He adapted to start the winning run earlier in the season - he isn’t utterly wedded to 4-3-3 (although it took zero wingers)
Surely he can see the ineffectiveness of the formation away from home
Earlier this season when Luton played Sheff U at home - Sheff U started with a back 4 and Luton were absolutely hammering them but couldn’t score
At HT Wilder changed it and matched their formation (3-5-2) and they dominated the second half and won the game
Frank needs to adapt similarly
If Frank can adapt I still give us a fighting chance of going up
If we try to do the current system better I don’t see us going further than the semi-final - we simply haven’t got the players yet
Put it in the match thread but we won games during our winning run with both/either Lati & Binks in a 3
Think I prefer it to Lati in a 4
Agree we need Thomas back though
Neither are as bad in a 3. During our winning run:
Binks played in wins against Bristol, Blackburn and QPR
Lati played in wins against Bristol, Blackburn, Watford, Swansea, Sheff Wed
Obviously you’d hope Thomas could come back in if at all possible but it’s certainly better than either of...
I can’t think of a reason not to play 4-3-3 at home and 5-3-2 away from home
Saka is basically pointless away from home and him for a CB would be the only change we’d need to make
We knew this though
Frank will lament us not executing the system well enough but he could’ve adapted today - let’s hope he does against Luton as it will be very similar
We’ve got two away games left (if we finish in the play offs)
I’d rather we stink the place out in a 5-3-2 than try to control the game in a 4-3-3
If we start with a 4 against Luton we might as well all back Luton to score 1.5+ and all make some money
Today will be a blessing if Frank realises we’re fucked playing a 4 away from home - no point getting to the play offs as we’ll crumble in the away leg with how we’re playing
5-3-2 against Luton, stay solid, hit the channels, match their battle
Said it for a while we need to go to a back 5 away from home and make it more of a battle - that is how we kept winning away from home during our amazing run
That is way better than ours…
No doubt it’s a very tough game and the way we play is suited to them
However, play how we did last 2 games and we’ll get a result
Kypriannou would be a good fit as he is free - we’d have:
Grimes - Allen
Sheaf - Kyp
Rudoni- Torp
Maybe keep Andrews around as 7th midfielder as Sheaf/Torp/Allen/Rudoni have all had injuries this season
Probably the 3rd best signing after Vik & Gus since the return to the championship
Gonna be hard to replace in the summer if we don’t go up, his recovery pace saves us so often
Surprised anybody wants Bristol/Boro/Sunderland - I don't want anybody else getting on the parachute payments gravy train, will only make it harder the more teams that have it.
I'm all in on the make the championship easier next year:
1. Burnley, Leeds, Sheff U (will be very strong next year...