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Don't know about that actually! If you want to play offensive attacking football you have to use an offensive formation. Putting 5 in the midfield means compromizing either your back 4 or 2-3 men upfront. Can this really be good for you goal scoring tally and/or goal chance creation? Have a look at this article and see what you think!

"On the subject of the scalene triangles, let me put it this way. If you arrange three players in the isoceles triangle you mentioned for example, the players can easily pass the ball but so too can an intercepting opponent. Hence to quash these holding triangles forming in midfield you have seen more and more clubs loading the midfield with 5 or more players to overwhelm the opposition's triangle numbers. So if you have 5 midfielders and they form a triangle that leaves two players short of a partner and almost lost to an attacking move. To solve this problem Barcelona play in elongated scalene triangles along the left and right touchline using the left back and right back as the anchors so they are able to participate but still defend. The central midfield is actually where finishing comes from via Iniesta and Messi so very little holding play is actually in the thick of the opposing midfield. Thus 5 midfielders are easily nullified because if three or four move to the left to intercept the ball on the left scalene triangle, they leave the right triangle unmarked with possibly only one or two players to cover. If the ball is switched left to right with a long ball, you get punished. That is how Barcelona dismantled Man Utd in the CL final 2011 with very little effort. The trick is to teach defenders, midfielders and one striker to play successfully in only one third the width of the pitch for the length of the field. The only way is with a scalene formation".

Its funny how liverpool were often 4 4 2 when t hey never had any wingers now 4 3 3 and we have two wingers

I am not a fan of 5 3 2 but as emergency measure this often works.
If a team knew before the match that another team were planing to use this formation it would be curtains, it just means defend at all costs in my view

I prefer a fluid mix of 4 5 1 (like gerard and torres) AND 4 3 3 (suarez and a striker with either suso or sterling)

Obviously in a BR lfc team where possession is key you want to have the possession at the top end of the pitch.

4 4 2 is a bit in the past although man united used it well in the 90s especially, but I think you have to know before the match that you are goig to slaughter a team to use 4 4 2 and win the premier league now.

Can't fully get my head around that but it kinda seems to me that it isolates the midfielders and the defenders aren't involved in the triangular passing?

one massive mistake would be dropping brad jones the lad deserves to keep his place .

Although he has cost us a few goals and seems to have a mistake every game I will agree with this. Reina's form was abysmal, no way he should come back into the team, not just yet.

Don't know about that actually! If you want to play offensive attacking football you have to use an offensive formation. Putting 5 in the midfield means compromizing either your back 4 or 2-3 men upfront. Can this really be good for you goal scoring tally and/or goal chance creation? Have a look at this article and see what you think!

"On the subject of the scalene triangles, let me put it this way. If you arrange three players in the isoceles triangle you mentioned for example, the players can easily pass the ball but so too can an intercepting opponent. Hence to quash these holding triangles forming in midfield you have seen more and more clubs loading the midfield with 5 or more players to overwhelm the opposition's triangle numbers. So if you have 5 midfielders and they form a triangle that leaves two players short of a partner and almost lost to an attacking move. To solve this problem Barcelona play in elongated scalene triangles along the left and right touchline using the left back and right back as the anchors so they are able to participate but still defend. The central midfield is actually where finishing comes from via Iniesta and Messi so very little holding play is actually in the thick of the opposing midfield. Thus 5 midfielders are easily nullified because if three or four move to the left to intercept the ball on the left scalene triangle, they leave the right triangle unmarked with possibly only one or two players to cover. If the ball is switched left to right with a long ball, you get punished. That is how Barcelona dismantled Man Utd in the CL final 2011 with very little effort. The trick is to teach defenders, midfielders and one striker to play successfully in only one third the width of the pitch for the length of the field. The only way is with a scalene formation".