A squad not suited to 4 2 3 1 ...

Most squads are pretty well suited to 4-2-3-1 tbh, there's a reason it's such a prevalent system in the modern game, not like it has a bunch of specialist positions in it. We just broadly don't have good enough players, but the same would be true of any formation.
 
We aren’t suited to 5 at the back either. If we had Bangura and Jones fit I’d say yes crack on, but we don’t.

Engel isn’t mobile enough, Thomas has no end product.

Same on the right Ayling isn’t mobile enough and Dijksteel has no end product and regularly gets caught ball watching.
 
starplayer said:
I wouldn’t necessarily say that but we are a squad not suited to playing it out from the back
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We've not enough athleticism/ nastiness/ defensive responsibility in the centre mid four options.
Our full back options aren't quick enough to play behind whoever is front of them.
Nobody wants to play a disciplined wide of the three ( other than Jones )
 
No pace, no strikers, no bite/power/aggression in midfield, no leaders/fighters anywhere on the pitch.

We have a huge mental frailty in the squad when there's the slightest pressure to deliver.

Written off as under dogs we do alright, have to motivate ourselves, raise our game and win against average sides we fail nine times out of ten.

We have a squad of bottling fannies.
 
outoftown said:
We've not enough athleticism/ nastiness/ defensive responsibility in the centre mid four options.
Our full back options aren't quick enough to play behind whoever is front of them.
Nobody wants to play a disciplined wide of the three ( other than Jones )
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So what would change any of this being the case in any other formation?
 
Priv said:
We aren’t suited to 5 at the back either. If we had Bangura and Jones fit I’d say yes crack on, but we don’t.

Engel isn’t mobile enough, Thomas has no end product.

Same on the right Ayling isn’t mobile enough and Dijksteel has no end product and regularly gets caught ball watching.
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It worked well enough against Leicester last week
 
Selling both Rogers and Crooks, particularly when Jones is injured was madness. We don't have the players for 4231 available right now, but we can't really play with 3 centre halves at home to a Championship side and expect the opposition to come at us so we can play on the break like Villa or Chelsea did.
 
Caesium137 said:
No pace, no strikers, no bite/power/aggression in midfield, no leaders/fighters anywhere on the pitch.

We have a huge mental frailty in the squad when there's the slightest pressure to deliver.

Written off as under dogs we do alright, have to motivate ourselves, raise our game and win against average sides we fail nine times out of ten.

We have a squad of bottling fannies.
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As depressing as that is to read, it pretty much sums up my feelings too
 
Priv said:
As a one off in a game we knew we couldn’t outplay them, completely different against a team that wants a point, we would never break them down.
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But teams like Bristol and Plymouth are coming and playing straight through us. Maybe we need to protect the point we start the game with and go from there at the minute.

It’s not just because of recent games, I’ve said all season we need 3 centre backs out there.
 
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