Has this formation bored any of you guys yet?
4-4-2 for me please, play 2 up top, then Arshavin can be as lazy as he wants alongside another striker, we can have 4 across the midfield and a much better shape, getting caught out well to often in wide areas and not looking like breaking down sides anymore.
If you could play any formation what would it be and who would start?
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When we get some strikers then yes 4-4-2. At the moment we don't have anyAFCWozza wrote:Has this formation bored any of you guys yet?
4-4-2 for me please, play 2 up top, then Arshavin can be as lazy as he wants alongside another striker, we can have 4 across the midfield and a much better shape, getting caught out well to often in wide areas and not looking like breaking down sides anymore.
If you could play any formation what would it be and who would start?
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We should never play a 4-5-1 at home, although you would think a 4-5-1 would give better cover for the full backs, it certainly didn't yesterday, especially down our left flank.
It could also be a personnel problem, I don't think you can play Rosicky, Nasri and Arshavin in the same team, especially with a non tackling, non tracking back, midfield player in Denilson.
So yes, bring back a 4-4-2, please.
It could also be a personnel problem, I don't think you can play Rosicky, Nasri and Arshavin in the same team, especially with a non tackling, non tracking back, midfield player in Denilson.
So yes, bring back a 4-4-2, please.
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Don't tell me it's this Wozza character moaning about the Arsenal again 
..call yourself a fan..moaning about the formation... who the f*ck do you think you are...
fans never used to moan about the formation in the good old days
...if the manager thinks it's right you don't question it, don't moan about it, just keep turning up paying your money, singing ''stand up if you hate tottenham''.... like the good old days....thats what real fans do...you just leave the formation to the manager, he knows 
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..call yourself a fan..moaning about the formation... who the f*ck do you think you are
...fans never used to moan about the formation in the good old days
...if the manager thinks it's right you don't question it, don't moan about it, just keep turning up paying your money, singing ''stand up if you hate tottenham''.... like the good old days....thats what real fans do...you just leave the formation to the manager, he knows ...Bergkamp-Genius wrote:Don't tell me it's this Wozza character moaning about the Arsenal again
..call yourself a fan..moaning about the formation... who the f*ck do you think you are
fans never used to moan about the formation in the good old days
Believe it or not, i do feel down about certain things you know mate, im not a robot put on here to wind everybody up. I dont think you will ever see the best out of Arshavin, Eduardo, Rosicky, Nasri, Walcott or Bendtner using this formation..
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You'll be waiting a long time to see the best out of these 2 players, using any formation you can think off.AFCWozza wrote:Bergkamp-Genius wrote:Don't tell me it's this Wozza character moaning about the Arsenal again
..call yourself a fan..moaning about the formation... who the f*ck do you think you are
fans never used to moan about the formation in the good old days
Believe it or not, i do feel down about certain things you know mate, im not a robot put on here to wind everybody up. I dont think you will ever see the best out of Arshavin, Eduardo, Rosicky, Nasri, Walcott or Bendtner using this formation..
Song isnt quick enough to play in a 442, it would mean cesc will have to do alot more defending. Also with both our wingers wanted to come inside everytime they get the ball its pointless. If we buy 2 proper hug the touchline wingers then maybe. We would need a flamini type midfielder to play with cesc aswell not a song type.
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The only formations that I can think Frank that would help some of our players begin with BA or EZY.franksav63 wrote:You'll be waiting a long time to see the best out of these 2 players, using any formation you can think off.AFCWozza wrote:Bergkamp-Genius wrote:Don't tell me it's this Wozza character moaning about the Arsenal again
..call yourself a fan..moaning about the formation... who the f*ck do you think you are
fans never used to moan about the formation in the good old days
Believe it or not, i do feel down about certain things you know mate, im not a robot put on here to wind everybody up. I dont think you will ever see the best out of Arshavin, Eduardo, Rosicky, Nasri, Walcott or Bendtner using this formation..
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Obviously that seems to be were we fail everytime. You cant have all that attacking threat without a very capable DM not to mention CMs who have good defensive positioning.marcengels wrote:Without some idea of collective defensive attitude, and tactical discipline, it wont work Dude.GunnerDude wrote:The formation works it just needs a quality strong leading striker like Ibrah/Eto'o for Barca, Drogba under Jose's time, Milito for Inter and in some cases Robin for us.
Barca have Yaya/Ketia/Busquet who play the DM role with Xavi who most forget used to be a DM himself while Iniesta runs free.
Inter have Motta/Cambiasso/Zanetti/Muntari while Sneijder causes chaos.
Note that both these teams have 2 DMs who have great defensive covering abilities and can break forward delivering good passes as they go along.
In our case we have
Song decent defending ability, can pass to some degree, decent box to box skills
Diaby below decent defending, can pass when he doesn't hug the ball, good box to box skills
Denilson shit at everything
while Cesc is free to roam.
Unlike the rest we always have something missing in the other two midfielders.
Anyway they are going nowhere with those loooooong term contracts so lets sit back and enjoy
Cesc will probably go and then we will have something missing in the whole midfield.
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It's not a coincidence we started playing this formation at the beginning of this season after our midfield struggling last season...
We had the perfect personnel to play this formation for many years and rarely did, the main reason we play it now is because we don't have a strong enough midfield to play 4-4-2 any more, particularly in the centre, Song is barely good enough to hold the middle with another defensive midfielder never mind on his own..
We had the perfect personnel to play this formation for many years and rarely did, the main reason we play it now is because we don't have a strong enough midfield to play 4-4-2 any more, particularly in the centre, Song is barely good enough to hold the middle with another defensive midfielder never mind on his own..
