24-08-2018, 12:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-08-2018, 12:30 PM by Sausage Roll.)
You've set out some valid points but I don't think we will or should play 4-4-2, for a few reasons:
- We'd leave the defence more vulnerable without having the two deeper-lying midfielders who can drop back to help them
- We have full backs who like to and are good at pushing forward. Having two wide players in a midfield four would stifle their ability to do so
- We're creating plenty of chances as it is with only one up top. We've had the most shots in the Championship so far this season and the fifth-most on target. It's not having one up top that's stopping us scoring goals, it's just not taking these chances
- We don't have enough strikers for playing 4-4-2. I'm not saying we should go back to the Billy Davies days of six strikers, but currently we only have three, and the future of one of those is in question. Presumably if Brereton did go then we'd replace him, but that would still only leave us with three strikers
I absolutely agree that 4-4-2 can be effective, but it's just not the way Karanka plays. He's built his squad to fit his formation and I don't see him changing so radically now. And I don't think he needs to.
- We'd leave the defence more vulnerable without having the two deeper-lying midfielders who can drop back to help them
- We have full backs who like to and are good at pushing forward. Having two wide players in a midfield four would stifle their ability to do so
- We're creating plenty of chances as it is with only one up top. We've had the most shots in the Championship so far this season and the fifth-most on target. It's not having one up top that's stopping us scoring goals, it's just not taking these chances
- We don't have enough strikers for playing 4-4-2. I'm not saying we should go back to the Billy Davies days of six strikers, but currently we only have three, and the future of one of those is in question. Presumably if Brereton did go then we'd replace him, but that would still only leave us with three strikers
I absolutely agree that 4-4-2 can be effective, but it's just not the way Karanka plays. He's built his squad to fit his formation and I don't see him changing so radically now. And I don't think he needs to.