In all honestly I prefer it too, really.This is better, I think. It simply has to be one up top, in my opinion. Get some proper width into the side while keeping us solid in the centre. Plus Rooney/Falcao are solo strikers at best. Essentially it's very similar to 4-3-3 too, with the major difference coming off the ball.
I'd aim to put Di Maria in Mata's place and look for a pace merchant for the opposite wing to Januzaj though.
She's one hell of a lady you've got there.I'm getting a rare green card from the wife to go and watch this down the pub on Sunday afternoon, as I've convinced myself that this will be the first game in our brave new dawn under Van Gaal
I feel your pain. I plan on saying a prayer saturday night/sunday morning asking for the end of the 3-5-2.I'm getting a rare green card from the wife to go and watch this down the pub on Sunday afternoon, as I've convinced myself that this will be the first game in our brave new dawn under Van Gaal
If I see us lining up in this poxy goddam formation I think I might cry...
Yeah, it would/will be horrible. But we're probably going to see it quite a bit.Makes me laugh that people are suggesting using Rooney behind RVP and Falcao.. The most one dimensional, imabalanced attack I've ever seen.
4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 would also mean dropping 2 of those players from the XI (or shunting one of the central players into an unfavourable wide position). The only way you could really limit the number of those players dropped to 1, would be with narrow diamond or Christmas tree formations. I'm not sure the primary concern at the moment should be trying to shoehorn everyone into the XI though.If we play 352 surely 2 from Mata, Di Maria, Rooney, RVP and Falcao are not playing? I hope we are dropping it!
I'm really hoping we move to 4-3-3 now. Even though it would mean a selection head-ache up front, I still think we'd be a better team with that system.Van Gaal has made no bones about the fact the 3-5-2 is/was picked due to personnel issues. With the last push in the market--especially Blind--is it a squad he would feel up for the 4-3-3?
Furthermore, does he still favor it philosophically?
Do you think he has the "specialists" he needs?I'm really hoping we move to 4-3-3 now. Even though it would mean a selection head-ache up front, I still think we'd be a better team with that system.
I still hope he sticks with 4 at the back like today. The 4-3-1-2/4-1-2-1-2 works much better imo going forward as it allows us to field all of our best players imo.From BBC: Louis van Gaal reiterates the fact that he ditched a back three today as Chris Smalling and Phil Jones were out injured. "I was more or less forced to play with four defenders," he says.
formations with 4 at the back are far more logical than 3-5-2. I hope LVG will see that.I still hope he sticks with 4 at the back like today. The 4-3-1-2/4-1-2-1-2 works much better imo going forward as it allows us to field all of our best players imo.
I hope he is really not seriously said that. If he does then I must say he is one of the most stubborn manager out there.From BBC: Louis van Gaal reiterates the fact that he ditched a back three today as Chris Smalling and Phil Jones were out injured. "I was more or less forced to play with four defenders," he says.
Thats your classic Leo for you. Nice observation!I hope he is really not seriously said that. If he does then I must say he is one of the most stubborn manager out there.
Doesn't make any sense to me when we have Rojo, Evans and Blackett. He probably just relize that 352 is too hard and take way too long to settle. He is just a man with pride.
A-fecking-men.Am hoping that's it now for this silly waste of points.
Yes a bit of slight of hand from Van Gaal I think. He could easily have played 3-5-2 today had he wished to do so, with Blind moving to left wingback. A 'lack of defenders' seems like a convenient excuse to abandon a system which wasn't working, without any danger of losing face. I hope we stick with the diamond for a while; we may find it necessary to alter the system on the occasion we come up against a decent side with attacking fullbacks, but for games like today, 4-3-1-2 is ideal.I hope he is really not seriously said that. If he does then I must say he is one of the most stubborn manager out there.
Doesn't make any sense to me when we have Rojo, Evans and Blackett. He probably just relize that 352 is too hard and take way too long to settle. He is just a man with pride.
Yep, perhaps even to keep the opposition guessing what formation we will play.Yes a bit of slight of hand from Van Gaal I think. He could easily have played 3-5-2 today had he wished to do so, with Blind moving to left wingback. A 'lack of defenders' seems like a convenient excuse to abandon a system which wasn't working, without any danger of losing face. I hope we stick with the diamond for a while; we may find it necessary to alter the system on the occasion we come up against a decent side with attacking fullbacks, but for games like today, 4-3-1-2 is ideal.
Better than with those same three players and an extra centre back, that's for sure.The hatred of the 3-5-2 is hysterical made even worse by using today as a vindication to sacking it off. I wonder how we would've performed in this diamond with young, Valencia, fletcher and cleverley in the starting 11.
Everything good about today had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the formation, it was the personnel. I'm not saying 3-5-2 is the better formation but its being judged under ridiculous circumstances.Better than with those same three players and an extra centre back, that's for sure.
The formation goes some way towards determining the personnel, and vice versa.Everything good about today had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the formation, it was the personnel. I'm not saying 3-5-2 is the better formation but its being judged under ridiculous circumstances.
1 player difference between the two formations. When we have the ball it players almost exactly the same, 1 CB steps forward to a DM style role and a midfielder pushes further up to an advanced playmaker.The formation goes some way towards determining the personnel, and vice versa.
That's how I see it too.3-5-2 and the diamond are really similar systems, the latter undeniably suits us better however in terms of personnel. It looked great today providing most of the same benefits whilst keeping a back line that our defence is more comfortable with.
