game? If so, are you really saying that Zin's performance was better than KDB's?De Bruyne actually had a worse pass accuracy than Zinchenko and put in three inaccurate crosses to Zinny’s two, but sure
Did you watch the game? If so, are you really saying that Zin's performance was better than KDB's?
Prob is, are there any left backs that can do the role Zinny does playing inside DM? The system doesnt really allow for natural fullback if we are pressing ahead with Grealish and Kev in the 8's. The fbs sitting inside is gonna be more needed i would think to allow for the front 5 to go nuts.