Rousseau 10,600 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 55 minutes ago, yuddie said: Not to be all new age about it but a 'formation' shouldn't be set. What I'd like from Clement with his formations is flexibility, for instance when defending against the ball I'd be happy to see McCausland and whoever else on the wings drop in and Lawrence push alongside Dessers - e.g. 4-4-fucking 2. Which imo is as good as any formation to defend with when the team is set. I think we do try that but our distances are pretty wild. That probably stems from a lack of mobility/intensity and intelligence from players. If you want an example of how to set quickly as a defence watch Artetas Arsenal, it is brilliant to watch. More importantly it's 'good football'. (For the Presbyterian folk among us more than likely). When attacking/building up I'd like to see Barron drop in between the CB's to make a 3, Tav and Jefte (e.g) push up and Lawrence to drop back a bit to make a 4 and the wingers to bomb on to make a 3. Ideally Lawrence would make runs beyond Dessers but the lad can't run for toffee. That's a personnel issue. But that's 2 variations to his 4 2 3 1 during a game. Clement probably worked on 5/6 different systems during pre season - if his sole focus was a rigid 4 - 2 - 3 -1 in all phases I'd can the bloke tomorrow. Which isn't the case because as I've said earlier, we can see the different systems in game. It's just very sloppy. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenny3k 660 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, yuddie said: Not to be all new age about it but a 'formation' shouldn't be set. What I'd like from Clement with his formations is flexibility, for instance when defending against the ball I'd be happy to see McCausland and whoever else on the wings drop in and Lawrence push alongside Dessers - e.g. 4-4-fucking 2. Which imo is as good as any formation to defend with when the team is set. I think we do try that but our distances are pretty wild. That probably stems from a lack of mobility/intensity and intelligence from players. If you want an example of how to set quickly as a defence watch Artetas Arsenal, it is brilliant to watch. More importantly it's 'good football'. (For the Presbyterian folk among us more than likely). When attacking/building up I'd like to see Barron drop in between the CB's to make a 3, Tav and Jefte (e.g) push up and Lawrence to drop back a bit to make a 4 and the wingers to bomb on to make a 3. Ideally Lawrence would make runs beyond Dessers but the lad can't run for toffee. That's a personnel issue. But that's 2 variations to his 4 2 3 1 during a game. Clement probably worked on 5/6 different systems during pre season - if his sole focus was a rigid 4 - 2 - 3 -1 in all phases I'd can the bloke tomorrow. Which isn't the case because as I've said earlier, we can see the different systems in game. It's just very sloppy. This here is exactly why I think getting the right no.10 completely changes this side 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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