Vinnyjag Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 Archie said in BT interview that his preferred formation was 4-2-3-1, which is fine,however it does give him selection headaches (which is good), in that assuming Osman hadn't been sent off on Sat, if you bring Keown back into the team who would you leave out of Saturday's team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgaejag Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 Best team for 4-2-3-1: Cerny Elliot Devine Keown booth Bannigan Barton Spittal erskine lawless Doolan Harsh on big abs but him and Barton can't play together so it was either or. Hopefully this will create healthy completion to get better performances. If we play four at the back most of this season we need another cb as we have seen Barton can't play in a back four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'm assuming in you're hypothetical question you're meaning we're still playing Airdrie? And Abdul would've been a certain starter to get game time, as would Keown? If so I find it hard to imagine we need two deeper midfielders but that's the preferred system. So I'd drop Bannigan and play Barton alongside Abdul for no other reason as we're a bit short in height. So Cerny Elliott Keown Devine Booth Barton Osman Spittal Erskine Lawlwss Doolan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'd say whatever formation is played we'll always have selection problems (which in a way is good). It's just that the problems will be in different areas. For instance 3-5-2 allows Barton to play in the middle of a back 3 and allows Edwards-Osman-Bannigan to play in the middle. But then you have to drop 2 from Erskine, Lawless, Spittal. We might be better playing 3-4-3 with centre 2 of Barton and Bannigan (Booth and Elliot wing backs of course) and then you could play 3 out of 4 of our current attack. You'd still have to drop one though. See what I mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 You have much bigger selection problems when your shape isn't flexible and you're short if quality players (which was the position when we were first promoted) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 The selection problem (if problem is the right word) is that we have 7 midfielders who you could justify starting every week. Barton, Osman, Bannigan, Erskine, Spittal, Lawless and Edwards. I can't think of any formation that can accommodate all of them. We don't have the same competition for starting places up front or at the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Which of course is why the manager is trying to sign a forward, a centre back and (maybe) a right back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Replying to post 3 by LIB I would take out Lawlwss and put in Lawleff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 The selection problem (if problem is the right word) is that we have 7 midfielders who you could justify starting every week. Barton, Osman, Bannigan, Erskine, Spittal, Lawless and Edwards. I can't think of any formation that can accommodate all of them. We don't have the same competition for starting places up front or at the back Easy. Play 3-7-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Replying to post 3 by LIB I would take out Lawlwss and put in Lawleff. Erskene might also be available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Easy. Play 3-7-0. Sorry, but we don't want Avril as our manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Erskene might also be available. I quite like that guy Doohlan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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