Your midfield thoughts and ideas, and mine.

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You described a 4-3-3 midfield. This is what AVB was working with. Notice how we only played Dembele and Paulinho when we didn't have a CAM or a CDM available, yet he got faulted constantly for playing both at the same time. Our team is set up for a 4-3-3 and I'm a huge fan of the system, that is why I mainly want de Boer. Hopefully he can piggyback on everything AVB did and go straight into working with the offensive third because AVB, when with healthy players, had us dominating the back two thirds.

The main fault with AVBs 433 is that the players were restricted. They didn't play with freedom and were more worried about defensive duties than their attack.
 
in a perfect world (my head)...

---------------Sandro--------------
------Paulinho----Eriksen-------
Lamela---------------Townsend

Supporting one of Soldado or Adebayor, dependant on whether it looks like Ade gives a shit that day.
 
Probably alone in this and it obviously depends on the opposition, but overall this would be my ideal midfield:

................. Sandro
Lennon .... Holtby .... Chadli
................ Lamela

So to answer the question - 1 sitting defensive beast of a midfielder that breaks shit up, two naturally instinctive and disciplined wingers on their favourite sides, a true central midfielder to spread the ball box-to-box, and a forward star player that has a free role to create whatever the fuck he wants.
 
After today’s match I philosophized (if that is a correct English verb) about our midfield, thinking of possible formations with different players. Our midfield has been subject to much change and much inconsistency, especially and understandably now with a new manager in charge. What would be your ideal and realistic answer for our midfield? ‘In short’, I myself came to the following conclusion:

I think the key to better results and, almost as important, better football is Eriksen. I say Eriksen and not for example Holtby because i think he is destined for bigger things than him, and not our wingers because they are dependent on the creativity of our midfield. We should not burden him with defensive tasks like today playing him in a two-man midfield (with Holtby ffs). The way to go with our midfield in my opinion, looking at our current set of midfielders and to let Eriksen, our (potentially) best midfielder, excel is to use him and construct our midfield like Ajax did and still does.

One 'defensive' (or 'constructive', as Cruyff and de Boer don't like that word) midfielder whose task should be to boss the opponents' attacking midfielder and as soon as he has the ball should pass it to one of the two other midfielders, preferably the more creative one. The second midfielder should be our, nowadays hot term, box-to-box midfielder, whose task should be to defend ánd attack, possessing technique, stamina, power and the ability to score a goal. The third and final midfielder is the most important one of the three and should, in an ideal situation, be your best player. Eriksen should be this player, in a free roll, free of any tasks. De Boer recognized his class and talent at Ajax and gave him this role, Eriksen in turn paid him back with smart passes, through balls, goals, assists, vision etc.

I know this is a different league and different football is played here, but I think considering Spurs strive for attacking football, our midfield options and most importantly Eriksen’s qualities, a midfield three sketched as above could well be the answer to our midfield inconsistency and lack of creativity.

What do you guys think about our midfield? Should we go with three in the middle (and thus three up top, classic 4-3-3) or not? What do you guys think is our best option formation wise, and who should play? Would love to hear your thoughts and ideas.


I also play Football Manager. 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I also play Football Manager. 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Elaborate please, you don't think such a midfield three is possible for us?
 
Elaborate please, you don't think such a midfield three is possible for us?

I think it is. But not with Sandro as the anchor...too little attack that way..basically play a reverse Barca with Eriksen at the top...Sandro bossing in the center paired with Holtby who feeds Eriksen who feeds the strikers and Lemela...I don't care who is on the left so long as it is not Sig.

Holtby is the most energetic mid we have, with some position training he needs to play over Dembele. Dembele's hip has really impacted his movements and he does not seem able to play 1-2s, but insists on 15 yard passes directly to the opposition.
 
I'd certainly be going with a 4-2-3-1 formation, still pressing in midfield but nowhere near as high up the pitch as AVB liked to play and with a focus on fast distribution from central midfield to the forwards. In an ideal world I'd have liked to keep Huddlestone for that formation (given a lack of evidence that Sandro / Capoue / Dembele / Paulinho are masters at spotting a forward pass) but given the players we have I'd go with:

DM/CM: Sandro (Capoue) / Dembele (Paulinho)
LM: Townsend (Chadli) / Eriksen (Sigurdsson) / Lamela (Lennon)

The only thing I'm unsure of is whether Lamela has the direct pace to exploit that system or whether he'd be better as an alternative to Eriksen in the middle, in order to provide a more direct threat on goal and 2nd forward when breaking fast (otherwise I doubt Eriksen would be bursting into the box to provide an option for the crossing wide player).

Playing infront of that line-up I think Soldado could flourish if we attacked forward with enough pace. He was absolutely the wrong player for AVB's team (as I may have mentioned at the start of the season) but for a fast breaking attack he could be devestating.
 
Sandro and Dembele to take turns playing box to box and holding with Eriksen in free role. Sell Capoue! way out of his depth in the Premier League.

You're basing him "out of his depth" by him coming back from an injury and being forced into a position that he can cover for, but isn't his position. That is ridiculous. I don't expect Capoue to play much for the rest of the season because it seems, to me, that Sherwood would rather play Bentaleb or Sandro or any other midfielder than Capoue. I hope Capoue survives January. Hopefully we bring in de Boer in the summer and Capoue will regain his position at CDM.
 
Out of his depth? He was our best player when he was playing DM in the beginning of the season.

wow, i must be the only one to not be impressed. he was shocking against the gooners and was way off the pace. he should have been taken off at half time, but for some reason stayed on and then got injured. since he's been back, yes i know he has been playing out of position, but seems to lack aggression and awareness. watch the 1st WHU goal from last week and you will see where i'm coming from. i hope he proves me wrong wen he gets his chance again but i'm not holding my breath..
 
Timmy said that he doesn't necessarily care about formations, though for his youth teams he would primarily set up a 433 or a 4231.

I just want him to consistently start Eriksen in the midfield, and make it necessary to incorporate Lamela, whether on the wings, centrally, or in a free-ish role.

Along with this, if Timmy plays with one up top, he probably could slide away without putting an out-n-out holding/defensive midfielder, but whenever he decides to set up with a 442, he NEEDS that mold of a player in there, let it be Sandro, Capoue, or Bentaleb.
 
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