It would make sense.
For me though, I can't see us staying up playing 4-4-2. We've got all the big boys at home, who generally play 3 in the middle and so far we've picked up a point against Liverpool, City and United. Performances were good against Liverpool and City and I personally thought we were average against United. The problem is, despite playing well we haven't got the points. I think we have to play 4-2-3-1 and become solid in the middle of the park and grind out wins against the big boys at home.
Playing 4-4-2 away, in the games we have is basically going to be like watching basketball. Look at how the home games against the same opposition were played out. We could quite easily have lost to Leicester, Burnley and WBA. We have to go away and try and win of course but also make sure we don't lose. We need to be solid and in my opinion playing 4-2-3-1 we can also counter attack. It's not a defensive formation as we have full backs who like to get forward, it's just becoming solid in the middle of the park and forcing teams wide and letting our centre half's deal with the crosses coming in, which I think they're suited too.
Anyway, back on topic. Considering what I've said above, Charlie or Adebayor will be on the bench, neither happy. If we do sign a big name striker like Adebayor then I'll be worried because to me it signals 4-4-2 and I don't give us a prayer of staying up playing that way.
For me though, I can't see us staying up playing 4-4-2. We've got all the big boys at home, who generally play 3 in the middle and so far we've picked up a point against Liverpool, City and United. Performances were good against Liverpool and City and I personally thought we were average against United. The problem is, despite playing well we haven't got the points. I think we have to play 4-2-3-1 and become solid in the middle of the park and grind out wins against the big boys at home.
Playing 4-4-2 away, in the games we have is basically going to be like watching basketball. Look at how the home games against the same opposition were played out. We could quite easily have lost to Leicester, Burnley and WBA. We have to go away and try and win of course but also make sure we don't lose. We need to be solid and in my opinion playing 4-2-3-1 we can also counter attack. It's not a defensive formation as we have full backs who like to get forward, it's just becoming solid in the middle of the park and forcing teams wide and letting our centre half's deal with the crosses coming in, which I think they're suited too.
Anyway, back on topic. Considering what I've said above, Charlie or Adebayor will be on the bench, neither happy. If we do sign a big name striker like Adebayor then I'll be worried because to me it signals 4-4-2 and I don't give us a prayer of staying up playing that way.
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