Walters_19_MuFc
Full Member
When we find ourselves against teams that stay nice and compact, with eleven men behind the ball, we really struggle to break teams down. Happened against Southampton a couple of weeks ago, and Cambridge yesterday, and team's are going to start working us out.
Now, apart from moving the ball at a quicker tempo, which I feel we need to a lot better, I personally think we need more width, in order to beat compact teams, by stretching them as much as possible. I don't think it was a coincidence we looked better when Januzaj was moved into a wider area yesterday, where he was able to get some crosses in and create a couple of chances.
Between now and the end of the season, I think Van Gaal should probably think about going back to the 4141 we played for three games, against Chelsea, Palace and City. We didn't create an awful lot of chances in that system (mainly down to centre midfielders being too deep), but I guess certain things could be tweaked in order to do so.
Now, I know we've only got two wingers in Januzaj and Di Maria that can perform at a high level, although the latter performs better in centre midfield, but I feel, if we can get the centre midfield balance right, we could do a good job with this formation. I even think Young and Valencia could do a decent job on the wing for us. I mean, they're not that bad.
It doesn't even have to be a 4141. I just miss seeing a formation with wingers getting at players and delivering crosses or cutting in and having a pop.
Thoughts?
Now, apart from moving the ball at a quicker tempo, which I feel we need to a lot better, I personally think we need more width, in order to beat compact teams, by stretching them as much as possible. I don't think it was a coincidence we looked better when Januzaj was moved into a wider area yesterday, where he was able to get some crosses in and create a couple of chances.
Between now and the end of the season, I think Van Gaal should probably think about going back to the 4141 we played for three games, against Chelsea, Palace and City. We didn't create an awful lot of chances in that system (mainly down to centre midfielders being too deep), but I guess certain things could be tweaked in order to do so.
Now, I know we've only got two wingers in Januzaj and Di Maria that can perform at a high level, although the latter performs better in centre midfield, but I feel, if we can get the centre midfield balance right, we could do a good job with this formation. I even think Young and Valencia could do a decent job on the wing for us. I mean, they're not that bad.
It doesn't even have to be a 4141. I just miss seeing a formation with wingers getting at players and delivering crosses or cutting in and having a pop.
Thoughts?