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Unlikely to get Oxlaide-Chamberlain or Walcott !

I after the Solly March performance, it seems we might not need Elliott Bennett quite so much now. I still like the idea of a really pacy winger though.

Biscuits (deep-lying playmaker and destroyer) 4-3-3 comes in several (at least three completely different systems) different forms which are quite different in style. All of them are good. But all run into the problem against the 4-4-2 when the opposition have an extra player in midfield...

I don't think it is 4-4-2 that is the fault but the % game. Analysis shows that most goals arise from mistakes, so the concept was to get the ball forward and instead of being creative getting goals, just put mounting pressure on the opposition and take advantage of their mistakes. This means...

4-2-4 was the modern system then with two wingers. I think that Alf Ramsay just dispensed with the two wingers and put them in midfield. Martin Peters seem to get forward better than Alan Ball. In this way a less talented team won the World Cup.

4-3-3 and 4-4-2 interchangeable, by bringing the wide player to bolster the midfield is standard. This is ideal if the wide player can play as a winger when needed and help out defence as required. This means Elliott Bennett! This is more effective than Buckley hugging the touchline as the...

Very good. Just the one central holding midfielder has the disadvantage that the opposition can pass away around him as he cannot possibly cover the width of the pitch as demonstrated when we beat QPR at the Amex. Joey Barton was hopelessly immobile and we simply missed him out by passing to...

Who is our false number 9? The history of the English game is associated with physicality, classically demonstrated in a rigid 4-4-2 formation that assigns each player a certain role to play in the game. Defenders would traditionally consist of full backs and centre backs, midfielders would...