Quote from: Dante Lavelli on October 31, 2010, 11:10:42 PMPeople seem to be critising the formation, saying it is too negative for a home match vs Brum. I personally disagree, the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 is just how they line up, primarily defensively. The intent of the team decides whether it is an attacking formation or not. A 4-4-2 can be just as defensive if the midfielders never overlap or go past the forwards. I actually think a 4-2-3-1 is more attacking as the two midfielders should allow the front four to play with greater freedom.I disagree, it was embarassingly negative, Heskey worked like a trojan up front but received very little support. We appeared scared of losing, as did Blues but that's the way they play, I don't want my team to play like that. There was an incident in the second half where Warnock could of overlapped Young to get a cross in but put the brakes on almost like he was attached to a rope, that must come from the manager.The cup game might as well go straight to penalties cos it's going to be exactly the same, I hope we are practising them.
People seem to be critising the formation, saying it is too negative for a home match vs Brum. I personally disagree, the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 is just how they line up, primarily defensively. The intent of the team decides whether it is an attacking formation or not. A 4-4-2 can be just as defensive if the midfielders never overlap or go past the forwards. I actually think a 4-2-3-1 is more attacking as the two midfielders should allow the front four to play with greater freedom.
