Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[LeeB]

.. three at the back is horrendous.

Here we go again ...
The top teams seem to be able to transition between 4 at the back and 3 CB when required. Why not Villa? Klopp, Tuchel, Rodgers, Ancelotti and others are wrong?

Yes.

[Monty]

Atalanta play 3 at the back a lot, and are the most exciting team in Europe right now IMO.

[eamonn]

The rise of Atalanta has given me the football-fuzzies. A trip to Bergamo next season to take-in a game looks appealing (once they've de-covid'd the region obvs).

[LeeB]

Atalanta play 3 at the back a lot, and are the most exciting team in Europe right now IMO.

Good for them, really, but please stop it.

[Monty]

Atalanta play 3 at the back a lot, and are the most exciting team in Europe right now IMO.

Good for them, really, but please stop it.

Stop what? Mentioning Atalanta? Alright then.

[cdbearsfan]

.. three at the back is horrendous.

Here we go again ...
The top teams seem to be able to transition between 4 at the back and 3 CB when required. Why not Villa? Klopp, Tuchel, Rodgers, Ancelotti and others are wrong?

Absolutely.

[LeeB]

Atalanta play 3 at the back a lot, and are the most exciting team in Europe right now IMO.

Good for them, really, but please stop it.

Stop what? Mentioning Atalanta? Alright then.

No, three at the back. Nothing good will come from it.

[Sexual Ealing]

As reluctant as I am to agree with LeeB and cd, three at the back just makes me think of those 0-0s against Ever(yone)ton under Gregory.I'm sure that there are some innovative continental coaches who can make it work, but it's fundamentally shit, because it's never three, it always ends up being five.

[Monty]

Atalanta play 3 at the back a lot, and are the most exciting team in Europe right now IMO.

Good for them, really, but please stop it.

Stop what? Mentioning Atalanta? Alright then.

No, three at the back. Nothing good will come from it.

Oh good I can still talk about Atalanta, nice.

I've never understood this level of antipathy to 3 at the back. It's a bit particular, sure, but it works sometimes and can do a bunch of different styles. Just because Paul Lambert thought it was a good idea doesn't mean it's bad. Not quite anyway.

[cdbearsfan]

Just why? Why must posters keep revealing their depravity?

Three at the back, honestly. Why not bring back slavery while we're at it? Sickos.

[Sexual Ealing]

Just why? Why must posters keep revealing their depravity?

Three at the back, honestly. Why not bring back slavery while we're at it? Sickos.

As reluctant as I am to agree with cd, three-at-the-back merchants are literally worse than slavers.

[LeeB]

Just why? Why must posters keep revealing their depravity?

Three at the back, honestly. Why not bring back slavery while we're at it? Sickos.

As reluctant as I am to agree with cd, three-at-the-back merchants are literally worse than slavers.

The Sumerians invented slavery and three-at-the-back, but Sargon the Great overloaded the midfield and that was the end of them.

[cdbearsfan]

That's why they called him "Great". He was Sargon the Bellend when he was still tinkering with three at the back.

[nigel]

I have to admit I’m not averse to 3 at the back, with the right players, though.

Imagine McGrath in between Konsa and Mings?
Wing backs Gidman and Gibson types

[LeeB]

There's clearly some kind of outbreak.