10-26-2015, 05:18 AM
TBH I think we need to drop the idea of playing with a trequartista unless we employ wide attacking players as well.
In todays game, we have the most successful sides playing with 4-3-3 variants or 4-5-1s or whatnot, but all of them play with attacking wing players or wide. The modern game if thats what you'd like to call it, is very fast pace and while the 4-3-1-2 formations are very technical, I'm a strong advocate that there should be more focus on wide/wing play. And in todays game, there are sadly far more quality wingers than there are trequartistas.
Look at Madrid with Bale/Ronaldo, Barcelona Neymar/Messi, Bayern Robben/Ribery (however they do use trequartistas in many of their matches Gotze/Muller etc.), Chelsea Hazard/Willian.. so on so fourth.
My point is, Berlusconi needs to lose his old school mentality and get rid of this 4-3-1-2 idea. It doesn't work anymore, in todays fast paced game I believe its too static in most cases. And the sides that do use trequartistas in tandem with having wide attacking players usually sacrifice their defensive ability, or there two midfielders behind the trequartista tend to do a lot more tidying up than attacking/creating. Good examples are Chelsea and Bayern. Chelsea usually have Hazard/Willian wide with Oscar down the middle, but Matic and Ramires are both work horses and defensively sound, not to mention a solid backline. Bayern usually has Lahm, Xabi Alonso or Thiago behind Muller or Gotze if they play with a trequartista. Albeit, Bayern is a very versatile side so the formation is more complex than it seems on paper.
My bottom line is: if management want to finally start building a proper squad with the right players, they need to stick to a desirable formation and BUY the right players for it. For example, we shouldn't be on the market for three strikers (Adriano,Balotelli,Bacca) if we decide on a 4-3-3, and furthermore we should have kept ELS and let go of someone else instead, since he would have been a good option at LW. This is why we've messed up another mercato, Berlusconi or Miha (whoever) insisted on a very centrally focused formation in the form of the 4-3-1-2 which as I've said, isnt the best option in todays game. Perhaps what puzzles me even more is that they didnt buy a proper trequartista knowing they'd be playing that formation. I say we stick with a 4-3-3 once and for all, and build our side accordingly. If not, we'll never get anywhere IMO.
I think Menez can do well if he learns how to be more of a team player(slightly) on the left wing, while Bacca is definitely good enough for striker. I think our next two big investments should be in midfield(Moutinho/Gundogan/Witsel) and our right wing. The same way inter got Miranda for like 15mln euros, we should seek out someone like that to pair up with Romagnoli. Not someone completely washed up like Alex, but someone who's solid enough with experience that won't cost an arm and a leg. Just to throw a name out, Ivanovic for example.. I'm sure Miha would like him.
In todays game, we have the most successful sides playing with 4-3-3 variants or 4-5-1s or whatnot, but all of them play with attacking wing players or wide. The modern game if thats what you'd like to call it, is very fast pace and while the 4-3-1-2 formations are very technical, I'm a strong advocate that there should be more focus on wide/wing play. And in todays game, there are sadly far more quality wingers than there are trequartistas.
Look at Madrid with Bale/Ronaldo, Barcelona Neymar/Messi, Bayern Robben/Ribery (however they do use trequartistas in many of their matches Gotze/Muller etc.), Chelsea Hazard/Willian.. so on so fourth.
My point is, Berlusconi needs to lose his old school mentality and get rid of this 4-3-1-2 idea. It doesn't work anymore, in todays fast paced game I believe its too static in most cases. And the sides that do use trequartistas in tandem with having wide attacking players usually sacrifice their defensive ability, or there two midfielders behind the trequartista tend to do a lot more tidying up than attacking/creating. Good examples are Chelsea and Bayern. Chelsea usually have Hazard/Willian wide with Oscar down the middle, but Matic and Ramires are both work horses and defensively sound, not to mention a solid backline. Bayern usually has Lahm, Xabi Alonso or Thiago behind Muller or Gotze if they play with a trequartista. Albeit, Bayern is a very versatile side so the formation is more complex than it seems on paper.
My bottom line is: if management want to finally start building a proper squad with the right players, they need to stick to a desirable formation and BUY the right players for it. For example, we shouldn't be on the market for three strikers (Adriano,Balotelli,Bacca) if we decide on a 4-3-3, and furthermore we should have kept ELS and let go of someone else instead, since he would have been a good option at LW. This is why we've messed up another mercato, Berlusconi or Miha (whoever) insisted on a very centrally focused formation in the form of the 4-3-1-2 which as I've said, isnt the best option in todays game. Perhaps what puzzles me even more is that they didnt buy a proper trequartista knowing they'd be playing that formation. I say we stick with a 4-3-3 once and for all, and build our side accordingly. If not, we'll never get anywhere IMO.
I think Menez can do well if he learns how to be more of a team player(slightly) on the left wing, while Bacca is definitely good enough for striker. I think our next two big investments should be in midfield(Moutinho/Gundogan/Witsel) and our right wing. The same way inter got Miranda for like 15mln euros, we should seek out someone like that to pair up with Romagnoli. Not someone completely washed up like Alex, but someone who's solid enough with experience that won't cost an arm and a leg. Just to throw a name out, Ivanovic for example.. I'm sure Miha would like him.
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