roverstillidie
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Yawn, PJ, etc.
The top team in 3 of the 4 major european leagues play in a 4-3-3, but perhaps you've realised huge inherent flaws in that system that Ancelotti, Deschamps and Guardiola have overlooked. Doubt that though. One of the nice things about having 3 central midfielders, for example, is that it's theoretically easier to keep possession in a key areas of the pitch. Width can either be provided by fullbacks or outside forwards - on the right hand side we have Akins in the latter role, while on the left we have both Jennings and Cressa who are proficient going forward/from wide positions. We successfully crossed the ball in from open play a number of times on Saturday (you wouldn't know this because you didn't go to the game). The main problem with the 4-3-3 in so much as it concerns us is that, with Labadie injured, we don't really have anyone either a.) willing to get forward and support nochy or b.) who is frankly very good. Mclaren, Mendy and Blanchard are poor central midfielders at this level; a change of formation isn't going to rectify that. That said, a typical two-bank 4-4-2 is 'easier' to play in, so for that reason alone, I would be quite happy if we were to revert to type.
You're legally entitled to do lots of things at a football match, but short of actually getting behind the team vocally, or at least trying to enjoy the game, you aren't being very helpful to either the club or yourself. Your financial contribution is appreciated, but why not save some bother by setting up a direct debit from home?
Firstly last time I checked we played in league 1 not a "top" european league, so whether 4-3-3 works at that level or not is frankly irrelavant. Don't kid yourself into thinking we have wide players, we don't - the closest player we have is Fraughan. The rest are strikers or full backs, and that's Parry's fault.
As for your direct debit attitude, I enjoy watching my club play even if we do lose, so having idiots like you writing arsy comments like that on the internet isn't going to change that.
Oh and just to really wind you up "Cressa" (real name Creswell) should not play at left back - Zoom is a much better player. Creswell should be playing on the left wing if he's going to be in the team or when Zoom is injured, not at the expense of our only decent threat going forward. Whilst Creswell has done well this season, Zoom would still do a better job at left back - Parry's decision to cast aside one of our best players from last season is almost as stupid as his decision to play McLaren or 4-3-3.