The Official Alberbo Zaccheroni Thread (10 Viewers)

ZAF3000

Senior Member
Feb 14, 2005
5,348
I'd rather play with 3 defenders than a single striker.

3-5-2 or 3-4-3 or even 3-4-1-2

You play with a lone striker if you have a midfield that can score and a striker that can create.
 

only-juve

Senior Member
Jan 5, 2008
7,451
I'd rather play with 3 defenders than a single striker.

3-5-2 or 3-4-3 or even 3-4-1-2

You play with a lone striker if you have a midfield that can score and a striker that can create.
I hope we never "ever" play with 3 defenders.

As for the lone striker not working with us, do you remember our biggest win this season ? Against sampdoria 5-1 we played that game with a lone striker and it was our best game.
 

Ken

The Dutch Touch
Aug 17, 2007
13,340
I'd rather play with 3 defenders than a single striker.

3-5-2 or 3-4-3 or even 3-4-1-2

You play with a lone striker if you have a midfield that can score and a striker that can create.
Isn't it the other way around? :p

Our midfield is much more dynamic when we played a single striker formation, we've seen that against Samp and Atalanta. They will, or should be able to, create alot.

The striker will just have to be ready for alot more service and make most of the chances he gets.

And besides, I think that when Giovinco, Diego and whoever play behind that striker, you have plenty of players who can be a real goal scoring threat.
 

giovanotti

ONE MAN ARMY
Aug 13, 2004
13,725
I'd rather play with 3 defenders than a single striker.

3-5-2 or 3-4-3 or even 3-4-1-2

You play with a lone striker if you have a midfield that can score and a striker that can create.
I prefer 3 man behind a lone striker in this situation.

Drogba under Mourinho was a lone striker and he is not able to reate much.
 

ZAF3000

Senior Member
Feb 14, 2005
5,348
Isn't it the other way around? :p

Our midfield is much more dynamic when we played a single striker formation, we've seen that against Samp and Atalanta. They will, or should be able to, create alot.

The striker will just have to be ready for alot more service and make most of the chances he gets.

And besides, I think that when Giovinco, Diego and whoever play behind that striker, you have plenty of players who can be a real goal scoring threat.
Well thats not the case. To make the formation "effective" the lone striker will need to be able to create and open up space. he should be able to pass well and has a sense of creativity and maybe as well vision. Because most of the time he will be facing at least 2 CBs marking him.


I prefer 3 man behind a lone striker in this situation.

Drogba under Mourinho was a lone striker and he is not able to reate much.
I disagree with you. Drogba can create. I am not saying his is a Zidane. But he can take a defender with him and pass a through ball or a cross to his team-mate. Something none of our lone attackers (except in a limited way iaquinta) can do.
When Inter played with Lone striker in Ibrahimovic he was able to create and score. Same goes with Rooney in Many U or Torres in Liverpool. These are top end quality players that can create and score. Both Iaquinta and Amauri are far from their standards. All finishers, i.e. Trezeguet, iaquinta and Amauri, need a supporting striker in the form of Del Piero or Giovinco to open up spaces for them. If these players are in the field but positioned too far from the strikers, the strikers will get isolated and will be an easy target to mark.
 

giovanotti

ONE MAN ARMY
Aug 13, 2004
13,725
I disagree with you. Drogba can create. I am not saying his is a Zidane. But he can take a defender with him and pass a through ball or a cross to his team-mate. Something none of our lone attackers (except in a limited way iaquinta) can do.
When Inter played with Lone striker in Ibrahimovic he was able to create and score. Same goes with Rooney in Many U or Torres in Liverpool. These are top end quality players that can create and score. Both Iaquinta and Amauri are far from their standards. All finishers, i.e. Trezeguet, iaquinta and Amauri, need a supporting striker in the form of Del Piero or Giovinco to open up spaces for them. If these players are in the field but positioned too far from the strikers, the strikers will get isolated and will be an easy target to mark.
But Zaf, I think Amauri with a proper back up consist of 3 creatives

Giovinco---Diego---Camor(or Candreva) can be a deadly weapon...if not him than Iaquinta in the future,but I think Amauri poses technical skills.
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,750
I hope we never "ever" play with 3 defenders.
But just about every time Grygera is on the pitch, we're playing with 3 defenders. :sergio:

Odd that it's only this one. We have loads of threads without the official stuff around it.
It may have been me who added that. The historical logic is because people will create entirely new, duplicate threads. So the extra "official" part was meant to tell posters to keep it all in that one thread.
 

Cirillo

Senior Member
Nov 10, 2009
3,034
I know I'm no coach but surely Zac must play 4-2-3-1 with the current available players. Or if he didn't want to play Gio so wide maybe even a 4-3-2-1 with Diego and Gio sharing the central creative role.

Either way it just means that DP can't start and if things aren't going too well and he brings DP on he can change the formation meaning that the substitution won't be a like for like that rarely ever changes anything???
 

Lo-Pan

Disciple of Gonzo
Feb 11, 2009
2,788
It was refreshing to read Zach's post match comments. They implied he actually understood something of our problems, rather than Ciro's lame and repeated 'we have problems, and must all pull together to solve them'. Identifying our major failings is of course merely the first step, but its already more than what Ciro could discern.

He is obviously not anyone's ideal candidate as our manager. But compared to Ciro, purely on an experience level, he is massively more useful. And to ask him to get us into 4th is not much of a wild dream, as we potentially possess a team, on paper, which is superior to every squad other than Inter and perhaps Milan. All he needs is to try to solve our basic problems, get a win or two under his belt, then coast through to 3rd or 4th.

As to what formation he will or should adopt...I will hope for the 4-2-3-1, or 4-3-2-1. But not with Amauri in attack. he has been our worst player for the last 12 months...I would rather see Paolluci as the lone striker, or Immobile, if Trez and Iaquinta are still injured. DP CANNOT play the lone striker role. No way...

When are Camo, Iaquinta, Trez back in contention???
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 10)