4/3/3

[Denbfc]

I have no problem with 433 but I'd say some games you would want to change it?? Or is our gaffa firm on the one system. Not a dig just a question. UTMP

 

[1966_and_all_that]

We'll find out, won't we.

 

[Northstandsinger]

We’ve started the 2 league games so far with 3 attacking midfielders as the midfield (can’t do that in a 433) and a striker as the number 9 and a striker as a wide man all because we don’t have a good enough cdm and Appleton thinks that Jerry makes a better winger than cj and Theo .

 

[clappers]

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I have no problem with 433 but I'd say some games you would want to change it?? Or is our gaffa firm on the one system. Not a dig just a question. UTMP

I don’t think he’ll ever play 442 and 433 can morph into a one up front setup quite easily. Appleton will want his main system bedded in and won’t tinker as much as Critchley did to cater for countering the opposition. Whether that’s a good thing or not remains to be seen.

 

[HerefordSeasider]

Was it just me or were there times on Saturday at Stoke where we ALMOST played a kind of 4-4-2, Carey seemed much higher up the field alongside Jerry. I may have imagined it but it certainly looked like it.

 

[Hazi]

Seems steadfast on 433, I think we should always be prepared to mix it up if its not working.

 

[Dave62]

At times against Reading, Jerry got closer to Gaz than an out and out winger, almost in the old inside left position, so we got a bit of joy because they were close enough to take advantage of the knock-downs and flick ons that Gaz won. That didn't happen so much in the 2nd half as Reading ran the show, so Jerry was helping out Thompson, who was starting to cramp up. I believe Jerry did well for Swindon on the left?

I'm looking forward to JG returning, so that Connolly (or Dougall) can protect the AM of Patoni and Fiorini. JG's absence cost us dear, as Stoke's midfield ran the first half and CC (otherwise one of my favourite players) allowed their winger the time and space to cross for the goals. So the 4 3 3 would possibly become a variation around 4 1 2 3 perhaps.

As for tinkering, I don't think MA would change a winning side, unlike Critch.