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Why has this become so frowned upon by the officianados? I can not remember a first team squad that has screamed 442 louder than the current one. It's as if 442 is deemed as failure.
We have holding and attacking midfielders, two natural wingers, England's most prolific strikers, a sexy liddle Spanish number ten a flat back 4 with an absolute God in the sticks. Why is 442 so wrong? |
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Young and Valencia are wide players, one of them is a really shit wide player who thinks that running in a straight line until a full back looks likely to approach, at which point you hit him with your cross is acceptable. And the other is at a coming of the bench when the more technically gifted player has worn out the full back with guile and daring standard. Wing play isn't just about dummying your way down the flank until you see the bye line. It's producing the right threat at the right time. Hit a cross from 25 yards down the wing from the half way line, Like Beckham or cut inside with a tricky run and pull the centre half out. |
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If your fullbacks don't push forward in the modern game, they are sitting targets to be attacked. Pushing forward helps pin back the opposition wide players/fullbacks. It does expose you to counters, but most managers take that risk for the greater control of a game it gives you. |
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Wilson and Rooney as tit liners, Depay, Martial, Young, Perarria as wingers. Fellani and val as last ditch fodder. |
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Herrera could not play in a 2 man midfield, simply not good enough defensively.
Mata off Rooney, with Depay and Martial wide and a Schweinsteiger-Herrera midfield would play some good football but the back 4 would be terribly exposed. Modern wingers as a group seem to want to play like Ronaldo, Bale, Ronaldinho or Henry, all the attacking freedom with little defensive responsibility. |
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Score a few goals and you're putting a case forward to be that 10 so you have no defensive work to do, plus being central opens up the pitch more. However that's when dribbling is sacrificed for potency. See Eden Hazard now. |