Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Lastfootstamper]

Anyway! Can Buendia play 8 in a 4-3-3? I think his workrate and ball-winning stats suggest he can, but he'll need to get bullied off the ball less. Surely if Ramsey can work it out so can he.

8 is a second striker anyway - see Shaw and Little for indisputable evidence.

...Bruce Rioch

[clash city rocker]

What ever happened to 2-3-5

[Lastfootstamper]

What ever happened to 2-3-5

5 is yer pyramid centre half, 4 to their right, 6 left. With us withdrawing correctly our 4 in alongside the 5 in a flat 4, it means our 6 is a midfielder. It also means Barry could correctly wear 6 as he'd have been nominally a withdrawn left-half.

Doing a bit of fact checking with this, I discovered there were some brave formations in the early days
Wiki

In the first international game, Scotland against England on 30 November 1872, England played with seven or eight forwards in a 1–1–8 or 1–2–7 formation, and Scotland with six, in a 2–2–6 formation. For England, one player would remain in defence, picking up loose balls, and one or two players would hang around midfield and kick the ball upfield for the other players to chase. The English style of play at the time was all about individual excellence and English players were renowned for their dribbling skills. Players would attempt to take the ball forward as far as possible and only when they could proceed no further, would they kick it ahead for someone else to chase. Scotland surprised England by actually passing the ball among players. The Scottish outfield players were organized into pairs and each player would always attempt to pass the ball to his assigned partner.

And if you don't know, you can almost guess what comes next...

Ironically, with so much attention given to attacking play, the game ended in a 0–0 draw.

[cdbearsfan]

Didn't take long for Scotland to start twatting England on a regular basis as the latter stuck to their ludicrous dribbling style.

Back when Scottish clubs used to enter the FA Cup, it was a hammering by those twats Queen's Park that led to Villa switching to a passing style and that was the foundation of our domination of English football in the late Victorian Era.

https://www.11v11.com/matches/queens-park-v-aston-villa-19-january-1884-204691/

[edgysatsuma89]

When the football weekly pod spoke about Burnley playing the first 1 to 11 in the league since Charlton in the late 90's it was specifically mentioned that all the numbers were in the classic correct positions, pointing out the 6 at CB. Don't shoot the messenger CD! Just quoting the filthy lefty scum. In my lifetime I've personally never associated the 6 with a CB.

[cdbearsfan]

Speaking as filthy lefty scum, I'm appalled. ☹

[edgysatsuma89]

On FFP, I don't think that's been the problem. I just reckon we've been trying to sign players and they just haven't brought in to the 'vision' and don't see us as a big enough move at the moment (whereas the likes of Bailey do). So I think we're trying at least as we're still getting linked to CMs.

[edgysatsuma89]

Speaking as filthy lefty scum, I'm appalled. ☹

We do get some things wrong sometimes

[ozzjim]

We need a very good midfield player this week.

[Percy McCarthy]

Look, can't we all just agree that Dog Man Star is the best Suede album?

Whatever happened to them? Last I remember of them was Bratt saying Weller was washed up in about 1993. Had a feeling that wouldn’t work out well for the prick.

I bear grudges.

[Sexual Ealing]

Even Weller was saying Weller was washed up not long before 93!

[Beard82]

Look, can't we all just agree that Dog Man Star is the best Suede album?

I preferred their eponymous debut myself.

Dog man star is the correct answer 

[PaulWinch again]

We need a centre-mid.

[Steve67]

We need a centre-mid.

And a number 10 if McGinn doesn't play there. Buendia is not that man.

[Villan82]

Reinforcements needed.