
Originally Posted by
Power_n_Glory
I think that would leave us badly exposed and I think Giroud and Theo would struggle from a lack of service. We'd need a man to play in the hole and between the lines. I don't think we'd get the best of Nasri, Hleb and Rosicky out wide and the started to play a 4-5-1 for a reason. When teams started to field the extra man and sit deep, we struggled to cope. We need to evolve. Looking at old blueprints won't help because teams were very different when we played a 4-4-2.
Do you think our fullbacks will be able to get forward when they're up against Chelsea's 4-3-3 with wingers like Hazard? They'll get pinned back. They'd also be able to stick a DM on Wilshere to stop him from playing all game, we'd really need Wilshere playing up close with Giroud and Theo because both like to run on to passes. Flamini on his own leaves us with a 2vs 1 situation but throwing JW further back means we lose some creativity in the final third. Ozil and Cazorla would have to play a lot more in the middle for it to work. I just can't see Wenger allowing that. Would have to be more like Brazil's old formation.