Formation Speculation

[kun]

-----------------Shelton
-----Villa--------------------Alvarez
----------------Lampard
-----------Pirlo----------Mix
Calle------------------------------Williams
--------Onyewu-----Hernandez
----------------Saunders

or

-----------------Shelton
-----Villa-----------------------Mix
----------------Lampard
------------Pirlo------AJ/Poku

Alternatively Nemec or Mullins up top.

 

[Kjbert]

Is that a 4-3-3?

 

[Kjbert]

Once Lampard and Pirlo join, would be interested in hearing people's thoughts on how/where they play?

Do we go 4-2-3-1?

----------Villa----------
Shelton-Lampard-Mix
--Pirlo--------Jacobson
Crappy Back Four
--------Saunders-------

Or how do these guys fit in a 4-4-2 Diamond?

Villa--------Nemec
------Lampard-----
Pirlo---------Mix
----Jacobson----
Crappy Back Four
------Saunders------

 

[kun]

Is that a 4-3-3?

Yeah, pretty much. Somewhere between 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1. Lampard furthest forward of the MF 3 but not quite a no 10.

 

[Kjbert]

Yeah, pretty much. Somewhere between 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1. Lampard furthest forward of the MF 3 but not quite a no 10.

I like it, but I think Jacobson has proven himself a defensive stalwart. Jacobson in next to Pirlo and Mix wide right for Alvarez.

Also, love Villa as a winger. I think it creates more space for him. He's playing as a target man sometimes and that makes absolutely no sense. The guy is 5/7" with a 20 inch vertical. Just dumb. I understand the defensive responsibilities that come with playing as a LW/LM, but unless he is going to play as a 10 underneath Nemec/Mullins, I'd prefer to see him out wide where he can create space. Hell - would love to see him play wide right actually with a guy like as an 8 underneath him in a 4-2-3-1.

----------Nemec----------
Shelton--Lampard--Villa
Pirlo------------Diskerud
Crappy Back Four
---------Saunders-------

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Jacobson has proven himself a defensive stalwart.

He has had a few good games, and a few bad. Stalwart is a strong word

 

[Kjbert]

He has had a few good games, and a few bad. Stalwart is a strong word

I use stalwart because he has gotten better every game. Somes guys (Brovsky, Seba) haven't done much of anything. Others (Wingert, Saunders) have gotten worse. To me, Jacobson and Mullins have gotten stronger as the season has gone on.

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

I'll give you that they have improved.

I use stalwart because he has gotten better every game. Somes guys (Brovsky, Seba) haven't done much of anything. Others (Wingert, Saunders) have gotten worse. To me, Jacobson and Mullins have gotten stronger as the season has gone on.

 

[kun]

I like it, but I think Jacobson has proven himself a defensive stalwart. Jacobson in next to Pirlo and Mix wide right for Alvarez.

Also, love Villa as a winger. I think it creates more space for him. He's playing as a target man sometimes and that makes absolutely no sense. The guy is 5/7" with a 20 inch vertical. Just dumb. I understand the defensive responsibilities that come with playing as a LW/LM, but unless he is going to play as a 10 underneath Nemec/Mullins, I'd prefer to see him out wide where he can create space. Hell - would love to see him play wide right actually with a guy like as an 8 underneath him in a 4-2-3-1.

----------Nemec----------
Shelton--Lampard--Villa
Pirlo------------Diskerud
Crappy Back Four
---------Saunders-------

If you look that was my 2nd suggestion

 

[kun]

I use stalwart because he has gotten better every game. Somes guys (Brovsky, Seba) haven't done much of anything. Others (Wingert, Saunders) have gotten worse. To me, Jacobson and Mullins have gotten stronger as the season has gone on.

Bit harsh on Saunders that.

 

[Kjbert]

Bit harsh on Saunders that.

Like the guy. But he struggles with when to attack the ball in the air and it seems like he lacks communication withi his CBs

 

[BxLio91]

Or his CBs are that awful.

 

[Kjbert]

Or his CBs are that awful.

Maybe. Could be both though. Made a great save to keep the game a draw on Saturday. But he was way out of position. Took a bad line and a half decent player easily slots that past him.

 

[Mario]

-------------saunders----------------
----close your eyes and pick 4---
-----mix--ballouchy-grabavoy----
--------velazquez---------villa------
------------POKU--------------------

MLS cup champions

 

[sbrylski]

I like both of those lineups a lot a lot, though I might throw Facey into Wingert's spot if he continues playing like he did on Saturday.

I think Facey is going back to Manchester soon. Either way, I just used Wingert and Brovsky as placeholders. I like Calle and Hernandez, but the other two spots I don't really care who we throw out there because we have no other talent.

 

[BlueWarrior]

Id do this...

----------------------Villa------------------------
Shelton------------Lampard---------------Mix
------------Pirlo-------------Poku---------------
Calle-------------------------------------Williams
----------Onyewu-----------John----------------
---------------------Saunders--------------------

but we all know kreis loves the 4-4-2 so….

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Id do this...

----------------------Villa------------------------
Shelton------------Lampard---------------Mix
------------Pirlo-------------Poku---------------
Calle-------------------------------------Williams
----------Onyewu-----------John----------------
---------------------Saunders--------------------

but we all know kreis loves the 4-4-2 so….

As someone said a while ago, Williams may be done for good. He wasn't the same after the heart issue, and he had been AWOL since then, not even traveling with the team. He was in Ohio during the RSL game.

 

[sbrylski]

Id do this...

----------------------Villa------------------------
Shelton------------Lampard---------------Mix
------------Pirlo-------------Poku---------------
Calle-------------------------------------Williams
----------Onyewu-----------John----------------
---------------------Saunders--------------------

but we all know kreis loves the 4-4-2 so….

Villa has been awful as a target striker, Pirlo and Poku provide almost no defense from the defensive midfield spots, and both Williams and John are unlikely to play this year.

I could get behind a 4-2-3-1, but only with Villa on the wing and Jacobson as a DM.