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Originally Posted by Ninja_Assassin
The Origi-Benteke partnership has been in existence for some years already with both playing in Belgium's youth teams.... and they complement each other very well too.
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I hope you are right. We will be able to know soon.
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Originally Posted by masterwanker
Will this be the way the players will lined up next season ?
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I think we will play a few systems instead of 1 fixed formation. Milner is mostly seen as a direct replacement for Gerrard. Your diagram leaves out wingers like Lallana, Ibe, Markovic. Highly unlikely with the wages they are on.
Please read this article. Very well-written.
http://www.espnfcasia.com/club/liver...ling-confusion. I've highlighted parts of the article in bold.
When such conversation turns towards these plans, most managers are scornful of discussing formations. Some will tell you that all of those combinations (4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 3-5-2) are broadly the same when you set them out. Others will sigh, exasperated, and point out that the thing journalists and fans alike never understand is that you play one formation with the ball and one without. They don't teach their players what to do in one shape, but in two, three or four, depending on the context of the game.
Even now, some managers will tell you that it does not really matter how you construct a side because it all comes down to the quality of the players. That may seem a somewhat Jurassic approach to things but it contains a kernel of truth. Tactical coaching is as much about developing individual movements and curating partnerships as it is about instructing an entire team. The players you have define how you play a system.
Nevertheless, such formations provide a useful shorthand for us mere mortals. They may not represent exactly what a manager is trying to do and they may not capture every nuance, but they are still the best approximation we have. Things tend to be better when you can tell, more or less, what the general idea is, when you have some inkling of how a team might look.