So I've been thinking about the holes we have and the best way to stop putting squares into round holes. So as I see it our main problems are:
Basically:
-------------------------------Henderson
-----------------Lindelof McTominay Maguire
AWB----------------DVB-------------Pogba-----------Shaw
------------------------------Bruno
-------------------------Greenwood Rashford
I've always heard that the 532 is a defensive formation but to me that is a more attacking formation than we usually have and it lets more of our players play in natural positions except for AWB but maybe Williams would look better in that role with more attacking freedom and less defensive responsibility. It certainly creates a clear path for Laird's strengths to the first team.
As I see it we can play higher up with Scott having more recovery pace. Each centre back has the ability to step into midfield so its not a 532 when we are attacking. This allows VDB and Pogba to play closer to the opposition goal. Donny is able to play with Bruno and Pogba and get on the ball more to show his quality, which should allow us to be more consistent in our passing. Greenwood gets to play closer to the centre but both him and Rashford have the ability to go wide and spilt play, this suits Cavani and Martial too. Hell if you were chasing the game then James could come in at RWB. Maybe Henderson and De Gea's lack of sweeper abilities may be a problem but I honestly think this would allow us to dominate more. In the 2nd half today a big part of our improvement was playing 15 yards futrher up the pitch in my opinion.
What do you think? Any issues with this that I have missed.
- Lack of pace at centre back so we have to sit deep
- Pogba being asked to play too deep
- VDB isn't as good as Bruno at 10 and can't play as a sitting midfielder
- Rashford and Greenwood are better more centrally
- Our midfield lacks technique, ball retention and passing ability
Basically:
-------------------------------Henderson
-----------------Lindelof McTominay Maguire
AWB----------------DVB-------------Pogba-----------Shaw
------------------------------Bruno
-------------------------Greenwood Rashford
I've always heard that the 532 is a defensive formation but to me that is a more attacking formation than we usually have and it lets more of our players play in natural positions except for AWB but maybe Williams would look better in that role with more attacking freedom and less defensive responsibility. It certainly creates a clear path for Laird's strengths to the first team.
As I see it we can play higher up with Scott having more recovery pace. Each centre back has the ability to step into midfield so its not a 532 when we are attacking. This allows VDB and Pogba to play closer to the opposition goal. Donny is able to play with Bruno and Pogba and get on the ball more to show his quality, which should allow us to be more consistent in our passing. Greenwood gets to play closer to the centre but both him and Rashford have the ability to go wide and spilt play, this suits Cavani and Martial too. Hell if you were chasing the game then James could come in at RWB. Maybe Henderson and De Gea's lack of sweeper abilities may be a problem but I honestly think this would allow us to dominate more. In the 2nd half today a big part of our improvement was playing 15 yards futrher up the pitch in my opinion.
What do you think? Any issues with this that I have missed.