QUOTE (Jack Sparrow @ Aug 30 2016, 05:32 AM)
We tried the 4-4-2 last season. I feel we struggled to penetrate and left Bacca isolated. With this new formation and playing style, we're definitely creating more chances.
Agreed on that.
I personally would go for a 3-5-2 formation because that would give us the most cover and limit the influence that the midfield has on the game, where as in a 4-3-3 it's essential that the midfield 3 control the game
I understand though that the defenders we have could struggle in a 3-man defense as they're not used to playing in that type of system.
That being said, I wouldn't go for a 4-4-2 either though, I think last season we tried it and it worked to a certain extent, but it has limitations and I don't think Montella will go for it.
I personally don't think this Bonaventura in midfield experiment will work in the long run, he's best further up the pitch. We have too many attack minded mids and all the ones capable of playing at CM are pretty bad. Bertolacci and Poli are disasters if you ask me, so x-off/Fillipo I wouldn't play either of them in the center of a 4-4-2. Bertolacci has proven to be physically weak and he's not capable of putting in the kind of shift that would require. While Poli just runs around aimlessly accomplishing nothing of note. Monto is basically finished but honestly speaking, do you think we can replace him with anyone from the selection we have? People are mentioning Locatelli, Pasalic and sky even mentioned Sosa being tried there. But I don't think Locatelli should be pushed in there playing such a crucial role. We know absolutely nothing about Pasalic and from the very little I could deduce using youtube vids as a reference, he seems to be more of an attacking mid than anything else. And Sosa is simply another Bonaventura, he can't play a regista role.
I agree with Fillipo that we have a mish mash of players that don't fit any particular set-up and don't really gel with each other either.
Once again the midfield has been ignored and we've just brought in random guys to fill in a very huge void. Montella will have to work some serious magic to try and get this lot to mesh together. Atm our biggest and most obvious weakness is that defence but it's so becuase of the midfield not providing any protection. If we could just bring in one player capable of pulling the strings we could maybe see an improvement