NB GIN Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I think this might be the best system to play keeper Souttar smith halkett Clare. Hickey Sibbick Irving Walker Naismith Boyce that would be my starting 11 if all fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB GIN Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 Haring if fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaba Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I think Stendel more or less said he wasn’t looking to play 3 at the back again after the Falkirk game. That said, I think we need to incorporate Smith somehow. Potentially in the middle of the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busby1985 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 at the back was awful at Falkirk. 4231 is the shape for us or 433. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas-voss Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Didn't really work against Falkirk imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 31 minutes ago, Zaba said: I think Stendel more or less said he wasn’t looking to play 3 at the back again after the Falkirk game. That said, I think we need to incorporate Smith somehow. Potentially in the middle of the park. Smith easily fits in at CM so pretty much sorted there, and if we need a CB in a pinch he can do a job there too. Mr Reliable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice of reason Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 We need time to work on the 3-5-2 but even after one training session working on it we were defensively far more secure. They had very few chances in the first half but hit the woodwork 3 times when we changed back to normal. It’s a formation that should suit us. We just need to get used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB GIN Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Voice of reason said: We need time to work on the 3-5-2 but even after one training session working on it we were defensively far more secure. They had very few chances in the first half but hit the woodwork 3 times when we changed back to normal. It’s a formation that should suit us. We just need to get used to it. Agree with this, Smith has to play but I certainly would not drop Irving as this kid is class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glottis Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 at the back against Falkirk was only a tester to see if we could do it against Celtic to protect the keeper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynecastlesmychurch Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Just switch the formation to a diamond with Smith at the base dropping deeper if need be. id actually be happy with that starting 11 although we would be heavily depending on the full backs to provide the pace with that starting 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC01 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 433 I think we need 3 centre mids to close down 2 doesn't seem to work. i'd have smith, sibbick, langer/bozanic for against hard teams or away from home. irving for anyone except smith when we play rubbish teams. 1 striker 2 winger/forwards. could start to rotate naisy with boyce maybe not a bad shout for celtic game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hardy’s Dug Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 34 minutes ago, Zaba said: I think Stendel more or less said he wasn’t looking to play 3 at the back again after the Falkirk game. That said, I think we need to incorporate Smith somehow. Potentially in the middle of the park. Do people listen to our manager? He didn’t like 3 at the back - he changed it because we didn’t have enough players forward. can we ban debates about 3 at the back and shit like that as it is a waste of time - we won’t be playing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCrae Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Zaba said: I think Stendel more or less said he wasn’t looking to play 3 at the back again after the Falkirk game. That said, I think we need to incorporate Smith somehow. Potentially in the middle of the park. The priority for the team is to stop leaking goals. Smith is a better defender than Clare. Smith gets my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice of reason Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Tom Hardy’s Dug said: Do people listen to our manager? He didn’t like 3 at the back - he changed it because we didn’t have enough players forward. can we ban debates about 3 at the back and shit like that as it is a waste of time - we won’t be playing it He didn’t say that. Maybe you should listen to our manager? He said we didn’t need as many players behind the ball in that particular game (presumably because Falkirk are 2 leagues below us) but could revisit the system in league games. I imagine we may revisit it against Celtic in our next match and i hope we do. We were defensively more secure in the first half. As soon as we went back to our normal set-up they rattled the woodwork 3 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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