BONTEMPI Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Krul Debuchy Mbiwa Colo Santon Cabaye Tiote Sissoko Ben Arfa Gouffran Cisse Our strongest possible line-up imo Sissoko, Ben Arfa, Gouffran all interchanging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The strangest formation we played was the 4-3-3 under Keegan. It worked so well though! Geremi. Butt. Barton Owen Martins. Viduka Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Any lack of width concerns? I know! You could plant flowers on our left with that set up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The strangest formation we played was the 4-3-3 under Keegan. It worked so well though! Geremi. Butt. Barton Owen Martins. Viduka It worked well because of who the manager was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The strangest formation we played was the 4-3-3 under Keegan. It worked so well though! Geremi. Butt. Barton Owen Martins. Viduka Most formations will work when the manager knows how to implement it. Keegan had us playing good football then and beat Spurs away with it as well. The players seemed to know there role and we were a lot more effective Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The strangest formation we played was the 4-3-3 under Keegan. It worked so well though! Geremi. Butt. Barton Owen Martins. Viduka Most formations will work when the manager knows how to implement it. Keegan had us playing good football then and beat Spurs away with it as well. The players seemed to know there role and we were a lot more effective I think Keegan just gave them confidence as individuals and as a team, and it paid off. Playing Owen deep was quite brilliant though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The strangest formation we played was the 4-3-3 under Keegan. It worked so well though! Geremi. Butt. Barton Owen Martins. Viduka Most formations will work when the manager knows how to implement it. Keegan had us playing good football then and beat Spurs away with it as well. The players seemed to know there role and we were a lot more effective I think Keegan just gave them confidence as individuals and as a team, and it paid off. Playing Owen deep was quite brilliant though. Agree, it was a masterstroke to drop Owen back, looked a different player. strange no one else persisted with this like. He had lost the pace to get behind teams but had enough about him to sit behind forwards for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 It was perfect in the fact that Martins pace meant the opposition defense sat deeper, Viduka was a brilliant target man and often drew two defenders, allowing Owen to ghost in to the box and finish, which for the most part was his only strength. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Any lack of width concerns? Not remotely. In Ancelotti's diamond (or at least the idealised, symmetrical version of it), the fullbacks are wingers. The presence of a holding (or at least a very conservative) midfielder on both sides means they can and should bomb on constantly. Remember Ashley Cole under Ancelotti at Chelsea? Insanely advanced. It's a bit more nuanced than that though. Ancelotti explains it in terms of there being three players who can control the width of the game on each side. The strikers pull wide, the outer midfielders can also drift out, and obviously there's the wing-backs (which is what they are really). Each side's personnel is different of course, so the average Ancelotti diamond tends to be a bit lop-sided. Ours would probably end up with Debuchy attacking more than Santon and therefore having the more conservative centre mid (Tiote) on his side of the pitch, while the striker who pulled wide more often (Gouffran) would be over on Santon's side. So you might end up with: Colo Mbiwa Santon Debuchy Cabaye Tiote Sissoko Ben Arfa Gouffran Cisse ah you get the idea Think Ancelotti's league-winning Chelsea side early in that season (they went more 4-3-2-1 / 4-3-3 later on). Anelka pulled wide to the right more, while Ashley Cole on the left was slightly more advanced than Bosingwa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I was surprised Owen didn't look at permanently changing his position on the back of that goalscoring run from the hole and I reckon he dropped a massive bollock when he didn't. Didn't need his pace, just the other attributes which he still had in spades: ability to anticipate, get in front of defenders, time his runs and finish. It even turned out he was awesome at linking up play in the first phase of the attack too. I was a 4-3-1-2 bore even back then and I remember thinking he could've done that job for England, in behind Rooney and whoever, ahead of someone like Carrick as playmaker with Gerrard and Lampard either side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Owen barely thinks about football, never mind what position he should convert himself to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 http://i.imgur.com/d7cB7A9.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Think he'd be better if he came deeper to collect the ball - Yaya style. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Think he'd be better if he came deeper to collect the ball - Yaya style. Yaya is better further forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Beast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Was absolutely f*cking outstanding only he had a bit more help as Jonas and Obertan wasn't doing him any favors what so ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Think he'd be better if he came deeper to collect the ball - Yaya style. Yaya is better further forward. Indeed, but he drops deep to start the attacks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Underpants Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Best player on the pitch by miles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Not shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Boss! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Best player on the pitch by miles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Love his trait of opening his body up and then storming past his opponent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 He uses his strength and technique perfectly, just doesn't look like ever losing the ball no matter how tight he is to someone, even when they have the advantage he always seems to stretch just enough to poke it to someone in our shirt. Other than a couple of poor balls in the first half he was immaculate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 When he wants to he can really drive us forward. Some quality moments from him on the night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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