The cry for 4-4-2


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Spot on, Robertson had his own problems with drink iirc but Cloughy kept faith with him, didn't he drop Archie Gemmill in the final in favour of Robertson who went on to play a blinder? Made Francis the first £1m player then stuck him in the team for the final, can't remember the lad that got dropped, for Francis to score the winning goal.
John o’hare on bench?
Gemmill was sub.

1979 European Cup Final - Wikipedia
 
With the greatest of respect whenever we start to struggle Sunderland fans shout for 4-4-2. Every single time.

I understand the relative success we had was with that formation but it is OUTDATED.

Very few teams play it, Atletico Madrid and Burnley come to mind. We don’t have the players, McGeady can’t play in a 4-4-2 and you need two box to box midfielders.


It’s NOT the answer.

You need strikers prepared to run themselves into the ground too. Like Vardy and Okasaki. We don't have that. I mean, Charlie Wyke leading the press - are we f***ing joking?

Have not seen many calls for it. However, I have seen calls to scrap a negative approach to games with 2 holding, defensive midfielders. Get a 10 closer to our striker is a main priority too.

The thing about 4-3-3 rather than 4-2-3-1 is that it allows for a much higher press.

See here: Spurs, Liverpool and every team Guardiola has ever managed.

O'Nien and Honeyman are absolutely ideal for this system. Well, I mean a bit more creativity would be nice but they can press relentlessly. McGeady and Morgan will be higher up the pitch - or maybe Watmore: it's a better system for him too.

And Leadbitter, I believe, played his best football for Boro as a 'single pivot' DM - like Fernandinho - not the double pivot style we are currently trying to play.

We'll be a bit more vulnerable to kick and chase, but you have to have a trade off. Our defenders look a lot better on the turn to be honest than they do when they have a bully number 9 trying to dominate the eighteen yard line. So probably suits us there too.

Make. It. Happen.
 
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