Which is your favourite formation?

[Whenthepoolcomemarchingin]

Last season we seemed to have a few mixtures of formation.

Always preferred a traditional 4-4-2, with the right personnel a 5-3-2 can be perfect, especially when then wingbacks turn it into a 3-5-2.

Never was keen when we played just a lone striker, yet on occasions got the result in a 4-2-3-1.

The tactic at corners when everyone defended in the box as kick the ball clear just comes back in wasnt for me.

 

[FY4MIKEH]

In the words of Mike Bassett, 4-4 ** 2!

 

[Loftyboy]

Attack Attack Attack

 

[Newholland]

.... the female
36
28
36

 

[April13th1970]

Cathedral Rock, Sedona, Arizona

 

[LA1 Seasider]

4-3-3 as a standard (with the front 3 interchanging and covering the wings) and slight variations depending on opponents so dropping a CM deeper and allowing the full backs to push on as wing backs or playing 2 up top with an AM in behind

 

[Old_Laytonian]

3-5-2 as long as you’ve got a Baresi , Maldini or Costacurta

 

[TheOldKop]

Red and white stripes in standard dress formation

 

[Love BFC🍊]

4-4-2 or 4-3-3
Attacking entertaining football

 

[Loftyboy]

69 is ok

 

[Matesrates]

4-3-3

 

[Albert Ross]

Anything that achieves my username.

 

[Bozzer]

8 1 1 out of possession and 1 1 8 in possession.

 

[Dave62]

Anything that doesn't end in a fecking 1.
Never seems to work as the 1 is usually isolated.

 

[FessParker]

Has to be the Red Arrows and their 1 2 3 2 1 formation.

 

[Fatboy]

4-3-3 as a standard (with the front 3 interchanging and covering the wings) and slight variations depending on opponents so dropping a CM deeper and allowing the full backs to push on as wing backs or playing 2 up top with an AM in behind

My selection too !

 

[BFCAleman]

3-5-2

 

[Fatboy]

I remember when Olly took over , and all of the front Six in his 433 system were interchanging, so much so , nobody had a clue what the formation was! Obviously it was fine tuned , and we all know the rest .

 

[1966_and_all_that]

The good old tradional 2-3-5.

The formation played by every team until around the 60's.

When the FA first codified what we understand as football, back in the mid-C19th, the regular formation of the English teams was 1-1-8. The idea being to hoof the ball up the pitch in order for the forwards to gain territory and scrimmage with the opposition (like a rugby scrum but linking arms in one long row) whilst kicking both the ball and each others shins in order to force a break out from which players could chase the ball and hopefully score. Note how the idea of 8 forwards linking up to hold territory remains a feature of Rugby Union.

The Scots took a different approach in that they introduced more of a passing game, using a 2-2-6 formation. This was the formation that developed into what became the standard 2-3-5 formation by having one of the central forwards drop back to control the central defensive midfield - ie. the position that became known as the centre-half. It was shown to be far more successful than the old-fashioned 1-1-8, first by the Scotland international team's early successes over England and then by the introduction of the Football League, which became somewhat dependent on Scottish imports; notably at Preston, Aston Villa and Sunderland.

 

[poolseasider]

I remember a comment from Sean Dyche that if you freeze any given game/time and look at teams formation it's basically a 4-4-2 which is my favoured.
Bores me to death when teams flood the centre of the park cancelling each other out especially the lower down the levels you go.

 

[Lytham_fy8]

I don't like playing without width, 442 as long as the fullbacks are up to an overlap, Sir Jimmy style.

 

[1953+1]

69 is ok

 

[Newholland]

I remember when Olly took over , and all of the front Six in his 433 system were interchanging, so much so , nobody had a clue what the formation was! Obviously it was fine tuned , and we all know the rest .

Was like watching chickens in a coup.....oh wait a minute

 

[Toastrack]

Has to be the Red Arrows and their 1 2 3 2 1 formation.

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Hopefully we'll be at home on the Saturday, and they can provide the half time entertainment

 

[Hazi]

4-3-3

 

[Ruperthoop]

4-3-3

 

[Lytham_fy8]

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It's dead to me now without the Vulcan, Typhoon display is a bit cheeky seeing as we get them most days anyway.

