Aston Villa (H) Post Match

[Reece]

As good as Moreno is as a more advanced wing back, I'd still rather we played four at the back. I know he's not been great anywhere on the pitch this season, but I feel Can is wasted at CB. Get him in CM.

[Fredo]

I thought the system suits Clyne as well. He offered a good outlet on the right a lot of times. He's never been great with his end product anyway, but he's a willing runner and is tactically astute to know when to attack and when not.

[RichC]

So would I, I think this system is here to stay for a while though.

I really for the life of me can't see why we're so unwilling to try a 442 though

[Lecter]

You're basing this all off the 433 formation though and I agree what he's brought for that formation doesn't really work for us however the players we have can and do work in alternative formations whilst also offering some squad depth.

Most formations require width either from attacking wide players or fullbacks

To me he's bought far too many central players irrespective of what system he's going to play

[RichC]

The fullbacks in Moreno and Clyne are more than capable of offering the width but for some unfathomable reason he won't play the 442.

[danperkins]

Clearly still not perfect, crap defending at times. But much more fun going forwards so let's enjoy that

was so so much more entertaining

[Lecter]

I thought the system suits Clyne as well. He offered a good outlet on the right a lot of times. He's never been great with his end product anyway, but he's a willing runner and is tactically astute to know when to attack and when not.

Personally I don't think Clyne is suited to being a wingback

[danperkins]

Most formations require width either from attacking wide players or fullbacks

To me he's bought far too many central players irrespective of what system he's going to play

absolutely

Personally I don't think Clyne is suited to being a wingback

Yup he's an out and out defender. Moreno may excel in this formation but Clyne doesn't.

[RichC]

Personally I don't think Clyne is suited to being a wingback

He's far better as part of a back 4

[Lecter]

The fullbacks in Moreno and Clyne are more than capable of offering the width but for some unfathomable reason he won't play the 442.

442 diamond is the most suited but even then it's far from ideal

But again if we are to play 4-4-2 diamond the in balance in the squad is enormous

We have the right number of forwards for this although Benteke might be less suited to this

To play at the tip of the diamond we have Coutinho Lallana and Firmino that's far too many

Behind them we have Can Henderson Milner and Allen

Yet we only have 1 holding player capable of playing at the base of the diamond

[Phoenix07]

We told the German U21 manager and Joachim Low that Can would be played in the DM position this season.

I guess we won't be seeing him there until next year at the very least.

[Fredo]

The fullbacks in Moreno and Clyne are more than capable of offering the width but for some unfathomable reason he won't play the 442.

Rodgers likes his fullbacks to press high up the pitch and rightly so if you have a narrow midfield, but it leaves the defence exposed when we lose the ball. We've been punished a few times and I think he realises that having an extra body in central defence, he can compensate for that. This formation worked when we had the triumvirate of Sterling, Suarez and Sturridge and we were outscoring teams for fun. Now we don't have the same luxury.

[Lecter]

He's far better as part of a back 4

Yep

He's better pushing on from deeper positions than playing higher up the pitch

[Fredo]

Also, Gerrard used to be like a quarter-back in that formation, distributing the ball from the back, so we were transitioning from a defensive position to an attacking one much more quickly.

[tanner]

Is he trying to suggest that people moaning about drawing 1-1 at home against a 4th Division club are out of order

Typical Brendan, a one game win run and he's a genius again. He's an egotistical maniac.