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No, he played in the exact same position.Ali in the DM position ? He played in an attacking role for me dons, we can't stick him in a defensive midfield role in his debut at old Trafford. Could kill the poor lad !
No, he played in the exact same position.Ali in the DM position ? He played in an attacking role for me dons, we can't stick him in a defensive midfield role in his debut at old Trafford. Could kill the poor lad !
I think Wimmer has looked good but would assume that being a leftie like Jan they are both vying for the LCB berth and Alderweireld, Fazio and Dier (rather in goal than CM) are competing for the Right centre back position.
Impressed by Winks, and would like to see him and/or Carroll on the bench to offer something different in midfield, Carroll just has something that suits a passing side that most if not all of our other MF's are lacking; vision, a clever range of passing and the ability to have in his mind his next pass before he's received the ball (if Dembele had those attributes he would be at Real)
Hope we play with a fluid three like today as it notably improves our forward play.
I would assume the team will be
---------------------Lloris
Walker-------Toby----------Jan--------Rose
--Dembele------Bentaleb------Mason
----Chadli --------------- Eriksen
------------------Kane
With the midfield 3 and Attacking 3 all interchanging when we attack and rotating to create space. and falling back into the position they are in defensively when moves break down. Would certainly offer us more creativity but needs a lot of awareness and discipline on the defensive side.
Subs: Ali, Trippier, Wimmer, Vorm, Lamela, Carroll, Winks
Not so sure about that.We played 4231.
Not so sure about that.
At times it looked 4-4-2 especially when defending and when going forward it looked like 3 and 3 to me, especially when Mason, Winks and Ali were in there. but there was a lot of rotation between the front and midfield, so I can see why you got confused
No, it's still 4231. The front 4 were just rotating properly like they should and mucking in defensively like they should today.
We'll see more proper rotation through positions now as poch's system is soaking in properly.
The flexibility of 4231 gives you the ability to modulate through different shapes in-game. 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 should always be the defensive shape but that hasn't happened as our wing forwards haven't tracked back properly. That will have to change this season.
Can't be bothered to type it out again.Can't be bothered to type it out again...
I think if the team was picked purely on preseason form, then we should see, and I would like to see the following:
Lloris
Trippier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose
Alli - Bentaleb
Dembele - Carroll - Chadli
Kane
However, I think it's likely that it will be Walker in place of Trippier and Eriksen instead of Carroll from that side.
If Walker starts ahead of Trippier, I will lose it.
He doesn't track back leaves the FB on his tod.
I'm hoping Dembele plays a deeper role and we play more of a tight three man central midfield as otherwise, I fear we could get the run around in the middle of the park if it's Bentaleb and Alli/Mason.Of the uncertainties, I think it will be Lloris in goal. Walker ahead of Dier. A Bentaleb/Ali double pivot. Dembele before Lamela. So:
Lloris
Walker TA JV Rose
Bentaleb Ali
Dembele Eriksen Chadli
Kane
Dembele has played exclusively in the front three for Poch in pre-season, and we always play a 4-2-3-1.I'm hoping Dembele plays a deeper role and we play more of a tight three man central midfield as otherwise, I fear we could get the run around in the middle of the park if it's Bentaleb and Alli/Mason.