Rousseau 10,679 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 This video (from 0.54 to about 5.10 - then it focuses on David Silva) covers some of the principles employed by Real Sociedad last season in their 4-4-2 diamond: Directness 3rd man Overloads I think we see hints of each in our play (except for overloads - we don't use them very well at all), but it's not fully developed as yet. I am a big fan of the formation: it can be very entertaining, fast and direct. Defensively it's quite good, too. You can easily block off the middle, directing teams wide and cleaning up the crosses, etc. Or press them and direct them wide and overload them, then counter. We saw the former used by Gerrard against Rogers and he had him sussed. I think the video clearly explains some of the principles we'll need to employ to get the best out of the diamond formation. If you're interested, give it a watch. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSocksRedTops 3,757 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 31 minutes ago, Rousseau said: This video (from 0.54 to about 5.10 - then it focuses on David Silva) covers some of the principles employed by Real Sociedad last season in their 4-4-2 diamond: Directness 3rd man Overloads I think we see hints of each in our play, but it's not fully developed as yet. I am a big fan of the formation: it can be very entertaining, fast and direct. Defensively it's quite good, too. You can easily block off the middle, directing teams wide and cleaning up the crosses, etc. Or press them and direct them wide and overload them, then counter. We saw the former used by Gerrard against Rogers and he had him sussed. I think the video clearly explains some of the principles we'll need to employ to get the best out of the diamond formation. If you're interested, give it a watch. Oh for a player like David Silva. He was a wee magician. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Ro55 772 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 52 minutes ago, Rousseau said: This video (from 0.54 to about 5.10 - then it focuses on David Silva) covers some of the principles employed by Real Sociedad last season in their 4-4-2 diamond: Directness 3rd man Overloads I think we see hints of each in our play (except for overloads - we don't use them very well at all), but it's not fully developed as yet. I am a big fan of the formation: it can be very entertaining, fast and direct. Defensively it's quite good, too. You can easily block off the middle, directing teams wide and cleaning up the crosses, etc. Or press them and direct them wide and overload them, then counter. We saw the former used by Gerrard against Rogers and he had him sussed. I think the video clearly explains some of the principles we'll need to employ to get the best out of the diamond formation. If you're interested, give it a watch. I now David Silva is a Worldy, and there is no comparison, but this is the kind of role I thought Hagi could pull off for us. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 16 hours ago, BlackSocksRedTops said: Oh for a player like David Silva. He was a wee magician. Poor mans Cantwell. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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