10Jackson 0 Posted April 10, 2013 ...to play the way Hughton would want us to. At Newcastle, he played in a 4-3-2-1 On the 4 player at the back obviously a line if defenders3 across the middle is 2 wingers and a box to box player who can break up play and also is accurate in passing the ball and creating things.2 is the attacking midfielders! He played with 2 attacking midfielders but what I can''t see is why he doesn''t play Hoolahan and butterfield!Obviously 1 up top!I think this is how he wants to turn the team out but to do this we need better quality players! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joanna Grey 0 Posted April 10, 2013 It would not work for us unless we replaced our entire team forward of the back four. As CH has supposedly got plans to buy two wingers and an attacking midfielder I think we can assume that he still wants to play 4-2-3-1.I do think that 4-3-2-1 could work for us now though, with Whittaker, Tettey and Johnson playing behind Snodgrass, Pilkington and a striker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salopian 1 Posted April 10, 2013 We knew before the season that many of the squad would have to play out of their skins to compete in the Premiership. Some were signed to get out of Division 1, others to escape the Championship, and when we faced the Premiership we had to buy on a shoe string. We knew that if we wished to remain in the Premiership, we would have to build over a priod of years. Good Premiership players cost £10m, or more, and outstanding players £20m upwards. Even with the Sky money, there is no way we can afford more than one or two players of the right quality. (I think that the original plan was that we would spend a few years in the Championship while we built up a nucleus of players. In the event to our surprise, and to most people''s, we reached the Premiership after just one year.) It was always going to be difficult to sustain a place in the Premiership, because of limited funds initially. We have to congratulate the managers and staff for the signings they made within their budgets, but they recognise, as everyone does, that it is risky. There have always been "one" season teams in the Premiership who couldn''t make the step up in player quality, because of budget constraints. We all hope that we shall be in the Premiership next season, having spent a little more money in the summer. At the moment it''s a little on "a wing and a prayer" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havemyhowsonit 0 Posted April 10, 2013 And the ''state the obvious post'' goes to... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rolf Harris 30 Posted April 10, 2013 Newcastle and HughtonChampionship; Starting formations Formation League FA Cup League Cup Total 4-4-2 39 3 2 44 4-4-1-1 5 0 0 5 4-5-1 2 0 0 2 Starting 11 GK: #1, Steve Harper, 45 RB: #12, Danny Simpson, 41 CB: #27, Steven Taylor, 23 CB: #2, Fabricio Coloccini, 40 LB: #3, José Enrique, 36 RM: #16, Ryan Taylor, 24 CM: #8, Danny Guthrie, 40 CM: #17, Alan Smith, 33 LM: #18, Jonás Gutiérrez, 36 AM: #4, Kevin Nolan, 47 CF: #24, Andy Carroll, 35 Premier league; Starting formations Last updated on 22 May 2011. Formation League FA Cup League Cup Total 4-4-2 28 1 3 32 4-4-1-1 8 0 0 8 4-5-1 1 0 0 1 5-3-2 1 0 0 1 Starting 11 Last updated on 22 May 2011. No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 26 GK Krul 23 Harper had 18 starts 12 RB Simpson 31 Perch had 11 starts 2 CB Fabricio Coloccini 37 6 CB Mike Williamson 29 Steven Taylor had 12 starts 3 LB José Enrique 36 7 RM Joey Barton 33 4 CM Kevin Nolan 31 Danny Guthrie had 12 starts 24 CM Cheick Tioté 26 Alan Smith had 10 starts 18 LM Jonás Gutiérrez 35 11 AM Peter Lovenkrands 22 Leon Best had 10 starts 23 CF Shola Ameobi 23 Andy Carroll had 18 starts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites