Team and formation for next season

[Berty23]

Before I start I am an absent fan who lives in Warwick and my wife works Saturdays so I have the kids, therefore this is based on what I have seen on tv, heard on radio and read about. The only game I saw last year was cov away so not going on that!

It seems to me that we need one more player. That is a strong tackling, ball playing centre mid. A poor man's yaya toure. I know there is discussion for a big strong striker but do we need one? It would be good but I mean need.

It would make sense for us to set up 4 2 3 1.

The back five pick themselves bar dunk or el abd.

If we had birdcutt alongside the player mentioned above we could then have kaz, Vicente and Buckley behind cms.

Is gus against such a formation? To me it seems The way forward.

Gus wants us to play like Spain and man city so let's do it!

 

[Weststander]

Kuschak
Santor-Greer-El-Abd-Bridge
Midfield powerhouse t.b.a. & Bridcutt
Buckley Vicente Noone
New class striker t.b.a.

= 4-2-3-1

 

[Skaville]

Kuschak
Santor-Greer-El-Abd-Bridge
Midfield powerhouse t.b.a. & Bridcutt
Buckley Vicente Noone
New class striker t.b.a.

= 4-2-3-1

You forgot "Number Nine, Ashley Barnes"

 

[wallyback]

You forgot "Number Nine, Ashley Barnes"

lua lua for noone surely

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Kuszczak
Bruno Greer Abd Bridge
Hitzlsperger Bridcutt
Buckley Vicente Lua Lua
CMS/Rhodes

 

[beardy gull]

Thank goodness 7 subs is back.

 

[Berty23]

But gus does not like two wingers though does he? I think Buckley and kaz/noone can play not as wingers. Barnes could play up top if cms out*




* cue demands for me to be banned.

 

[hola gus]

lua lua for noone surely

Not for me I'm afraid. I would pick Noone before Lua Lua using Kaz as the impact sub

 

[Skaville]

Barnes starts every week when people predict him to be dropped constantly. Calderon was one of our best players in the second half of last season. Poyet rarely plays two wingers yet we have four. There should be at least two more players arriving and could still be players exiting. We have to find a formation where we win with Vicente. Let's face it, none of us have a scooby.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

A touch more direct? well maybe replace the word direct with incisive in the final 3rd?

 

[Aristotle]

People saying that Gus doesn't like playing two wingers - the only reason he hasn't to date is because the rest of the team hasn't been solid enough. That will be different this season. Expect 4-4-2.

 

[Skaville]

People saying that Gus doesn't like playing two wingers - the only reason he hasn't to date is because the rest of the team hasn't been solid enough. That will be different this season. Expect 4-4-2.

One thing I will never expect from a Brighton side under Gustavo Poyet is 4-4-2. He doesn't like it and I can't see us playing it.

 

[Aristotle]

One thing I will never expect from a Brighton side under Gustavo Poyet is 4-4-2. He doesn't like it and I can't see us playing it.

Well there's 4-4-2 and there's 4-4-2. There will still be huge flexibility with players given the freedom to roam around, so no it won't be a rigid 4-4-2, but it will be more like that than anything else - the point is there will be space for two of Noone, Lua Lua and Buckley rather than just one.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

One thing I will never expect from a Brighton side under Gustavo Poyet is 4-4-2. He doesn't like it and I can't see us playing it.

It would be his dream-really it would

 

[drop dead fred]

One thing I will never expect from a Brighton side under Gustavo Poyet is 4-4-2. He doesn't like it and I can't see us playing it.

Where did you hear that??

he's said in the past that's his favoured formation but has not had the players to play it up to now

 

[jackanada]

So where is Harley playing?

 

[Skaville]

Where did you hear that??

he's said in the past that's his favoured formation but has not had the players to play it up to now

I thought he said it last season, Maybe I'm going mad.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

I thought he said it last season, Maybe I'm going mad.

He has always favoured 4-4-2 as a base going 4-2-4 when in attack with loosening to 6-4-0 during box overload and if we need to really push 2-2-6 to save a game...

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Kuszczak
Saltor, El Abd, Greer, Bridge
Barnes, Navarro, Bridcutt,
Vicente, Lua Lua
CMS

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Kuschak
Santor-Greer-El-Abd-Bridge
Midfield powerhouse t.b.a. & Bridcutt
Buckley Vicente Noone
New class striker t.b.a.

= 4-2-3-1

Santor...