Completely agree with that. That's why, if we do persist with this 4-3-3, I'm not sure Wanyama is well-suited to the base of midfield role that Amos played against Roma. Dier and Winks are natural fits for that role imo. I genuinely think Winks could be special there actually with his ability to control the game and spread the ball, and it's Dier's best position also.Imo, Dier is our best DM for 4 at the back as when we attack he's well suited to dropping in as the 3rd CB. Wanyama is definitely better when we start with 3 CBs though and I think he, Dembélé, Eriksen and Dele work really well together.
Not sure about that mate. With the ball when we were building it was kind of a 3-4-3 with Amos sitting, the fullbacks high and Lucas and Lamela tucked in, but when we didn't have the ball it was a 4-3-3, although I guess it could be argued that it was a diamond in midfield with Lamela at the point just behind Lucas and Llorente who were slightly more advanced and narrow and the first to press the CBs, but I'm not sure Lamela was close enough to the CMs to consider it a proper diamond. Eriksen and Sissoko without the ball were definitely filling advanced CM positions with Amos deeper at the base. With the ball they would push higher and Amos would sit as the CBs pushed up.I mentioned it in another thread yesterday, but because it's been said here again I'll reiterate what I said. We didn't play 433 last night. We played 4312, which we did a fair bit last year.
As for next year I don't know what our "base" formation will be, but I think we'll try and continue to get into this shape this season when we have the ball:
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You just described what a 4312 is. It's exactly what we played against Liverpool and something we did a fair bit last year. I wouldn't be surprised if we played more of it next year, especially with the players we've been linked with.Not sure about that mate. With the ball when we were building it was kind of a 3-4-3 with Amos sitting, the fullbacks high and Lucas and Lamela tucked in, but when we didn't have the ball it was a 4-3-3, although I guess it could be argued that it was a diamond in midfield with Lamela at the point just behind Lucas and Llorente who were slightly more advanced and narrow and the first to press the CBs, but I'm not sure Lamela was close enough to the CMs to consider it a proper diamond. Eriksen and Sissoko without the ball were definitely filling advanced CM positions with Amos deeper at the base. With the ball they would push higher and Amos would sit as the CBs pushed up.
Haha I realise the silliness of this after writing that, but I guess it didn't matter what the shape was on paper because it differed depending on the phase of the game we were in. Pochettino's talked about this before iirc, where he said that the shape didn't matter, it was how the players carried out the instructions that mattered and that we play various shapes throughout games. The game against Roma seemed to be the perfect example of that. It was very fluid.
Can't tell if you have Toby or Sanchez on the left, but either way it makes no sense...I'd love to see a three at the back. Keep Toby Alderweireld at the club and play....
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