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This is the sort of formation I’ve had in mind. Montoya and Bernardo are two of our quickest players, I’m sure they’d thrive if we used 3 centre backs. Leave Stephens as the only deep midfielder, allow Pröpper and Bissouma to playe further up and use whichever combination of Locadia, Andone...

I think our current squad would benefit from a different formation, but that’s unlikely to happen. I’m not really sure what the answer is, would one midfielder make all the difference? Possibly. We’ve got to stop turning over possession so easily, we need to play further up the field. Our...

I think you’re a touch harsh on Pröpper. He can pick out a player, he can do the quick short passes, he can beat a man and run with the ball, but when he’s given no outlet and has approximately 2 seconds on the ball he’s never going to succeed. Our wingers are camped so deep in our own half he...

I don’t disagree, I think our midfielders are more than adequate, but the system is simply not helping them, they receive the ball jusy outside our box, the wingers are no further up the pitch, we have a solitary striker 40 yards away. Where do they go?

Strikers do tend to struggle a tad if there’s no midfield.

Midfield and wingers are offering nothing at the moment.