[Albion] 3-5-2!!

[JimmyJayUK]

I hope that aint true

It won't be true...the players would of known who was in the squad yesterday

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I hope that aint true

So do I. However, if he did, he can do one, sorry. Not with players that don't get what we do.

 

[Whitechapel]

3-4-2-1

Ryan
Duffy - Dunk - Goldson
Greyhound - Stephens - Propper - Suttner
March - Groß
Hemed


IMO, like

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I'm excited about today now, 3-5-2 sounds perfick.

 

[BadFish]

Saying on Australian TV that knockeart got in his car and left when he heard he wasn't in the team.

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[Sussex Nomad]

Saying on Australian TV that knockeart got in his car and left when he heard he wasn't in the team.

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To be fair I don't get why he's not on the bench.

 

[djentist]

It isn't a 3-5-2, it looks more like a 5-2-2-1 with Gross and March as no. 10's and with the "wing backs" inevitably being pressed and nullified for large portions of the game. Main point of discussion has to be Knockaert though, what is going on with him?

 

[BadFish]

To be fair I don't get why he's not on the bench.

Should be in the starting line up in my opinion. Not been on the best form recently but still one of our most dangerous players.

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[Sussex Nomad]

It isn't a 3-5-2, it looks more like a 5-2-2-1 with Gross and March as no. 10's and with the "wing backs" inevitably being pressed and nullified for large portions of the game. Main point of discussion has to be Knockaert though, what is going on with him?

Sorry mate, I don't mean to pick on you, but ffs, we have been crying for 3-5-2 and we finally get it and some of you still won't take it. What the f'uck? What don't you get?

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

Sorry mate, I don't mean to pick on you, but ffs, we have been crying for 3-5-2 and we finally get it and some of you still won't take it. What the f'uck? What don't you get?

5-2-2-1 is exactly what it is. Got nothing to do with being 'optimistic'. Suttner is not a winger. End of.

If izquiedo and Knockheart were on, and there were two strikers, you'd have a point. But there aren't. So you don't.

 

[djentist]

Sorry mate, I don't mean to pick on you, but ffs, we have been crying for 3-5-2 and we finally get it and some of you still won't take it. What the f'uck? What don't you get?

No need to get so volatile about it, just stating what I see and I'm being attacked for it. Probably shouldn't expect any different from a football forum but nonetheless I don't appreciate it.
I would happily take a 3-5-2 so long as it's being used positively, this looks anything but however in my humble opinion.
Hughton's made a bold decision in trying to go parallel with Chelsea, and it could work, I'm just pointing out that we're likely to be on the back foot for much of the game which negates any benefits a 3-5-2 has with regards attacking and pressing. Should Schelotto and Suttner be marked out of the game, we'd be starved of supply in wide areas with the formation quickly turning into more of a 5 back, and seeing as we are a unit that relies heavily on the supply from our wide players (which we haven't been getting of late), this could be an accident waiting to happen with us being so narrow in this set up, but we will just have to wait and see.
Shape wise, it doesn't look like a 3-5-2 as Hemed is not alongside a recognised striker or even a shadow striker from the looks of where Gross will be playing. March and Gross look like CAMs or at a stretch, wingers in this lineup. Unless Gross is dropping back into the midfield three and we're playing March as a striker, it can't be a 3-5-2 when we're attacking, it has to be more along the lines of a 3-4-2-1 at best with the two number 10's being considerably far apart from the striker. Wouldn't say we've been crying out for a three man defence, it of course provides you with more bodies centrally and could help with the corner defending problem. If anything we've been crying out for a 4-4-2 (this is what I see people suggesting usually) in light of our impotence going forward, and just for Hughton to work his magic in making these players more disciplined from set pieces.

 

[royceyboy]

I called this formation the other day. It makes so much more sense. Well done to CH for daring to try something different. What do we have to lose?

 

[djentist]

Oh, and what would you know. The plan has gone straight out of the window from the fourth minute. What now, then?

 

[BadFish]

Sake

 

[JonnyCLately]

2-0 - bugger

 

[clapham_gull]

That went well then

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[Thunder Bolt]

3-5-2 & leaking like a sieve

 

[W.C.]

So glad he ‘listened’ to you guys.

 

[sjamesb3466]

So glad he ‘listened’ to you guys.

Quite

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I called this formation the other day. It makes so much more sense. Well done to CH for daring to try something different. What do we have to lose?

4 or 5 goals?