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Any chance of M'ON going with 3 at the back?

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by mackemrunner, Aug 29, 2012.

  1. mackemrunner

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    Our back 4 is looking really makeshift at the moment, and since we have such a strong attack, why not play to our strenghs? If we played a
    3-2-5-1 we'd still have a solid defensive mid pairing anyway and the goals'd be raining down.

    ----------------------Mig-------------------------

    ---------Bardsley--Celluar---O'Shea------------

    ---------------Colback---Larsson----------------

    --Johnson----------------------------McClean---
    ---------------Dempsey----Sess-----------------

    ----------------------Fletcher--------------------

    Or if we didn't get Dempsey:

    ----------------------Mig-------------------------

    ---------Bardsley--Celluar---O'Shea------------

    ---------------Colback---Larsson----------------

    --Johnson----------------------------McClean---
    ------------------------Sess----------------------

    --------------Fletcher---------Saha--------------
     
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  2. Vincemac

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  3. mackemrunner

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    I don't rate him tbh, he can be good but he's too much of a walking red card. Colback can do his job anyway, and he can also pass
     
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  4. Vincemac

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    Is he not still the captain ?????<bubbly>
     
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  5. mackemrunner

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    yh, but we can give captaincy to Bardsley, or O'Shea. Captaincy isn't important anyway
     
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    Was watching the match last night, and for large parts of it it seemed to be what we were doing anyway, with either gardner or colback bombing up
     
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  7. marcusblackcat

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    Not as well as Cattermole can - I rate Colback but Cattermole is a much better player - and if you watched him last night he played 6 or 7 SUCCESSFUL long range passes to the wing and 3 or 4 which missed their targets and went out for throw ins! Catternole versus Arsenal last week was MOTM for me - Last night after he went off we looked more vulnerable as well.

    I hate that people say "He can't pass" when, if seb larsson had the same passing stats as cattermole last night, everyone would remember the tremendous long passes that he played and not the ones that went astray

    Yes vince he certainly is - and Martin O'Neill took him off so he didn't get banned for Saturday (and he said that in the email he sent me!) so I will stick with Martin's view!
     
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  8. Commachio

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    Dempsey? what ya heard like?
     
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  9. poolie_mackem

    poolie_mackem Well-Known Member

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    what I got told last night was we went with...

    -------------- Westwood --------------

    Gardner -- O'Shea ---- Bramble - Colback

    ------- Larsson --------- Catts --------

    Johnson ------ Sessegnon ----- McClean

    --------------- Fletcher ---------------

    thats the formation I would like to see and I would say our first XI for the foreseeable would be..

    --------------- Mignolet ---------------

    Gardner -- O'Shea ---- Cuellar - Colback

    ------- Larsson --------- Catts --------

    Johnson ------ Sessegnon ----- McClean

    --------------- Fletcher ---------------


    I would love to see us sign 3 players, a LB, a RB and if we are to make another top drawer signing I hope its a a classy CM to play next to Catts

    I posted about going 3/5/2 if we managed to get Dempsey the other day but I would much prefer the 4/2/3/1 which we went with last night
     
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  10. Vincemac

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    cheers Marcus but I can't see him dropping cats can you <bubbly>
     
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    I will still keep catts in my team <bubbly>
     
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  12. marcusblackcat

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    EVERY week without a doubt - best DM at the club by a long way (and this is not in detriment to the other Defensive midfielders - he's just good IMO) - contrary to popular belief he CAN pass a ball and is excellent in the tackle - one moment of red mist since Martin O'Neill arrived at the club (after the game against the mags - and we all though the ref was a ****!)
     
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  13. Meniscus

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    3-2-5-1 - we pulling the keeper? Lol :p
     
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  14. Commachio

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    <applause><applause><laugh>.
     
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  15. mackemrunner

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    3-2-5-1 - we pulling the keeper? Lol

    Ah...don't reckon i'd get far as a manager...
     
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  16. Meniscus

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    At least you got em lined up right on the pitch ;)
     
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  17. San_Paolo

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    i think with 3-2-5-1 we'd win more games than we lose! Wigan were very successful with a 3-4-3 last season and a lot of Italian teams played it last year, prompting the national team to adopt it at the Euros. Could be the future!

    --------------------Mig

    ----------bardo JOS Cuellar

    Larsson Catts Gardner Mcclean

    ------AJ ------- Flecth-------Sess
     
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  18. Commachio

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    You havn't read this thread have you?

    You have to many players, which some may deem illegal.

    You have the correct number of players in your line up, but not 3-2-5-1
     
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  19. San_Paolo

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    yes, i have read it, hence my (supposedly) humorous comment that we'd win a lot of games with the 12 player line up. Thanks for your concern, though.
     
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  20. Commachio

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    Guess i just has a whooosh then.
     
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