| 4-1-4-1 08:41 - Oct 2 with 795 views | WeWereZombies |
That's the formation that Pep put Man City out in at Monaco last night, didn't quite prove to be a winner but interesting nonetheless and got me wondering how McKenna could employ this for Town (if he is the Pep copyist some take him for, after all we do still play out from the back...) The defensive four take care of themselves and I suppose Azor is becoming our Rodri but it is the four in front that would interest me. Is this a way of getting both Jaden and Jack into a starting eleven ?
Apologies to anyone who thought they had double vision on a score prediction for Sunday, I'm actually going for 8-2. |  |
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| 4-1-4-1 on 08:50 - Oct 2 with 745 views | Chris_ITFC |
Anyone who thinks McKenna plays like Pep doesn’t really understand football. (I know the OP doesn’t claim this.) |  |
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| 4-1-4-1 on 09:05 - Oct 2 with 683 views | tonybied |
Wouldn't this nulify Leifs attacking threat too? He's been out most creative player so far this season. Not sure it's a great idea to use him as a standard left back and lose his creative output. [Post edited 2 Oct 9:06]
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| 4-1-4-1 on 09:18 - Oct 2 with 625 views | WeWereZombies |
| 4-1-4-1 on 09:05 - Oct 2 by tonybied |
Wouldn't this nulify Leifs attacking threat too? He's been out most creative player so far this season. Not sure it's a great idea to use him as a standard left back and lose his creative output. [Post edited 2 Oct 9:06]
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Or we operate a three man overload in the left sided attack, triangles between Leif, Jaden and Jack as Azor covers the left back role (whilst he acts as a rush goalie, carries McKenna's messages to other players and sells programmes...before painting the turnstiles and cleaning the Cobbold roof.) [Post edited 2 Oct 18:03]
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| 4-1-4-1 on 09:27 - Oct 2 with 578 views | FrimleyBlue |
| 4-1-4-1 on 08:50 - Oct 2 by Chris_ITFC |
Anyone who thinks McKenna plays like Pep doesn’t really understand football. (I know the OP doesn’t claim this.) |
I dunno chris. On Tuesday we tippy tapped the ball around the box like city do.
Difference is tho they suddenly create an opening whilst we were taking pot shots from 30 yards.
When you relook at our time outside the Bristol box and compare it to a city situation.. the differences are the of course the quality in the gaps runners are finding to make themselves available. We were just to placid in that situation really.
If we are going to come up against the low block all season km has got to get the players moving around in that final third. We aren't gonna score if we keep the ball slowly moving across the pitch. Needs zip and threat. |  |
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| 4-1-4-1 on 10:34 - Oct 2 with 490 views | tonybied |
| 4-1-4-1 on 09:18 - Oct 2 by WeWereZombies |
Or we operate a three man overload in the left sided attack, triangles between Leif, Jaden and Jack as Azor covers the left back role (whilst he acts as a rush goalie, carries McKenna's messages to other players and sells programmes...before painting the turnstiles and cleaning the Cobbold roof.) [Post edited 2 Oct 18:03]
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Jack and Leif trip over each other enough as it is when they play together. Add Jaden in, and we'll be too congested in that area. Also, we're already too easy to break on when we commit Leif into the attack, removing some of the defensive midfield to facilitate this seems extremely risky. It's a no from me! | | | |
| 4-1-4-1 on 10:38 - Oct 2 with 480 views | BloomBlue |
But it still resulted in a draw. With Monaco's 2nd goal the result of stupid defending by City, so technically its not giving us anything different to what we're doing now. |  | | |
| 4-1-4-1 on 11:30 - Oct 2 with 410 views | WeWereZombies |
| 4-1-4-1 on 10:38 - Oct 2 by BloomBlue |
But it still resulted in a draw. With Monaco's 2nd goal the result of stupid defending by City, so technically its not giving us anything different to what we're doing now. |
Good point, and whilst I thought I had found a way to accommodate Jaden and Jack in a starting line up, I haven't done too well on the Jens and Marcelino question. | |
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| 4-1-4-1 on 12:46 - Oct 2 with 317 views | CityBlue |
4141 is a known formation to counter the double pivot, whether that be 4231 or a version used in 3421 |  |
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| 4-1-4-1 on 16:00 - Oct 2 with 216 views | Garv |
Both wide players though aren't they. City have Doku who is clearly a winger and Foden who clearly prefers playing centrally.
Besides, we want one to replace the other on 70 mins and cause havoc against tired defenders. |  |
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