19-01-2019, 08:34 PM
Obsolete formation for me and especially with the players we have. We don’t have one physical and mobile centre midfielder let alone the two that would be a must to pull it off. We basically conceded the middle of the park in the hope of hitting them on the counter attack, which we lacked the pace and accuracy of balls in to the front two to really get any joy from. The amount of space Bristol got out wide was unbelievable, the ease in which they played round our two in the middle with the extra man was embarrassing at times.
The last team I remember really making it work were Arsenal with a 4411 variation with Bergkamp and Henry up top, Viera and Petit in the middle with Pires (?) and Ljungberg (?) on the wings and those boys could get up and down, physically impose themselves and play a fair bit as well.
The last team I remember really making it work were Arsenal with a 4411 variation with Bergkamp and Henry up top, Viera and Petit in the middle with Pires (?) and Ljungberg (?) on the wings and those boys could get up and down, physically impose themselves and play a fair bit as well.