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FWIW, if I were Poch I'd drill two formations:
A 4-2-3-1 that would be our standard formation, used 90% of the time. Individual player instructions and tactics could vary game to game, but the overall structure of the team would be the same.
A 4-5-1 ultra-defensive counter attacking formation, for games where we go to the likes of Anfield, the Nou Camp, etc*. Throw some Argentinian 'dark-arts' in there too, to make us an absolute nightmare to play against and give us a fighting chance in these big games against difficult opposition. Also, if we were well drilled defensively for this formation, it would help the players mentally because they would know and focus on what they needed to do, as opposed to let their minds wander and worry about how they're supposed to be playing the up-coming game.
Either way, like many posters on here have alluded to, you never know what our formation, tactics or player selection is going to be game to game, and that's really disappointing.
*Sometimes I think that 'big' coaches don't tend to do this, because their egos get in the way. 'Parking the bus' is seen as a bit of an inferior way to do things and it only seemed to be the likes of Mourinho that had no shame in grinding out results against superior opposition.
A 4-2-3-1 that would be our standard formation, used 90% of the time. Individual player instructions and tactics could vary game to game, but the overall structure of the team would be the same.
A 4-5-1 ultra-defensive counter attacking formation, for games where we go to the likes of Anfield, the Nou Camp, etc*. Throw some Argentinian 'dark-arts' in there too, to make us an absolute nightmare to play against and give us a fighting chance in these big games against difficult opposition. Also, if we were well drilled defensively for this formation, it would help the players mentally because they would know and focus on what they needed to do, as opposed to let their minds wander and worry about how they're supposed to be playing the up-coming game.
Either way, like many posters on here have alluded to, you never know what our formation, tactics or player selection is going to be game to game, and that's really disappointing.
*Sometimes I think that 'big' coaches don't tend to do this, because their egos get in the way. 'Parking the bus' is seen as a bit of an inferior way to do things and it only seemed to be the likes of Mourinho that had no shame in grinding out results against superior opposition.