Our problem is the flat stupid 442 formation... when Capello used 433 we overcome Real Madrid lead last year.
442 is no where near ideal for the players we have... I will give some examples according to my point of view:
Zambrotta: can anyone tell me that this is the same Zambrotta of Lippi's days? where is his offensive runs? playing 442 with wings is limiting his potential and abilities because with this formation we fully depend on wings to provide crosses and make attacking runs.
Zebina : No matter what is yar formation he will not fit in it... he wasn't destined at first place to become a football player.
Nedved: Neddy is the bigest victim of 442 tactic... playing him on wing is quite madness since ya will lose his long range shoots and ya will limit him in a position that needs dribbleing and crossing and Neddy is surely not a world beater in those categories.
Veira: leaving most of the dirty job to Emerson is like asking Veira to do the creativity part... we all know Veira is not Zidane nor Ronaldinho and not even a Gerrard when it came to creativity.
Zlatan: "ya should collect all the crosses our deffenders sent to ya then after ya control them it is better to convert them into magical goals GO VAN ZLATAN sorry zlatan" should I comment on this one ?
Thuram: obviously he is risking his starting 11 spot because he is not as good as Kovac in playing long balls to Zlatan
I believe 4231 is the best formation we can play... all we need is t relase Zebina and sign Mancini and suddenly we will have a varitey of options to choose from.
----------------------------Buffon
-----Mancini------Canna--------Thuram(Gallas)---Zambrotta
-----------------Emerson---------------Viera
------Mutu(Marchonini)----Neddy-------------DP
-----------------------------Trezeguet