3-5-2 formation this season for United?

[bond19821982]

Great great post. It's exactly what I feel about the 352 and how it was ditched the minutes Varane got injured.
Things are just done randomly without serious process behind it. You don't see many top teams changing their formation just like that

Remember when Moyes played a 3 man midfield against City and we all drooled about it. In reality he just changed the formation and we still got rubbed 3-0.

All he did was adding Fellaini in a midfield role without actually telling how to approach the game after changing the formation.

 

[tenpoless]

Ole, by comparison, as heard in his interviews, bemoans the concept of overcomplicating football

100% true. It's supposed to be complicated. Managers should try to outwit each other to win a football match.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

100% true. It's supposed to be complicated. Managers should try to outwit each other to win a football match.

I think there is an argument for massive overcomplicating things, and I'm sure some manager do to their teams detriment, but the main point is bang on, it's supposed to be about the details at this level.

 

[Idxomer]

Formations

 

[kouroux]

What's next ? Stumble upon a 5-4-1 win and attempt it ?

 

[Lee565]

You playing a high press man city side and you have the likes of van der beek, sancho and lingard on the bench who the ability to work within tight spaces

 

[Red5]

532 abandoned again, after another total failure.

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

So that NVQ 352 lasted all of 1 league game.

 

[PoTMS]

He has absolutely no idea how to play any of these formations.

 

[kouroux]

this 352 is a joke, abandoned again

 

[Lee565]

It was not 352 or 532 formation, it was "i have to save my own skin" formation by ole

 

[UNITED ACADEMY]

We would beat Spurs 5-1 with 4231

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Suspect that’s the end of this formation for us

 

[Bubz27]

It was.more 541 today.

We've played it twice since, didn't work, had to revert back to 4231 in both to avoid humiliation.

 

[Idxomer]

I also love how Sancho comes on to play on the left and then 20 minutes later switches to the right, so Rashford could play on the left.

I mean seriously, what's the point?

 

[Yorkeontop]

You can talk about formations until the cows come home, they're nothing without coaching.

 

[izec]

You can talk about formations until the cows come home, they're nothing without coaching.

They are, in terms of not getting humiliated and Ole keeping his job.

 

[Bubz27]

It was.more 541 today.

We've played it twice since, didn't work, had to revert back to 4231 in both to avoid humiliation.

 

[Leftback99]

Regardless of what formation we play it will be ruined by our terrible midifielders and full backs.

 

[JPB]

7 defenders 3 attackers. The United way?

 

[OverratedOpinion]

The fact that Ole didn't immediately realise that this only worked due to Spurs being crap and having Varane back is one thing, the fact that he did not realize that after Atalanta is embarrassing.

Also if we are playing this then we need wing backs, we have 2 players who could do that in Dalot and Telles, he plays the only 2 other fullbacks we have.

 

[Teja]

This is just Jose style park the bus.

CBs not stepping out into midfield, still no idea how to press, no counter attack beyond Bruno -> Rashford, no out ball, no build up play from the back .. nothing. The formation matters feckall if they can't do basic coaching.

Haven't really seen a tactic beyond asking Greenwood to man mark Rodri all game.

All they needed to do was to have Bernardo overload the LW with Cancelo + Foden. Bruno would run half heartedly and still be 2v3. Lindelof doesn't go out wide and prefers to stay in his comfort zone. Game over.