Matt Morriss 69 Posted December 26, 2017 Watching Harry Kane made me think about the way our strikers play. He''s got two goals now by simply being where he should be, and on the end of the good work by the supporting players.So simple when you look at it, yet we struggle to play this way and have done for some time. How many times do we see Oliveira or Jerome out on the flanks or dropping deep, only for the ball to eventually find its way wide and into the box, where a striker is nowhere to be found. Said ball in is invariably a poor one too.It''s basic tactics and gameplans. You have your supporting attacking players, Maddison, Pritchard etc., and there job is to manoeuvre the ball close enough to the goalmouth to enable a shot on goal from the striker. When the striker is part of that supporting cast, the gameplan falls down. We seem to struggle with this concept and I don''t know why. This leads me to my second point and switching to 433 with Tettey flanked by Reed and Trybull and Oliveira accompanied by Maddison and Alex.Our wingers have been woeful this season, Murphy, Watkins and Wildschut so why do we continue with the tactics of two wide men. It limits Wes or Pritchard when they play wide, and the aforementioned 3 have done absolutely nothing when they have played, save for a few early goals from Murphy. A front 3 with Oliveira staying central and Alex and Maddison doing what they do best, shooting, passing and crossing, to me represents our best chance of getting goals.Maddison looking up only to see Oliveira wide, and Murphy and Watkins horizontal to him, does not. Add in Tettey, Reed and Trybull and I think that formation is our best chance of keeping a clean sheet and getting a couple of goals.Games online today apparently so check your chosen streams.Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Morriss 69 Posted December 26, 2017 Further to this, Reed and Trybull can double up with Pinto and Stiepermann when defending, and can cover when the fullbacks push on in attack, and Tettey will sit centrally if we get hit on the break. Makes sense to me, I should be a manager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,423 Posted December 26, 2017 Just out of interest, what was your old user name ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,583 Posted December 26, 2017 Lakey mentioned this formation on another thread and it does look interesting.A 4-3-3 or a similar 4-2-1-3, with the 1 (Vrancic?) being a link between the forward and defensive mids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted December 26, 2017 Like the sond of that Hermy👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,583 Posted December 26, 2017 It''s not happening today. Farke obviously doesn''t read this forum[:D] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paul moy 235 Posted December 26, 2017 You underestimate how hard-working for the team Kane is. Oliveira is not of that ilk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites