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2 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Is Howe’s press conference today?  Was expecting it to be a couple of days before.  Itching to listen to the man speak - he normally instills some confidence (and I’m not the one playing)

Hasn't been working lately. Though I do feel we just need a win and we'll go on a run when players are returning.

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2 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Is Howe’s press conference today?  Was expecting it to be a couple of days before.  Itching to listen to the man speak - he normally instills some confidence (and I’m not the one playing)

 

9am

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9 hours ago, Matt1892 said:


Fingers crossed we get to see the double pivot on Saturday then. 

Not until we have the players to do it ie when Tonali is back.

 

We did kind of try it at Leeds last season when Joelinton played a lot more central allowing Bruno to get forward a bit more. Abandoned after about half an hour cos Joe couldn't do it 

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I have an almost irrational hatred of the double pivot, not that it isn't possibly useless but there was a period  where every team was playing 4-2-3-1 with 2 players in midfield sat in front of a back 4 and there weren't many goals

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3 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

I have an almost irrational hatred of the double pivot, not that it isn't possibly useless but there was a period  where every team was playing 4-2-3-1 with 2 players in midfield sat in front of a back 4 and there weren't many goals

Agreed.

 

Don't Villa essentially play with a double-pivot? They do it well. It's a lot more fluid than the old 4231 though. Often looks like a back 3.

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16 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

I have an almost irrational hatred of the double pivot, not that it isn't possibly useless but there was a period  where every team was playing 4-2-3-1 with 2 players in midfield sat in front of a back 4 and there weren't many goals


Its a system we should adopt away from home tbh - and should work well with Tonali - we’ve been too soft recently 

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25 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Agreed.

 

Don't Villa essentially play with a double-pivot? They do it well. It's a lot more fluid than the old 4231 though. Often looks like a back 3.

It is and there's a laziness creeping in in football circles where any set up with 2 CM's is labelled a double pivot.

 

Also re Villa's back 4 often looking like a 3 when in possession.......does it sound familiar?

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22 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Kamara is a DM by trade so I guess his instincts will be to stay back. But I don’t know much about their system. 

Douglas Luiz plays alongside him deep. Luiz is more of an all-rounder, the progressive passer.

 

In my mind it often ends up something like:

 

Konsa Torres Digne

Luiz Kamara

Bailey/Cash McGinn

Diaby Watkins

 

Torres & Luiz progressing play from deep.

 

 

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2 hours ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Kamara is a DM by trade so I guess his instincts will be to stay back. But I don’t know much about their system. 

 

Another successful team with a specialist DM. If only.

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3 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

 

Not sure how to take his comments about running on empty.

 

Is he saying the players aren't running on empty, or that he's just not using that as an excuse? 

Not using it or allowing it to be an excuse was how I interpreted it.  

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On 04/01/2024 at 12:16, wormy said:

 

Yeah it's a shame.

 

I always take the 'his younger brother is even better!' stuff with a pinch of salt though tbh. Feels like it gets trotted out for any good young player that breaks through in football. In NUFC's case it's already started with Miley. :lol:

To be fair it's scientific fact.

 

I think having an older role model, being to learn from their mistakes, getting into the sport sooner all lead to the youngest having the highest chance of success. You also have to fight more.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2021/03/25/revealed-younger-siblings-likely-have-standout-sporting-career/

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13 minutes ago, La Parka said:

To be fair it's scientific fact.

 

I think having an older role model, being to learn from their mistakes, getting into the sport sooner all lead to the youngest having the highest chance of success. You also have to fight more.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2021/03/25/revealed-younger-siblings-likely-have-standout-sporting-career/

That doesn’t make it scientific fact tbf - don’t ask me.  Ask Phil Neville, Anton Ferdinand, Jobe Bellingham … :) 

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