I disagree with respect. Could you imagine a player just behind him anticipating his runs and position like de Bryune or a player like Bergkamp cteating chsnces? A player to take the focus off him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jammy89
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I disagree with respect. Could you imagine a player just behind him anticipating his runs and position like de Bryune or a player like Bergkamp cteating chsnces? A player to take the focus off him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jammy89
I think initial comment was about striker partnership. De Bruyne has deeper role, I’d like Bruno to play in a similar mood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sclox
I dont know what the board plans are for the summer, but could see us heading into next season with Barnes - Bruno - Gordon supporting Isak and Tonali - Longstaff (New DM) just behind them.
Sadly or not, this means we’d only be looking for a back up forward, may be young prospect
All we need is fit, strong, chunky, younger up and coming Wilson type striker in his early 20's
I know difficult to find but every so often they emerge from the lower leagues both here and abroad and it's worth an intensive look until we achieve.
Or find someone like Ferguson at Brighton...imagine that!
They are out there. We just need to be watching and first out of the starting blocks.
Yeah, De Bruyne was maybe a bad example. Number 10, Sheringham type that has a free role, can work up top and drop into midfield. That kind if thing. Beardsley.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marat18
Thats the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sclox
If we talk about this style partnership, then I cant think about the team that plays this way nowadays. May be Salah - Nunez? Or Salah - Firminho before that?
Sorry, hasnt watched much of the footy lately.
I think Eddie prefers one striker with two wingers as support. Something like Chelsea’s Drogba and Cole - Robben.
He played Wilson - Isak few times, but Isak was more wide on the left on those occasions.
Then again - Howe only plays the players he has
Possibly. Has he ever been known to play using another style or formation?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marat18
Formations in my opinion can be anything. With a slight positional adjustment by one or two players a 3/5/2 can be 5/3/2 as easily as it can be 5/4/1 or 4/4/2 depending on your tactics and personnel so I don't think slotting in a free role for a talented attacking player would be impossible if he could flip between attack and midfield easily. Even a 4/3/3 could become a a 4/5/1 or 4/4/2 quite easily with small player adjustments. I don't believe the modern player would be so thick that they couldn't tweak their game to fit.
Completely agree, and I think we have a lot of the players to be able to be fluid between all of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sclox
Out of all of the starting players under Howe, I’d drop Miggy first to accommodate being able to effectively play 3 centre backs on a 3/5/2 or 5/3/2 fluid style… but not sure if I would have Gordon or Barnes supporting Isak or Wilson, and the other running from midfield… likely it would be Gordon out of midfield as he can play on the right and we would likely have Tino out middle left to drop back into a 5 at the back (if that all makes sense)
Obviously depends on who we go for in the summer, and that approach would reduce the number of midfield spots available