There is no magic formula. Pick your best players in their natural position.
Football is a very simple game. Don’t over complicate it trying to be clever
Picking your best players in their natural positions is not a long terms strategy.... Essentially what that does is commit you to an ongoing cycle of the tail wagging the dog.
As I've said in other threads, it might be an appropriate way forward if you're 3/4 through the season and just need to turn the results around to avoid relegation... A kind of 'needs must' approach, but it's a really really bad strategy to adopt over the longer term. Essentially it's an approach that may deliver immediate success, but it's a success that is built on weak foundations (sand).
It's far better to have a clear vision and strategy as to how you want to play football and either coach the players you have to be competent within that system or (if need be) to swap players in and out in order to find the right players to fit the system. This way, the recruitment team can have a clear strategy that fits with the first team strategy and we can bring in the right kind of players, instead of just randomly buying players and then trying to cobble together a system that suits whatever players you might have randomly purchased at any given time.
Similarly, it enables you to ensure that the same strategy is consistent through the youth and development set up, so as to ensure that players coming through the ranks are able to fit seamlessly into the first team.
As fans we need to get over ourselves and get over the past a little bit and learn to have a bit of patience and understanding about what it actually takes to build a successful football club. Just take our foot off the gas and stop over-reacting about w few short term blips in performances or whether or not we best ** Fleetwood and try and understand the bigger picture....
That said, it might also be helpful of the Club could communicate better and give fans that kind of insight....
"Yes of course our objective is to get promoted as soon as possible, but we’re not going to compromise on the way we want to play....Therefore right now, building a Team / Club around a specific style of Football is Priority No 1"
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