 

[Toastrack]

It's dead to me now without the Vulcan, Typhoon display is a bit cheeky seeing as we get them most days anyway.

Yeah, shame about the Vulcan, that was bloody epic.
But the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will be there - the growl of half a dozen Merlin V12s will always make the hairs on the neck stand up.

 

[Lytham_fy8]

Yeah, shame about the Vulcan, that was bloody epic.
But the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will be there - the growl of half a dozen Merlin V12s will always make the hairs on the neck stand up.

Yeah I know, just doesn't do it for me like a jet howl, even the blue note of the Hunter, but obviously they're not there.

 

[fcblackpool]

It's dead to me now without the Vulcan, Typhoon display is a bit cheeky seeing as we get them most days anyway.

Does the Vulcan never fly now?

 

[1966_and_all_that]

I know the circumstances were horrible but to hear a thousand Lancasters overhead would have been amazing.

 

[Lytham_fy8]

Does the Vulcan never fly now?

No, the engine went past it's life and parts are unobtanium or too expensive to manufacture.

 

[fcblackpool]

No, the engine went past it's life and parts are unobtanium or too expensive to manufacture.

That's a big loss.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

No, the engine went past it's life and parts are unobtanium or too expensive to manufacture.

Unobtanium. Is that one of the transition elements?

 

[Lytham_fy8]

Unobtanium. Is that one of the transition elements?

Yeah, whatever they are?

 

[abt1835]

The formation that wins games of Football.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Yeah, whatever they are?

Transition elements are element in the d-block of the periodic table, which includes groups 3 to 12 on the periodic table. In practice, the  f-block lanthacide and actinide series are also considered transition metals and are called inner transition metals.

 

[LeedsSeasider]

4-3-3 with overlapping wingbacks. Can change from 4-3-3 to 5 in midfield or attack in a very easy step. I always feel it’s the most versatile formation.

 

[FessParker]

Transition elements are element in the d-block of the periodic table, which includes groups 3 to 12 on the periodic table. In practice, the  f-block lanthacide and actinide series are also considered transition metals and are called inner transition metals.

So you listened in Pete Manson's chemistry lessons did you!!

 

[Sooty59]

Transition elements are element in the d-block of the periodic table, which includes groups 3 to 12 on the periodic table. In practice, the  f-block lanthacide and actinide series are also considered transition metals and are called inner transition metals.

I thought so

 

[Whenthepoolcomemarchingin]

An interchangable formation is alway a good thing to have, alot of managers seem to like the 5 midfielders when defending.

 

[Trammo]

36-24-36.

 

[gjr69]

Any formation that unleashes the attacking potential of Gary Madine will do for me.

 

[Fatboy]

42 39 56

 

[Mark_GT]

Transition elements are element in the d-block of the periodic table, which includes groups 3 to 12 on the periodic table. In practice, the  f-block lanthacide and actinide series are also considered transition metals and are called inner transition metals.

I was just about to say that
Vulcan did a farewell tour of the UK a few years ago. Really moving

 

[TheSeaWord]

54 39 56

I thought it was 42 39 56 ?

To quote Paul Whitehouse: 442....433...0898 696969....

 

[Fatboy]

I thought it was 42 39 56 ?

To quote Paul Whitehouse: 442....433...0898 696969....

Yep you’re right !

 

[1966_and_all_that]

So you listened in Pete Manson's chemistry lessons did you!!

Had him in first two years. Then Jack Conchie up to O level.

 

[Wizaard]

Last season we seemed to have a few mixtures of formation.

Always preferred a traditional 4-4-2, with the right personnel a 5-3-2 can be perfect, especially when then wingbacks turn it into a 3-5-2.

Never was keen when we played just a lone striker, yet on occasions got the result in a 4-2-3-1.

The tactic at corners when everyone defended in the box as kick the ball clear just comes back in wasnt for me.

The Red Arrows

 

[Dougall]

A formation is only as good as the players playing it and understanding it!