Thread: Time For A Change?

Originally Posted by weirddave

The 4-5-1 would only suit Berbatov. He likes to lounge around upfront and have the ball spoon-fed to him, but when he gets the ball, he does damage.

Not suggesting we buy him back though. Let's go after Huntelaar again :P

What like he has done so admirably in the absence of Rooney?

We can't play 4-5-1 with either Defoe or Crouch as they would not be able to hold the ball up long enough! Simple as, possibly Pav would be able to do it, but as he is going to fook off at the end of the season,and who can blame him? There is not much chance of that happening.

4-3-3 What like we did in Ardiles's reign, just trading goals and keeping our fingers crossed that we will score 1 more than our opponents, ffs I have heard it all now.

What difference would 4-5-1 have made yesterday? Why can't we see that Pompey are sh1t and if we had played anything like to our potential we would have won easily.

The players need to take a long hard look at themselves cos they let us all down, no amount of discussion about formations, pitches, refereeing decisions, or quiet crowd however well intentioned is going to change our basic problem and that ultimately comes down to attitude.

Some clubs have it some don't, we will see which camp we fall into during the last few games of the season.

I've said this before, formations should be able to be changed throughout a game

we need to build this team that gets the best out of Modders. to me he seems a bit wasted at the moment.

We just need a top quality striker with movement and the goals will come.

Originally Posted by Huddlestone

a 4-5-1 never works with Tottenham. We simply dont have the players to play that formation well. Harry Redknapp is not a tactical manager. Hes a good disciplineren who has good Man Management and who is good at giving youth a go and has Transfer Market awareness for bargains and co. When ever Harry trys to experiment beyond 4-4-2 it usually goes horribly wrong.

Except when he was at Portsmouth, when he ran a 4-5-1, among other formations, to great effect.

As your post indicates, its really down to personnel. I don't agree with this media-driven canard that somehow Harry doesn't understand tactics. Of course he knows how to run a 4-5-1. Hell, I know how to run a 4-5-1. So, judging by your posts, do you and several others on this thread.

We're not talking about building a hadron supercollider here. Problem is getting players for whom such a system is ideal, and they're not always available, especially last summer. I don't think we have the striker for it now, tbh, but I agree that we need to make it an option in the future.

the current formation and tactic really sucks...i would like to see more team play...iv seen only flashes of it...

None of our strikers are good enough to play up-front on their own.
To play like that, we would need to buy a new striker, and a top, top class one at that.

I dont really think its time for a change so much, but we do need the ability to be flexable and change our formation when needed. I think while Lennon's been out, is when we've needed to be able to adjust because the 4-4-2 that we play needs at least one pacey, direct winger. The 4-4-2 is typically English and requires fast, direct play...with no pace this isnt working as well as it could, or did with Lennon.

Originally Posted by stroud_jm

Except when he was at Portsmouth, when he ran a 4-5-1, among other formations, to great effect.

He sometimes played a 4-3-3 to fair effect. When they tried 4-5-1 they tied with the Prem record for consecutive goalless draws!

defoe.. cant play by him self, and not a good all around striker.. crouch. cant play by himself. pav, has the ability. but needs the workrate.. we need a player that can do it all like rooney, tevez, torres, drogba.. a player that can create goals. score. and help the team in every aspect...