What other tactic would you use?
We really don't have the players for 4-3-3. Who would you use out wide? Gio and Mirko would be far too attacking and leave big gaps down the wings. Tevez says he wants to play central and would probably be wasted there. Padoin?
I am happy to give it a try but really do not think that it is the answer to all our problems like some people.
I don't think a formation would necessarily provide a fix right now as the problem seems to lie with how stale we have become in our system of play which has become predictable.
I think we are being overly rigid with our play as we really have to grind out our chances, especially with the only 'flowing' part of our game, the wingbacks tend to be doubled up on more often than not these days. I think our midfield has suddenly become too static and in any event they seem to try to do one of two things.
a) Spread the ball out to the wings
b) take a shot from distance
Obviously neither of these are working, watching Vidal make that one two with Tevez and burst through on goal made me wonder why our mids aren't allowed to commit to attack like that. You watch Inter and you see how their mids play though-balls and get involved in the attack a lot.
It's baffling since we have Vidal and Marchisio who are both so good going forward (see 2011/12 season) why we don't play like this any more, yes we have Tevez but the idea is to supplement him otherwise putting a clear division between attack and mid will just make him predictable. He's so good at doing his own share of getting involved that we really should be focusing on this as opposed to wing play as our primary method of attack.
The tandem of Marchisio/Vidal and Tevez is so obvious it hurts. I really don't know if it's Conte's instructions to be so rigid in order to preserve energy or if we're just not hitting our stride. But too much of a habit will become normal practice.
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