Joao Cancelo

[Tevez City]

The idea of Walker at CB is a bit crazy to me, he is our defender with the most lapses in decision making. Why would anyone want to put him where those lapses could be most fatal blows my mind.

Pep will help him to improve his decision making.

 

[VOOMER]

Walker has been played into the ground. Signing Cancelo will allow us to rest him and maybe get 3 rather than 2 more good season's out of him..

 

[Dax777]

Pep will help him to improve his decision making.

He hasn't so far

 

[WallyA]

I doubt we'd play much with a back 3 but if we do, I guess that might work. But I'd rather play Dihno there. As a lot of our posseseion will be in the hands of the flanking CBs.

We basically have been playing a back 3 all season.

 

[Dax777]

We basically have been playing a back 3 all season.

Where,?

 

[deano ou812]

Cancelo ? right lads is this just rumours or is it a legitimate link,I actually didn’t even know he played for Juventus has he been injured ..

 

[nmc]

Where,?

I assume he’s alluding to Zinchenko getting forward and Walker sitting a bit deeper.

 

[WallyA]

Where,?

I assume he’s alluding to Zinchenko getting forward and Walker sitting a bit deeper.

Basically this.

When going forward we almost universally set up in a 3-2-4-1,

When we defend we set up as a 4-1-4-1 or 4-5-1 formation.
The defense formation can be mirrored by having Rodri or Dinho dropping deep by making it a back 4, or having Zinchenko as a default LCM and going back out wide left.
Or we defend in a 5-4-1, the defending formation doesn't matter too much imo because we don't do it often lol.

 

[Dax777]

Basically this.

When going forward we almost universally set up in a 3-2-4-1,

When we defend we set up as a 4-1-4-1 or 4-5-1 formation.
The defense formation can be mirrored by having Rodri or Dinho dropping deep by making it a back 4, or having Zinchenko as a default LCM and going back out wide left.
Or we defend in a 5-4-1, the defending formation doesn't matter too much imo because we don't do it often lol.

That's not a back three. The Fullbacks interchange on who gets forward or rotate Into the middle.

That in no way is a back three. Even from heat maps, Walker is often no more defensive or centralized than Zinchencko. He just isn't as good at possession football and thus doesn't contribute as many touches.

 

[WallyA]

That's not a back three. The Fullbacks interchange on who gets forward or rotate Into the middle.

That in no way is a back three. Even from heat maps, Walker is often no more defensive or centralized than Zinchencko. He just isn't as good at possession football and thus doesn't contribute as many touches.

I thought this was quite clear from this season that we played this way. We definitely go 3-2-4-1 in the possession phase, Zinchenko DEFINITELY plays more central than Walker, with Walker trying to help stop counters more, yes he goes midfield, but not to really offer any threat or clever link up play, he does the same out wide, he does the wide bits as well, but again offers nothing compared to Zinchenko, so we have Zinchenko doing it more often.

In the defensive phase its a different conversation, yes Zinchenko goes LB and Walker RB, but this can easily happen with a back 3 as well with the DM dropping center, to allow Zinchenko in a more default midfield role.