busby1985 Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 17 minutes ago, Pans Jambo said: This FFS! I am also delighted to be through. The weather was atrocious and to be honest, should’ve been called off. We experimented with a formation that didn’t work and Falkirk rattled the post and bar three times. I am DELIGHTED to be through. Just a little disappointed that we’ve blamed the formation instead of dropping Joel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy rebus Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 22 hours ago, TheBigO said: Leaving the keeper debate aside (cos we're goosed in that dept and we don't see training either so who knows, right?), I had similar concerns about 3 at the back. We never play it well and personnel hadn't changed to change that. That said, I wonder if Dan wanted to test it in the cup game to see what he thought. Risky, but theory being irrespective of formation, we should be winning. And we did. Just! I really hope the experiment ends there. Not against us putting Smith back to RB to solidify things a bit. But then playing him CM maybe does that. I wonder if we should go more of a 433 now. 2 midfielders a bit more Conservative (Smith and Irving/Sibbick/Langer) , one who plays ahead (Walker/Irving) and 3 up top. Allows fullbacks up the park more if you have 2 midfielders as watchmen Keeper Clare Halks Soapy Hickey Smith Sibbick Walker/Irving Boyce Naismith Walker/McD/Donis/Ryo This makes a lot os sense. A 4-3-3/4-3-2-1 would work well. I’d have Irving play between the 2 more defensive midfielders (I’d prefer Smith and Sibbick as it gives us a calm head and energy) and Boyce up to with a combination of the others you mention playing behind/beside him. It’s still a similar formation and style, just with a little more solidity when we dispossessed further up the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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