Guest tollemache Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 3 at the back is fun, I love Juve's set up and Wigan can be very interesting, but if everyone plays 3-4-3 it'll lose a lot of that as suddenly it'll just be mirroring each other But if you play it first then you can get to play it best. Mind you when Villa have tried this formation this season they've been gash. Think its the sort of thing you introduce over the summer or when you are set for a mid table finish Wigan changed to 3-4-3 last season when they were in loads of trouble and their form improved dramatically, to the point where they stuck with it permanently Villa looked better than usual at the weekend when they used 532 / 3412 versus West Brom. Meanwhile, the mighty Barca brought in 3-4-3ish shapes with the whole summer to prepare last season and the resulting teething problems cost them the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Surely it will change again in a couple of years, formation trends never last long do they? Some do I think... Sacchi's idea of pressing persisted from the mid 80s to the present day. 4231 was a Spanish thing in the late 90s and has just spread and spread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm quite happy with Pardew's starting formation of 4-2-3-1 at present, it's the players he picks and the overall message that bothers me. And the speed with which we abandon things I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 5-3-2 used to be the in thing in the 90s then it went back to 4-4-2 and now 4-3-3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Yeah not sure this is the time for tactical experimentation. Even if it half-worked and seemed like it could have a future, if we happened to lose it'd provoke a huge shitstorm. Will be interesting to see what happens at Villa, and indeed whether they keep their 532 against us. I don't see why they wouldn't after the weekend, in which case the best thing we can do is play 4-3-3 with Obertan and Jonas and pin their wingbacks back / make them work like dogs. Villa have been playing 5-3-2 for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 aaaaaaah well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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