But do people trust a 4 man backline where the left side consists of Bonucci and De Ceglie? Bonucci has improved so much, but I'm still not sure if I would place that kind of pressure on him just yet.
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We're obviously not playing to our full potential, and have thrown away the past 2 games. What could we lose by switching to a 4-3-3 for a few games until our essential 352 players return?
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Barzagli - Bonucci - Chiellini
Lichtsteiner - Vidal - Pirlo - Marchisio - Asamoah
Giovinco - Vucinic
Barzagli - Bonucci - Chiellini
Lichtsteiner - Vidal - Pirlo - Marchisio - Asamoah
Giovinco - Vucinic
After saying that I'm not sure if you really watch Juve play this season. In 3-5-2 we sit deeper in our half and it's easier for opponents to keep possession, on our half too.
4-3-3 fixes some things that are broken now, for example:
- we lose possession too easily, because when we get the ball back we have nobody to play the ball to as we sit deeper at the back and we can't counter attack.
- because we have only 2 wingers that have mostly defensive duties our game is narrow. Attacking style of play requires using whole width and height of the field. We don't do that.
- because of lack of offensive wingers it's a lot harder for us to counter attack and keep possession but also it's easier for opponents to cut off our forward line, especially when we play Giovinco - Matri. First is outmuscled in the middle, the other can't keep the ball for a second.
- we don't finish our opponents off because we back of when we score instead of putting some pressing.
- with 3-5-2 our build up play is very slow and predictable.
It's true that 4-3-3 doesn't really fix our goal-scoring problems but it's not like we don't face it with 3-5-2. The difference is with 3-5-2 we don't have that much clear opportunities to score, while with 4-3-3 we were very frustrating in the front of goal.
Our style is what worries me the most at the moment. We don't really attack like we used to, we don't put any pressure on opponents, we're nonchalant. It's like we don't care or are always tired. I think we can utilize our players better in 4-3-3 or even 4-4-2 than 3-5-2. It's clearly visible now when we lost 2-3 players, spent millions on depth players who just can't fill it.
Whatever formation we choose we need to get back to the style we presented last season: pressing while we lose the ball, and play faster with keeping the ball when we're in possession.
4-3-3 fixes some things that are broken now, for example:
- we lose possession too easily, because when we get the ball back we have nobody to play the ball to as we sit deeper at the back and we can't counter attack.
- because we have only 2 wingers that have mostly defensive duties our game is narrow. Attacking style of play requires using whole width and height of the field. We don't do that.
- because of lack of offensive wingers it's a lot harder for us to counter attack and keep possession but also it's easier for opponents to cut off our forward line, especially when we play Giovinco - Matri. First is outmuscled in the middle, the other can't keep the ball for a second.
- we don't finish our opponents off because we back of when we score instead of putting some pressing.
- with 3-5-2 our build up play is very slow and predictable.
It's true that 4-3-3 doesn't really fix our goal-scoring problems but it's not like we don't face it with 3-5-2. The difference is with 3-5-2 we don't have that much clear opportunities to score, while with 4-3-3 we were very frustrating in the front of goal.
Our style is what worries me the most at the moment. We don't really attack like we used to, we don't put any pressure on opponents, we're nonchalant. It's like we don't care or are always tired. I think we can utilize our players better in 4-3-3 or even 4-4-2 than 3-5-2. It's clearly visible now when we lost 2-3 players, spent millions on depth players who just can't fill it.
Whatever formation we choose we need to get back to the style we presented last season: pressing while we lose the ball, and play faster with keeping the ball when we're in possession.
