stevemcgarry
Well-Known Member
But that's what driving so many us crazy ... he DOESN'T play them in similar positions. Our strongest, most effective formation all season has been 4231 ... so today he picks a weaker team but then lines them up in a 442, the formation that has punished us every time he has used it, even when we are at full strength. It's just perverse, obstinate, stubborn stupidity. And it's not like it's a surprise. All season long this forum has been full of people screaming blue murder over three things: 1) do NOT play 442, particularly if it's compounded by the selection of Bony; 2) do NOT play Yaya in a defensive two; and 3) do NOT play MDM as one of our central defenders. It's like he can't help himself.I think management believes this holistic (?) idea - that players in similar positions should be able to perform equally as well as the players they replace.