Oaencha
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This thread is probably going to descend into a shipshow but I would be curious to hear some ideas. Individual footballing positions have been changing for the past decade. We’ve gone from the 4-4-2 with wingers, to the interchangeable 4-3-3, to the 5-3-2 with wing backs and holding midfielder. And almost anything in between.
So my question is, what is the next unique position?
We have inverted wing backs, sweeper keepers, strikers who can play across the front three, roaming playmakers who are usually the focal point of creativity.
I’m not saying that any of these will work, but interchangeable centre backs/full backs? Playmakers who can defend and attack? Not box to box but can hover between DM to AM and find holes in the opposition defence without shooting? We could go crazy and have a sweeper keeper go long and have a defensive sweeper and the two centre backs cover. These are probably terrible ideas but I would like to hear more examples.
Side point
Currently, we have problems in centre midfield and right back. I’ve excluded Martial, Lingard and Jones because they offer us nothing.
De Gea/Henderson
Wan-Bissaka (New Player)
Varane/Lindelof
Maguire/Bailly
Shaw/Telles
CM/ McTominay
CM
Fermandes/ Van Der Beek
Pogba/Sancho
Sancho/Diallo (maybe)
Greenwood/ Cavani
Sounds fair. I don’t think Rice is ready. Camavinga is too young. Neves may take up the Carrick mantle but not guaranteed.
We aren’t in a position to sign Kimmich. We have been stung by Schneiderlein so Bissoma is a risk. The only Kanté-esque player is Ndidi and he still wouldn’t work in a midfield two with Pogba.
Rant over. New positions/tactics and a salve for our midfield?
So my question is, what is the next unique position?
We have inverted wing backs, sweeper keepers, strikers who can play across the front three, roaming playmakers who are usually the focal point of creativity.
I’m not saying that any of these will work, but interchangeable centre backs/full backs? Playmakers who can defend and attack? Not box to box but can hover between DM to AM and find holes in the opposition defence without shooting? We could go crazy and have a sweeper keeper go long and have a defensive sweeper and the two centre backs cover. These are probably terrible ideas but I would like to hear more examples.
Side point
Currently, we have problems in centre midfield and right back. I’ve excluded Martial, Lingard and Jones because they offer us nothing.
De Gea/Henderson
Wan-Bissaka (New Player)
Varane/Lindelof
Maguire/Bailly
Shaw/Telles
CM/ McTominay
CM
Fermandes/ Van Der Beek
Pogba/Sancho
Sancho/Diallo (maybe)
Greenwood/ Cavani
Sounds fair. I don’t think Rice is ready. Camavinga is too young. Neves may take up the Carrick mantle but not guaranteed.
We aren’t in a position to sign Kimmich. We have been stung by Schneiderlein so Bissoma is a risk. The only Kanté-esque player is Ndidi and he still wouldn’t work in a midfield two with Pogba.
Rant over. New positions/tactics and a salve for our midfield?