- Mar 17, 2005
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I think like a lot of the better teams in the Premiership that we will move to a 4-3-3 formation for quite a few games next year.I would say that we currently don't have the right personnel to play that system at this present time but we are not that far away from it either.
I am not so sure who will be in goal next season!
Looking at our defence we seem to have the right mixture.
HUTTON.................WOODGATE.....KING....................BALE.....
2 good fullbacks who like to get forward and 2 world class centre backs.
Midfield looks promising as well.
......................................ZOKORA......................................
.....................JENAS............................HUDDLESTONE..........
A good mix here also,Zokora who is better as a holding/defensive player,Jenas good at forward runs and scoring goals, the Hudd who can spray killer passes to all our forward players is very good at set pieces and can strike a very sweet shot!
Surprisingly our forward line is where we fall down a bit!
Lennon and Malbranque are full of industry but have no real goal threat,physical presence and their end product is pretty poor!
Berbatov,Keane and Bent are all good strikers who all like to be in the centre,could any of them adapt to playing more on the wings,here I am not so sure.
I think we still need 2 forward players who can also play on the left and the right side of our attack.
I am not suggesting that we will never play 4-4-2 again but I really believe that 4-3-3(which can easily switch to 4-5-1)
is the way forward especially away from home.I know we have scored a bagful of goals this year but we have also conceded a bucket load and I think we need to be a far tighter unit next season!
I am not so sure who will be in goal next season!
Looking at our defence we seem to have the right mixture.
HUTTON.................WOODGATE.....KING....................BALE.....
2 good fullbacks who like to get forward and 2 world class centre backs.
Midfield looks promising as well.
......................................ZOKORA......................................
.....................JENAS............................HUDDLESTONE..........
A good mix here also,Zokora who is better as a holding/defensive player,Jenas good at forward runs and scoring goals, the Hudd who can spray killer passes to all our forward players is very good at set pieces and can strike a very sweet shot!
Surprisingly our forward line is where we fall down a bit!
Lennon and Malbranque are full of industry but have no real goal threat,physical presence and their end product is pretty poor!
Berbatov,Keane and Bent are all good strikers who all like to be in the centre,could any of them adapt to playing more on the wings,here I am not so sure.
I think we still need 2 forward players who can also play on the left and the right side of our attack.
I am not suggesting that we will never play 4-4-2 again but I really believe that 4-3-3(which can easily switch to 4-5-1)
is the way forward especially away from home.I know we have scored a bagful of goals this year but we have also conceded a bucket load and I think we need to be a far tighter unit next season!