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I've had a quick read of the forum regarding yesterday's game and am quite surprised that there hasn't been more said about this hopeless 3-5-2 Fergie persists with. It's a classic case of square pegs and round holes. You need three solid, reliable centre halves, wingbacks capable of defending and attacking in equal measure and a midfield three in the mould of Wellens, Green and Stock, I.E all good at different jobs. Sure enough the first half was a disaster. The second half brought a change to 4-4-2 and low and behold everything clicked and we should have won the game. Will Fergie acknowledge that and start with 4-4-2 on Tuesday? I fear not. To be fair to Blair, he's having a good go at the right wing back role and I think whatever system we play, he has to be accommodated ; particularly impressed with his corners and willingness to take his man on and get a cross in. Sure, we've a standard Rovers injury list at the moment but there's still enough in the squad to win games like yesterday without Fergie wasting 45 minutes to start with. Start the game with 4-4-2 and we take 3 points from a poor Crawley side.
I had it as a back four of Blair, Butler, Lund and Garret. Copps, Houghton, Rowe and Calder in the middle with Williams and Marquis up front. BFYP - get your point but it's a continuation of last season's failings so far.
Quote from: CJK on August 14, 2016, 07:50:58 pmI've had a quick read of the forum regarding yesterday's game and am quite surprised that there hasn't been more said about this hopeless 3-5-2 Fergie persists with. It's a classic case of square pegs and round holes. You need three solid, reliable centre halves, wingbacks capable of defending and attacking in equal measure and a midfield three in the mould of Wellens, Green and Stock, I.E all good at different jobs. Sure enough the first half was a disaster. The second half brought a change to 4-4-2 and low and behold everything clicked and we should have won the game. Will Fergie acknowledge that and start with 4-4-2 on Tuesday? I fear not. To be fair to Blair, he's having a good go at the right wing back role and I think whatever system we play, he has to be accommodated ; particularly impressed with his corners and willingness to take his man on and get a cross in. Sure, we've a standard Rovers injury list at the moment but there's still enough in the squad to win games like yesterday without Fergie wasting 45 minutes to start with. Start the game with 4-4-2 and we take 3 points from a poor Crawley side. If you're playing 3 at the back you don't have 3 solid centre halves you need one solid no nonsense defender and two agile players either side, players who've played full back before. Just as Wales did in the euros
Yes that would've been a much better back 3
I've had a quick read of the forum regarding yesterday's game and am quite surprised that there hasn't been more said about this hopeless 3-5-2 Fergie persists with.
Quote from: CJK on August 14, 2016, 08:11:17 pmI had it as a back four of Blair, Butler, Lund and Garret. Copps, Houghton, Rowe and Calder in the middle with Williams and Marquis up front. BFYP - get your point but it's a continuation of last season's failings so far. They only went 4-4-2 after Mandeville replaced Calder.
We would lose the attributes of our best player in a 442 Cop pinger would be far more effective in a 442
Quote from: dickos1 on August 14, 2016, 09:58:36 pmWe would lose the attributes of our best player in a 442 Cop pinger would be far more effective in a 442Rowe wouldn't be
The players are not performing because of the system. Clouded minds.
Quote from: deksykes on August 14, 2016, 10:37:14 pmQuote from: dickos1 on August 14, 2016, 09:58:36 pmWe would lose the attributes of our best player in a 442 Cop pinger would be far more effective in a 442Rowe wouldn't be Why,just play him as a number 10 behind a lone striker,most teams now play a 4231
Has he been in this league before?Give it a few games with his own players ffs
Last season was a disaster with the dreaded wing back system, it was the main reason we went down.A few games before the end of the season we went with a flat back four and ended the winless run and began to pick up points.Had DF changed things a few games earlier i have no doubt we would have stayed up.As for Rowe, well he played those last few games in a team with a flat back four and showed that he can actually perform well in those circumstances so to say differently is just stupidity.Our players look all at sea trying to play the way Ferguson wants them to and yet when it is switched to a four at the back suddenly they look more than capable of winning games.There are one or two on here who are convinced that we stayed with a back three for the whole game against Crawley but that is not what happened.it doesnt have to be 4-4-2 either in fact i would prefer a 4-1-4-1 set up which has been good for us in the past.Matty Blair is a very good attacking player and he will create chances for us but he is not a wing back and was like a fish out of water for the first hour on Saturday, i felt really sorry for him.Ferguson needs to open his eyes and see that his 3-5-2 isnt right for us just now.