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LiquidPLP

Senior Member
Jun 9, 2012
12,237
twisting my words won't help your cause, I've never said tevez is a better amc than ss, I said tevez is good enough as amc especially when he won't play wide.

I'm sorry that you are dumb enough not to be able to understand why having a litch behind isla on the right side is better than one of them alone to cover the entire side, the same thing on the left.

litch - barza - chiellini - ogbonna

vidal - pogba

isla - tevez - asamoah/giovinco

llorente

no reason why such plan can't work especially WITHOUT even trying to.
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I've said many times: it'll be easier to get an offensive winger (or wingers) than finding a good enough Pirlo's replacement. This is what I wanted to add besides what napoleonic just said. The bolded is exactly the argument I use too.
 

rakib567

Senior Member
Apr 27, 2013
10,087
Alternatively, conte likes a 4-2-4 (which is a 4-4-2 technically) with:

buffon

litchsteiner barzagli chiellini ogbonna

vidal pirlo

giovinco tevez llorente asamoah​


by putting pirlo in a 2 man midfield it gives him space and then he can pass the ball to wingers instead of the 3rd midfielder. He looked awesome in that formation at the begging of the 2011-2012 season. i don't understand why people argue that pirlo needs "cover"... he dosen't.
 
Jul 20, 2012
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Alternatively, conte likes a 4-2-4 (which is a 4-4-2 technically) with:

buffon

litchsteiner barzagli chiellini ogbonna

vidal pirlo

giovinco tevez llorente asamoah​


by putting pirlo in a 2 man midfield it gives him space and then he can pass the ball to wingers instead of the 3rd midfielder. He looked awesome in that formation at the begging of the 2011-2012 season. i don't understand why people argue that pirlo needs "cover"... he dosen't.
First off Asa is not a winger, so stop insisting that we play him there.
Secondly with Pirlo in a 2 man midfield you are basically playing with one man. Pirlo isnt that fast and if he gets caught out you have to hope that gio and asa are tracking back. If we wont play a 4-3-3 we sure in hell wont play a 4-2-4
 

Hydde

Minimiliano Tristelli
Mar 6, 2003
38,987
twisting my words won't help your cause, I've never said tevez is a better amc than ss, I said tevez is good enough as amc especially when he won't play wide.

I'm sorry that you are dumb enough not to be able to understand why having a litch behind isla on the right side is better than one of them alone to cover the entire side, the same thing on the left.

litch - barza - chiellini - ogbonna

vidal - pogba

isla - tevez - asamoah/giovinco

llorente

no reason why such plan can't work especially WITHOUT even trying to.
I like this formation. Really.

Just get a really good attacking player to replace giovinco or Isla...and bam!
 

napoleonic

Senior Member
Sep 7, 2010
4,129
First off Asa is not a winger, so stop insisting that we play him there.
Secondly with Pirlo in a 2 man midfield you are basically playing with one man. Pirlo isnt that fast and if he gets caught out you have to hope that gio and asa are tracking back. If we wont play a 4-3-3 we sure in hell wont play a 4-2-4
asa wasn't an LWB either, stop posting stupid argument, asa and isla may never be the ideal wingers, but that's what we have, however that doesn't mean they will be just totally sucks as wingers because of : a. not every wingers in the world are nanis robbens di marias, asa and isla have enough skills for the wingers position; b. because all this time, we only seen them playing a role that is TOO DEMANDING for them, as I've said no one will be adequate as sole wide player on a team in today football, they are too burdened with defending and attacking with just little help from our CMs+CBs, having another man on their side to help them will ease the burden and help them more whether in attack or defense;

so we don't need a complete overhaul of the squad like some said, to play with multiple wide players, remember the first 11/12 season? we played with vucinic and pepe/estigarribia as wingers/wide ss hardly world beater, no one in their right mind can straightly say that asa+isla is of any worse than that.
 

Hist

Founder of Hism
Jan 18, 2009
11,620
asa wasn't an LWB either, stop posting stupid argument, asa and isla may never be the ideal wingers, but that's what we have, however that doesn't mean they will be just totally sucks as wingers because of : a. not every wingers in the world are nanis robbens di marias, asa and isla have enough skills for the wingers position; b. because all this time, we only seen them playing a role that is TOO DEMANDING for them, as I've said no one will be adequate as sole wide player on a team in today football, they are too burdened with defending and attacking with just little help from our CMs+CBs, having another man on their side to help them will ease the burden and help them more whether in attack or defense;

so we don't need a complete overhaul of the squad like some said, to play with multiple wide players, remember the first 11/12 season? we played with vucinic and pepe/estigarribia as wingers/wide ss hardly world beater, no one in their right mind can straightly say that asa+isla is of any worse than that.
I now see the light. I agree with you.
Asa wasnt a LWB but managed to play well in that position ...therefore it is perfectly natural to conclude that Asa can play as goalkeeper, a winger, striker, a regista, a coach or a referee and will always do well!

We dont need to buy new players if we change to formations with very different player roles, we can always make all our players play out of position and they will always do well because Asa wasn't a WB but plays there well now!

You don't have Wingers in the squad? don't buy some!.. make some! You dont have a left back? thats easy! make a central defender into one! You dont have a right winger? thats easy make a wing back into one!

They dont have to be world beaters at their positions... the team doesnt even have to win! Whats important is that to have multiple wide players. They dont have to be any good or suited to that role at all.. they just have to be wide! Because if Asa can make a change from CM to WB then ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

You dont have brains? Thats easy! use your shoe instead you'll probably have better ideas.
 

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