We never play 433 and yet people are going with Bentaleb, Mason and Delle Alli. That's closer to championship level than top four...
Competition for places is a must.Absolutely ridiculous the amount of people who want Bentaleb dropped after one, albeit awful, performance in the first game of the season.
In my defence I've wanted him dropped for roughly 18 months
You may think I'm wrong but please don't call me fickle, guy just isn't my cuppa tea.
On an absolutely unrelated note, I quite like the idea of 352 with our players, but then I've always felt it was a formation that would succeed with the right personnel. The catch with me, given his proficiency in the air, his strength, and his signs of being far better defensively than offensively, is that I'd have Walker as an RCB as when we attack the CBs need to split into being FBs anyway:
Lloris
Alderweireld
Walker Vertonghen
Trippier .............................. Rose
Mason Alli
Eriksen
New CF Kane
With a reserve of:
Vorm
Fazio
Dier Wimmer
Yedlin .............................. Davies
Winks Bentaleb
Pritchard
Lamela Chadli
Both sweepers are players with a good reading of the game and experience in midfield, as well as a decent pass, so could be trusted to bring the ball out of defence. Both LCB's and RCB's have plenty of full back experience to be able to split when the wing backs bomb forward. Both sets of CMs lack much defensive nouse but enjoy high levels of technique and athleticism and speed of moving the ball on, plus would be less responsible for the defence with the presence of three behind them. The AMC would be free to find whichever pockets of space he prefers to try and knit the game together. He could go wherever the ball was left eight or centre to take responsibility and combine with either wingback in doubling up on their marker. And the front line, one man with strength and techniques to play a bit further forward and bully defenders, be an outlet and hold up the ball, one quicker player to make runs and attack from a touch deeper/ combine with both the target man and the ACM as well as overload the opposition box when the ball is out wide.
But, see as this has a cat in hells chance of happening, I'll plump for:
Lloris
Walker Alderweireld Vertonghen Rose
Mason Alli
NewFW Eriksen Chadli
Kane
With the obvious caveat that Hugo and Rose are fit and sign a forward by the match. Otherwise give Carroll, Pritchard or Onomah a crack and adapt Eriksen and Chadli accordingly.
Please no bentaleb!!!Lloris
Walker- Alderweireld- Vertonghen- Rose
Alli- Bentaleb
Dembele- Lamela- Eriksen
Kane
Subs: Vorm, Dier, Trippier, Mason, Carroll, Chadli, Onomah/(N'Jie......please Levy!!!)