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The biggest job Shupa-Mac has had since England, he's got a point to prove, could be his swan song. I'm desperate to like my club again.

 

Indon't think anyone takes the Dutch title seriously.

 

Give over man.

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What is McClaren's favoured formation?  I'm never arsed about England so don't remember when he was there and didnt see any Twente or Derby (or whatever else was in between)

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The biggest job Shupa-Mac has had since England, he's got a point to prove, could be his swan song. I'm desperate to like my club again.

 

Indon't think anyone takes the Dutch title seriously.

 

Give over man.

This :thup: He won a title for a team that had never won a league championship before, in a league that is usually dominated by 2 or 3 clubs, so to discount it would be stupid.

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The biggest job Shupa-Mac has had since England, he's got a point to prove, could be his swan song. I'm desperate to like my club again.

 

Indon't think anyone takes the Dutch title seriously.

 

Give over man.

This :thup: He won a title for a team that had never won a league championship before, in a league that is usually dominated by 2 or 3 clubs, so to discount it would be stupid.

 

theres only him and van gaal have done it in the league history, outstanding achievement.

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What is McClaren's favoured formation?  I'm never arsed about England so don't remember when he was there and didnt see any Twente or Derby (or whatever else was in between)

 

http://www.football-lineups.com/coach/162/

 

Boro: 4-4-2

England: 4-4-2

Twente: 4-3-3

Wolfsburg: mostly 4-3-2-1

Forest: tried everything

Twente again: 4-3-3

Derby first season: 4-3-3

Derby last season: 4-1-4-1

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If he's got even the slightest amount of adaptability, he's lightyears ahead of Pardew. You think of a couple of the squads we've had over the last four years - some of the pools of players we've had available - you wonder how we'd have done with a manager that wasn't stubborn in his jurassic negativity. The squad now is pish but if can buy a couple of good players I'm curious (even slightly optimistic) that we could be watchable.

 

I'm not happy with McClaren. It's a predictable and boring appointment that hasn't been made with the intentions of being the best we can be, but I'm just so exhausted by the past era that I'm interested to finally see something, anything, fresh.

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What is McClaren's favoured formation?  I'm never arsed about England so don't remember when he was there and didnt see any Twente or Derby (or whatever else was in between)

 

http://www.football-lineups.com/coach/162/

 

Boro: 4-4-2

England: 4-4-2

Twente: 4-3-3

Wolfsburg: mostly 4-3-2-1

Forest: tried everything

Twente again: 4-3-3

Derby first season: 4-3-3

Derby last season: 4-1-4-1

Not a fan of 4-1-4-1 at all, and I've got a feeling that those 4-3-3 mostly tended to be 4-5-1 in reality, which usually happens. I could very well be talking out of my arse here of course, but just a feeling I've got.

Obviously those numbers amounts to very little if your players are coached to make runs and play like they've seen each other before, which hasn't happened here for a good few years.

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What is McClaren's favoured formation?  I'm never arsed about England so don't remember when he was there and didnt see any Twente or Derby (or whatever else was in between)

 

http://www.football-lineups.com/coach/162/

 

Boro: 4-4-2

England: 4-4-2

Twente: 4-3-3

Wolfsburg: mostly 4-3-2-1

Forest: tried everything

Twente again: 4-3-3

Derby first season: 4-3-3

Derby last season: 4-1-4-1

Not a fan of 4-1-4-1 at all, and I've got a feeling that those 4-3-3 mostly tended to be 4-5-1 in reality, which usually happens. I could very well be talking out of my arse here of course, but just a feeling I've got.

Obviously those numbers amounts to very little if your players are coached to make runs and play like they've seen each other before, which hasn't happened here for a good few years.

 

Tbh it depends on the players we have, Arsenal use 4-1-4-1 and it's been quite effective for them and i'd say that for anyone depending on the players and the style of play.

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That 4-1-4-1 was pretty much much two proper wingers though wasn't it? Ibe first half a season, Ince the second...no idea who plays the other side, but it was more attack than midfield in the way most teams operate now.

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