Time to start thinking realistic formations/Xl

[NQCitizen]

Looking more and more like Isco will be joining and Carlos will be leaving, therefore we will have an abundance of talent in midfield but i just don't know what we will line up with...

We will have

Milner
Nasri
Barry
Yaya
Silva
Rodwell
Garcia
Navas
Fernandinho
Isco

Dzeko
Aguero
Gudetti

Something like ...

....................................Hart..........................
Zab/micah......Kompany............Nasty.........Clichy

......................Yaya............Fernandinho............

..............Isco.............Silva................Navas......

...........................Aguero................................

Which will leave, Milner, Barry,Nasri,Rodwell, Garcia all out of the side... i know we will have a lot of games hopefully, but we have arguably too many options...

A bit too small up front?

Also puts a big responsibility on Aguero to score. Neither Navas or Silva are exactly prolific.

Yeah this team probably wouldn't net more than 60 league goals between them and this is why Cavani should be top priority.

 

[Shaelumstash]

If we are playing the Barca shaped 433, I'd definitely play Nasri in the middle, he's absolutely brilliant there.

Zaba.................Kompany................Nasti..............Clichy
....................................Fernandinho
...........................Yaya.......................Nasri
..................SIlva........................................Isco
......................................Aguero

 

[MELOblue]

Hart
Zabaleta/Maicon
Kompany(c)
Lescott/Nastasic
Clichy/Kolarov

Silva
Toure
Fernandinho

Navas
Tevez
Aguero

Subs: Barry, Dzeko, Guidetti, Milner, Nasri, Richards, Boyata
Cavanni, Isco, Garcia.

 

[sam-caddick]

If we are playing the Barca shaped 433, I'd definitely play Nasri in the middle, he's absolutely brilliant there.

Zaba.................Kompany................Nasti..............Clichy
....................................Fernandinho
...........................Yaya.......................Nasri
..................SIlva........................................Isco
......................................Aguero

oooo, I like the look of that.

agreed, that formation and position would be perfect for samir.

 

[Bibinho]

we are going to be playing 4-3-3 next season so I see something along the lines of...

__________________HART__________________

ZABBA____KOMPANY____NASTASIC____CLICHY

_____RODWELL___TOURE___FERNANDINHO____

___________SILVA________ISCO____________

________________AGUERO_________________

obviously depending on the game we can sub silva for navas and have dzeko or whoever else up front if we want to play wide men instead.

Bibby likes this alot :D

 

[St Ives blue]

Hasn't it already been well documented that we will be playing a 4:3:3 formation next season?
This is looking all the more likely considering the concentration on buying midfielders rather than strikers so far...

...............................Hart..........................

Zab..........Kompany............Nasty.........Clichy

......Rodwell..............Yaya............Fernandinho

.........Isco...............Aguero..................Silva


with a strong bench...
Micah, Lescott, Barry, Milner, Nasri, Dzeko, Tevez

 

[Claytop]

Hasn't it already been well documented that we will be playing a 4:3:3 formation next season?
This is looking all the more likely considering the concentration on buying midfielders rather than strikers so far...

...............................Hart..........................

Zab..........Kompany............Nasty.........Clichy

......Rodwell..............Yaya............Fernandinho

.........Isco...............Aguero..................Silva


with a strong bench...
Micah, Lescott, Barry, Milner, Nasri, Dzeko, Tevez

Where would thou holy one play?

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Can someone answer the question ? How do we know it is more likely Isco will sign for us. Don't get me wrong, i'd love it if we get him. As it stands a thought Real Madrid were still in the running.

 

[Stoned Rose]

There isn't / wont be a generic 'best 11' or best formation.

The idea is to have a high quality squad with great depth so that we can put out the 'best' 11 for each particular game (and allow players to rest).

This means we can set up with the most appropriate personnel and formation to make sure we nullify our opponents and exploit their weaknesses.

This is something we didn't have/do last year.

The additions of Fernandinho and Navas plus the (hopefully) re-emergence of a fit Rodwell already gives us miles more options than we had last year.

Should we also get Isco, I think we'll be covered for 'answers' pretty spectacularly.

 

[Gorton Gruff]

4-3-3
Defence: Hart/Zabaleta/Kompany/Nastasic/Clichy
(New goalie/Richards/Lescott/Rekic - signings?)

Narrow formation
Fernandinho/Yaya/Barry
(Milner/Rodwell/Garcia/Razak - signings: one of: Pizzaro/Paulinho/Illarramendi?)

Silva/new centre forward/Aguero
(Nasri/Tevez/Dzeko/Guidetti - signings one of: Cavani/Lewandowski/Jovetic and one of Isco/DeMaria)

Wide formation - move Silva into middle:
Fernandinho/Yaya/Silva
(Nasri/Barry/Rodwell/Garcia - signings: one of: Pizzaro/Paulinho/Illarramendi?)

Navas/Aguero/New signing
(Milner/Tevez/Dzeko/Guidetti/Sinclair - signings one of: Cavani/Lewandowski/Jovetic and one of Isco/DeMaria)