Comments on: Soundoff: What Formation Would You Like To See Return?

By: B.A.

B.A. — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:23:46 +0000

4-2-4-0… What?

By: Marco P.

Marco P. — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:41:10 +0000

3-4-1-2 all the way.

As long as you have 3 very solid center-backs, full power to creating goalscoring chances.

By: tmc

tmc — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:26:50 +0000

Musab – since the winter break Fiorentina have been using a 4-3-1-2 as well. Now that their trequartista, Mario Santana has broken his leg and will be out for the season, I’m not sure whether Prandelli will stick to that setup or make an adjustment. I like the setup as it gives the outside defenders space to get forward, and Fiorentina have a couple of guys who play left back who can do a decent job of that (Vargas and Pasqual).

By: dp

dp — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:09:00 +0000

I’m partial to an old-school 3-4-3 myself, as played by Cruijff’s teams at Barca, which was really a 3-1-3-3 (with Pep as the 1 in front of the back line). I watched Cruijff on YouTube recently give an explanation of why he decided to go with this, which was actually quite compelling. Of course, if someone decides to counterattack from a 4-4-2, you’re toast unless you have the greatest defense on Earth, but it’s so much fun to watch.

By: Telum

Telum — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:23:21 +0000

4-2-4 Forever!

By: George Toland

George Toland — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:25:41 +0000

4-4-2

Two pacy wingers, left winger should be left-footed and the right winger should be right-footed. Pacy L and R backs e.g Clichy bombing up the wings and overlapping the wingers. L and R backs must be better at defending than Clichy though, like Sagna. L and R backs should be a mix between Clichy’s attacking attributes and Sagna’s defensive ones. Two solid centre halves, not Silvestre and Senderos! Ha Ha. One Centre Midfield acts as playmaker, playing through balls etc to the strikers and the other CM, more defensive. One big tall, powerful Striker willing to hold the ball like Adebayor, only better! And one with quicker striker with nimbler feet, RVP! Van Persie!

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:48:19 +0000

6-6-6

By: bjeremey

bjeremey — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:32:31 +0000

1-1-8

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:49:12 +0000

I want to see the return of the Libero. love the 1-4-3-2. formation from heaven

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:34:23 +0000

Oh, Daryl, I thought I was the only one who missed the good ol’ 4-4-2. I just really, really like two strikers on the pitch at the same time.

I could also go for your 3-5-2. Except that I find myself imagining all of these formations for France, and France’s defense sucks, so cutting it down by one player wouldn’t be so great. But in theory…