Backup Strikers

In case , God forbids as they say , Giroud is unavailable to play , we will revert to 4-4-2 . We can pair Bendtner and Theo upfront or play Bendtner on his own if need be .
We need to understand that it is a professional game . Bendtner has messed up but he deserves a second chance . He knows he should have left as Wenger made it clear he was no longer in his plan . But , the club interest must come first . If we have no options and Bendtner is there , we have to swallow our pride ( emotions ) as fans and get behind him for the sake of the team .

Higuain and Ozil would have been fantastic additions. We’d have been title contenders for sure. But I also think we can make better use of Podolski and Walcott up front. Pod really has to work on his movement but I’m hoping with Cazorla and Ozil behind him, they’d draw more defenders out and create a lot more space for him to ghost around. Theo….I think he just needs games and he’d be a handful for anyone. Really not a fan of him playing on the right flank.

There is no way in hell we're going back to 4-4-2.

Which is a shame.

4-4-2 is the formation which brought us all our success.

4-5-1/4-3-3 has been a disaster.

Not saying we should stick with 4-4-2 all the time but to mix it up a little.

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Originally Posted by Cripps

Which is a shame.

4-4-2 is the formation which brought us all our success.

4-5-1/4-3-3 has been a disaster.

Not saying we should stick with 4-4-2 all the time but to mix it up a little.

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That was over 10 years ago. Football has moved on.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

That was over 10 years ago. Football has moved on.

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Well it's clear our current formation hasn't and isn't working.

We started to play it to bring the best out of Cesc to the detriment of the team. Likewise when he left, we did it for RVP. They individually were great. Team wise we sucked.

Both gone. Time for 4-4-2 to come home

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Originally Posted by Cripps

Well it's clear our current formation hasn't and isn't working.

We started to play it to bring the best out of Cesc to the detriment of the team. Likewise when he left, we did it for RVP. They individually were great. Team wise we sucked.

Both gone. Time for 4-4-2 to come home

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How many teams play a successful 4-4-2 formation now?

Plenty of teams have played with our formation or a variation of our formation and won. There is nothing wrong with it.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

How many teams play a successful 4-4-2 formation now?

Plenty of teams have played with our formation or a variation of our formation and won. There is nothing wrong with it.

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Couldn't care less who else plays it. It's the best for us. Quite clearly in fact.

But to answer your question, man city won the title playing 4-4-2. Man utd played Wazza and the cunt up front last season. Guess what they won the title as well.

Nothing wrong with the formation if we have the players capable of playing it. We don't. We don't ave a genuine winger in the squad and that pretty much kills the formation.

However we are short on strikers this season so do what we are doing til January and hope against all hope we are still in the race for a trophy or and then get a striker in and go back to the tried and trusted.

No one plays with 2 strikers anymore really, even the Mancs use Wazza in a deeper role now or leave him on the bench.

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Originally Posted by Cripps

Couldn't care less who else plays it. It's the best for us. Quite clearly in fact.

But to answer your question, man city won the title playing 4-4-2. Man utd played Wazza and the cunt up front last season. Guess what they won the title as well.

Nothing wrong with the formation if we have the players capable of playing it. We don't. We don't ave a genuine winger in the squad and that pretty much kills the formation.

However we are short on strikers this season so do what we are doing til January and hope against all hope we are still in the race for a trophy or and then get a striker in and go back to the tried and trusted.

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But we don’t have the players. The midfield is too small and we don’t have the wingers. We’re struggling for fluidity already and there is no way we’d get away with it. What’s the team we’d play or what’s your idea for a 4-4-2? I flat midfield is certainly out of the question in my eyes. And Rooney played behind the striker.

If we don’t have the wingers for a 4-3-3 then why play a 4-4-2 where we have wide players sitting even further back from the final third and have to depend on their dribbling skills to move things forward? The only reason why Theo and Pod work and get the numbers they do now is because they’re always playing in the final third and getting the space they need.

What team would you play in a 4-4-2?