- Oct 25, 2004
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The immenent signing of Palacios has got me thinking about the formation we will play once we have him and I reckon there is a good chance that we will be seeing a diamond.
Gomes
Corluka Woody King/Dawson BAE/Bale
Palacios/Zokora
Zokora/Jenas/Hudd Zokora/Jenas/Hudd/O'Hara
Modric
Pav/Bent/A N OTHER Defoe
The way I see it this is the only formation that will allow us to have 2 strikers and play Modric. What are the strengths and weaknesses of it? Well, we should be more solid in the middle and we also should be able to make the transition between defence and attack a bit better and retain the ball. In theory we will be able to play the ball into the feet of the strikers rather than go long.
Jenas should be able to have more license to get forward, as will Modric, leading hopefully to more chances created for the strikers and more goals scored from midfield.
The main problem I can see is obvious, a lack of width, neither striker is overly fond of running the channels and Corluka at least is not likely to be flying up the wing at every chance. The game is likely to become very conjested in the middle and we will have to pass our way through. Having said that, Pav and Defoe will make runs in the inside left/right area if the passing is good enough and this will leave space for Modric/Jenas to exploit.
Can we move the ball well enough to do that? Will the players learn to pass and move? Will we end up being just as predictable as we are already?
What are your thoughts?
Gomes
Corluka Woody King/Dawson BAE/Bale
Palacios/Zokora
Zokora/Jenas/Hudd Zokora/Jenas/Hudd/O'Hara
Modric
Pav/Bent/A N OTHER Defoe
The way I see it this is the only formation that will allow us to have 2 strikers and play Modric. What are the strengths and weaknesses of it? Well, we should be more solid in the middle and we also should be able to make the transition between defence and attack a bit better and retain the ball. In theory we will be able to play the ball into the feet of the strikers rather than go long.
Jenas should be able to have more license to get forward, as will Modric, leading hopefully to more chances created for the strikers and more goals scored from midfield.
The main problem I can see is obvious, a lack of width, neither striker is overly fond of running the channels and Corluka at least is not likely to be flying up the wing at every chance. The game is likely to become very conjested in the middle and we will have to pass our way through. Having said that, Pav and Defoe will make runs in the inside left/right area if the passing is good enough and this will leave space for Modric/Jenas to exploit.
Can we move the ball well enough to do that? Will the players learn to pass and move? Will we end up being just as predictable as we are already?
What are your thoughts?