12 Nov 2025 18:25:28
Hi ed001
Would you be in favour of a diamond midfield of grav, macca, dom, and wirtz. Then have 2 up front with possibly salah now as 1 of the 2 rotating with Hugo and isak?
{Ed001's Note - no, it leads to a lack of width.}
12 Nov 2025 18:45:04
It’s a very valid point about the width but we do have 3 very attack minded full backs on the books who could pro if the width? Personally I think it’s time for 2 deep lying midfielders who just sit cover break up play and let the forwards do the damage.
12 Nov 2025 18:47:56
Shape is irrelevant. A diamond won't work if we don't press properly and have no tempo.
12 Nov 2025 19:09:16
still think our best formation is 4-3-3 varying to 4-2-3-1 / 4-2-1-3.
THe one thing I would like to see more of is just any kind of interlinking play between the fullbacks and the wingers. The wingers play so wide and fullbacks are inside them. it sucks lol.
12 Nov 2025 19:31:45
Agreed. Energy and intensity is more important than any idea of what way we set up.
12 Nov 2025 20:01:25
There’s shouldn’t be a problem with 4-3-3, it’s as much about ensuring we put the right players into it to play to their strengths, and then how we execute it in terms of the effort, intensity and team work on the pitch.
If for some reason that doesn’t work we can always vary it, but fundamentally it can work and we have players who can play in that set up. We’re lacking defensive mobility in centre mid regardless of system and maybe also a better quality wide right option, but system wise we have enough players to make a better go of playing 4-3-3.
12 Nov 2025 20:05:40
My bird said if she doesn't see a diamond soon, I won't be pressing anything up front, I'll be left back, and she'll be getting no width.
12 Nov 2025 20:35:54
Robby, better get your act together or she might be putting in a transfer request! Window is coming up.
12 Nov 2025 21:03:46
Try inverting Robby, that usually does the trick.
13 Nov 2025 10:00:43
"Ed001's Note - no, it leads to a lack of width".
Exactly and it seems people don't seem to understand this. If you play a diamond, ONLY your fullbacks can provide the width cos you are not playing with wingers/ wide forwards, which renders our wide forwards in our squad irrelevant an inability to stretch the oppo. when they park the bus or are compact thru the middle, where all the traffic is.
13 Nov 2025 10:01:39
Oh @Robby, I propose you get on that diamond hunt ASAP, btw lol.