There is absolutely no doubt that Wilder & his blades will still be parking their bus irrespective of whoever JĆ¼rgen picks for a team,
If there was a opportunity to try something new against a opponent who are likely to be predictable it is now, so being without our main defenders and now within our main midfielders there is no other option, doing the same thing week in week out with the usual suspects hasnāt worked so itās not going to work either with secondary choice personnel is it ?
So hereās my idea that could help us temporarily...going 4-1-4-1 yes itās a gamble and yes itās untried as far as I know, Iām not privy to the training practices at Axa, but anyhoo....
Alisson/Adrian
Trent Phillips Kabak Robbo
Wijnaldom
Thiago Keita Jones Mane
Salah
BENCH; Grabara ? , Tsimikas, Neco, Williams, Ox, Bobby, Jota, Shaqiri, Origi
I donāt think trying something like this against Sheff U is too much of a risk, doing so against Chelsea maybe, but we do need to try something because weāve lost too many points playing our usual system, when you lose 75% of your engine you go into slave mode(am I allowed to say that) and allow us to tick over and not necessarily reach the higher gears,
Assuming now that Naby is fit Iād slot him in between Thiago and Jones, he can drop back and help Gini if Blades get too sharp, or could push up and link up when Mane pushes up too, I donāt expect him to last the 90, Ox to come on for him after a good hour or so, Gini holding isnāt ideal but heās done it before so knows whatās expected, the two CBās will be tested of course but again although not ideal thereās not too many choices to opt from is there ?
We still have Trent and Robbo that can push forward albeit not as much, Blades still pose a threat so we will need both more defensively in this system, Iām hopeful Jota makes the bench a good ten minutes from him late on could prove fruitful if things are tight, Shaqiri also could change mindsets and give us options late on,
I know it wonāt be everyoneās cup of tea but we really need to try something new, we know how they are going to set up we just need to find another way past it, it wonāt be pretty to look at, it may be slower and take time to get used to but I think it could work, Bielsa uses it in his Leeds side and have produced some favourable results, not all the time but sufficiently, we really need to start picking up points starting from tonight, you know how it is, one or two wins weāre back in it, CL qualification is our new goal, letās make sure we have enough points to ensure it.
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