There's not a lot of difference between a 4-4-2 with one striker coming deep and a 4-2-3-1.
Our main problem is the inverted winger issue. The whole thing's far too narrow.
Inverted wingers with effective fullbacks works fine. But especially down the right we don't have the width needed from those positions to make it work. So adaptation is needed rather than shoehorning players into a system

