dongonzalos
Well-Known Member
Lampard: New-look Chelsea need time to gel
ESPN staff
July 25, 2012
ESPN staff
July 25, 2012
Are you doing this for a bet?
I think the important point was Moyes played with 2 banks of 4 which according to some is out of date and dominated United who played a more "modern" system. If you think the 2 strikers permanently stand next to each other in a 4-4-2 and behind one another in 4-4-1-1 then I'm glad your just a fan and not in charge.
Yes but isn't that the point of a forum, to vent your frustration or praise the team and people to offer different opinions. If we have to wait 10 games before anyone can give an opinion we may as well shut the site down for a couple of months or talk about the weather or the price of Argentinian plums.
2 banks of 4 is brilliant for defending, not attacking, but as I've noticed when I've watched Everton (I went a couple of times with my Everton ST friend when Cov were away) they don't really keep the 2 banks as they attack as Fellaini got forward with Cahill + Jelavic whilst Gibson stayed back to knock the ball around.
Also, Everton's wingers arn't as advanced (in terms of pushing forward) so they don't play as forward and the same is with Hibbert at RB, solid at defending, not very good at going forward.
Source: Everton ST holder...
Yes but isn't that the point of a forum, to vent your frustration or praise the team and people to offer different opinions. If we have to wait 10 games before anyone can give an opinion we may as well shut the site down for a couple of months or talk about the weather or the price of Argentinian plums.
Totally agree. My point was though that already, some appear to be questionning things about our team, approach, manager, tactics, new signings etc. After two meaningful league games, it's far too early to sit in one camp or the other.
Wow I bet you have a friend at every ground and does he like to whistle or something?
I think you answered it well and highlighted that 4-4-2 is the good system for defending (shame we didnt revert to it for the last 10 minutes on Tuesday as we may have won), and unlike chess, players can move where ever they want when attacking and dont have to stick to 2 rigid banks of 4. I'm glad you like the system which makes Everton punch above its weight. They played well against United and closed them down and did most of the attacking for 70 minutes of the game. I hope Cov put that amount of effort in to beating Bury and if we are in the lead and tiring that Thorn changes something to see the game out.
Totally agree. My point was though that already, some appear to be questionning things about our team, approach, manager, tactics, new signings etc. After two meaningful league games, it's far too early to sit in one camp or the other. There's many variables that can affect things over two games such as fitness, other teams signings, playing only against fancied teams, playing only against un-fancied teams, other teams time to 'gel' etc etc. A more reasoned point can be made after 5-10 games when there's less variables to take into consideration over more games.
If that makes sense?!
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