Super Scotty Murray Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I am a fan of Derek McInnes but his team selections recently have been quite interesting to say the least. I didn't go to the Crawley game but saw Millwall and Brighton games and in both we played 4-4-2 and in both we were awful. 4-4-2 does not work with our players, it exposes our defence and we cannot keep possession of the ball. When Derek first joined we played 4-5-1 with Cisse holding, allowing Marvin and Kilkenny to push high up the pitch and allowing our wingers freedom and it worked - I just don't understand why he has changed it! I feel like it is mainly because he wants to play 4-5-1 but does not want to drop Maynard so he is trying to play a formation to fit him in - which I think is wrong if this is the case. Now we have Wood we have a perfect player to play in a 4-5-1 - it does not have to be negative as long as you play high up the pitch and close down, taking advantage of the extra body in Midfield. If he really doesn't want to drop Maynard he could play on the left in a 4-5-1, he has done it before, but personally I would drop him on recent performances. My advice would be get Cisse in, get back to playing the way we did when Derek first joined and we will be ok. We still need a creative midfielder and a dominating centre back but with the players we have, there is no reason why we shouldn't be able to stay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I am a fan of Derek McInnes but his team selections recently have been quite interesting to say the least. I didn't go to the Crawley game but saw Millwall and Brighton games and in both we played 4-4-2 and in both we were awful. 4-4-2 does not work with our players, it exposes our defence and we cannot keep possession of the ball. When Derek first joined we played 4-5-1 with Cisse holding, allowing Marvin and Kilkenny to push high up the pitch and allowing our wingers freedom and it worked - I just don't understand why he has changed it! I feel like it is mainly because he wants to play 4-5-1 but does not want to drop Maynard so he is trying to play a formation to fit him in - which I think is wrong if this is the case. Now we have Wood we have a perfect player to play in a 4-5-1 - it does not have to be negative as long as you play high up the pitch and close down, taking advantage of the extra body in Midfield. If he really doesn't want to drop Maynard he could play on the left in a 4-5-1, he has done it before, but personally I would drop him on recent performances. My advice would be get Cisse in, get back to playing the way we did when Derek first joined and we will be ok. We still need a creative midfielder and a dominating centre back but with the players we have, there is no reason why we shouldn't be able to stay up. top post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I think injurys had somthing to do with it, with Albert and Pearson being out he must of felt that there wasn't enough balance to play 4-5-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 What formation does this imbalanced squad suit??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcbs20 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 What formation does this imbalanced squad suit??! 631 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Loyal Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I think that the injurys did play a part in the decision...but we are awful at 442...strange really as lot of people on here kept moaning about 451 and we asking for 442...now hopefully see that it does work. Saturdays line-up will be very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC_Dan Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 It was particularly surprising to see 4-4-2 deployed in an away match against decent ball-playing opposition, although not being there myself I'm unsure as to how they actually lined up. Did we have any wingers or was it a very narrow formation, considering that 3 of the starting midfielders like to play centrally and Woolford is hardly a "traditional" winger. The only reasons I can think of for playing 4-4-2 are that our 4-5-1 system has been worked out, but that's fine in a tough away game where we should look first to stifle and only worry about creativity as a secondary measure, or to involve Pitman as he cannot play as a lone striker. To play 2 up front and not involve Pitman is baffling to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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