Formations are all smoke and mirrors. 3-5-2...3-6-1....4-5-1....3-3-4.....our formation adapted with phases in the game. Playing 3 CBs which we always seem to do, one may sit in front but yesterday all played level. FBs (wing backs) is the correct term (they always play this way maybe a little more dfensive). 2 defensive MF (with one pushing forward) and the rest ran around alot finding space and getting involved ?, which again they always do.
it worked so looked good and all are wishing its the new way forward. I feel we have always 6s played this way.
That's your opinion, but I don't really feel like we have always played that way at all. For one Rose and Walker were both sat much higher than they normally would be and Wanyama pressed the play higher up than usual for me. It was clear to see that the formation was different and that the players had altered positions. Call it smoke and mirrors all you want, but players will play defined positions as set by the manager. This is why when a team works on a new formation in training, they actually have to work at it, to adapt to their new positions and those of the players around them.