ono
Well-Known Member
Well I think the back 5 will always depend on who is available. For arguments sake I'll go withName the first 11 you'd want to see? Not being funny, just curious as to how you'd sort us out into a 4-4-2. Don't see how we'd do it myself.
Hart
Zab
Kolarov
Otamendi
Mangala
In the middle I would play Dinho alongside Yaya with the wide men playing quite narrow just ahead of Dinho and Yaya. I suppose it would be a 4-2-2-2 in a sense. I'd play Silva and De Bruyne in those positions. I think if you sit them narrower, Yaya can get away with playing in a 2 because we should in theory be more compact when we lose the ball. Up top I would go with Kelechi and Aguero. I'd go with Kelechi because he is more likely to drop in and link up with Silva and De Bruyne.
Like I said, I'd like to see this at home against certain level of opposition. We had a lot of success utilising two strikers under Pellegrini at one point.