I will revisit this immediately View

My next dog will be Snitter.

Have you spelled that correctly Heb?

The plague dogs was really boring, put it down after the first chapter.

Snit then?

Sheep Thrills

Im not sure if anybody mentioned it before, but Chelsea were pretty poor the first couple of games this season. Their manager did not change the players, he changed the formation. Looks a pretty good idea to me.

Another myth.

Chelsea won virtually all their games in August and September. They lost two on the trot in late September, away to Arsenal and home to Liverpool. Not all that surprising as Arsenal always seem to start the season strong and they hit 5 past Leicester last season. Liverpool were playing well at the time and have a good record at Stamford Bridge in recent seasons. It is very rare for a team to go through a season without losing and it could just be coincidence that it was two on the trot.

Was their improvement due to a formation change? Well if you look when 3 5 2 is defending then they have two wide defenders and three central. When we defend in 4 3 3 we have two wide defenders and the defensive midfieder drops back to help the two central defenders so how is that different.

When the attack in 3 5 2 the third central defender goes forward and the two wide defenders now attack down the flanks. When we attack our two wide defenders attack down the flanks and the defensive midfielder moves forward. again how are the two systems different.

However you line up your players on paper they have to be able to try and control the available space so will have to move out of the way they are lined up. It's such a simple game.

When we defend in 4-3-3 the defensive midfielder does not join the two centre halves. He stays in front of the back four.

When attacking, it depends on how the attack is constructed. Rarely does one of three centre halves actually join an attack but having three does allow both full backs to get well forward as there is a bit of protection. Obviously there is a difference between having two or only one central striker. At a very basic level if a player flicks it on and there is nobody there the attack generally ends.

The differences are subtle which is why they elude some of us. Football is a quick game so a difference in starting position of only ten yards or so can have a big effect, even if counting up the outfield players remains ten.

Yes I am just like the little boy in the kings new clothes. I can't see the delicate stitches but you obviously can.

Dare I suggest Chelsea lineup on a piece of paper in a 3-4-3 not a 3-5-2?

That Nugent's a bit thick. He thinks we have been playing with a new formation and that the change has made a difference.

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/striker-david-nugent-gives-derby-county-s-new-formation-the-thumbs-up/story-30180861-detail/story.html

Typical bum licking from Nuge, he knows damn well that he would have referred Vydra along side him.

4-2-3-1

'Nugent would have preferred Vydra alongside him'



There was NOBODY alongside him, Divhead; he was the '1' in the 4-2-3-1. FFS, you're making Spurt look positively sane with your ramblings.

#MoreWaterWithIt #SpecialBrewAnd606DontMix #SaveDru

In context please 666.

I wrote that he was bum licking, therefore saying what he thought the manager wanted to hear.

What he wants is Vydra ALONGSIDE him.