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Did McG resign? No. Did we try it v Shrewsbury? Yes. Did it work? No. What formation did we use in November and December!? 4-5-1/4-4-1-1 As you said, "Nuff said".

I never said it was more of a priority, I said it is more fundamental than RB as you state, our whole defence lets us down, and if we signed a CB I'd be happy, but it'd be good if we was versatile, for competition or to start, either way, I don't care.

I weren't comparing them, you said Clarke is too small and weak to be a defender, yet Alba and Lahm, as you mention are the best in the business and are both 5"7, going against what you said. I weren't saying we have 2 Lahms on the books, I just said, well Lahm is small, and supposedly weak, yet...

But that would mean changing the way we play, 4-4-2 is fundamentally different to 4-5-1 and would involve changing the way we play, I'd rather have an extra midfielder, we have a wealth of talent in midfield, than Elliott. For me, it's 1 upfront, if Clarke doesn't suit it, play Elliott or...

That's your opinion, I'm not going to change that. But I'll ask questions of you nonetheless, after all, this is the point of a forum, is it not? You say we don't have good RBs, fair enough, but I'll give you an example of a game where we conceded 2 goals, none were directly the RB's fault...

Well, it has got us results... 4-4-2 hasn't so why would anyone think that's the formation we should play?

That was a general statement to those who were pinning the blame on him v Carlisle. I think you said it yourself, in your evaluation of Wood and Edj, which to me, suggests that we'll concede goals (a similar amount) even if we get a new RB. We haven't kept a clean sheet since Hartlepool away...

Aggressive? How!? Aimed to...? People who think we should play 4-4fucking2 (thought I throw a bit of Mike Bassett in there!) Everyone has their usual style, and of course we adapt to given problems e.g. PNE.

I never disagreed with the notion :facepalm: Neither am I asking for an argument. I asked a question, you haven't answered it, because I personally think Adams is quite weak defensively, Edj can be at times, Wood has been good. I don't think anyone was moaning at RB being weak when we...

4-4-2, as we have seen, or for some, should have seen, is that when we play 4-4-2, we struggle to make quality chances and we end up bypassing the CMs and not favouring our usual style. Clarke will (hopefully) come good in the lone striker role, we just need Adams, Clarke/Christie and the RM +...

So what you are saying is, that our defence would suddenly stop conceding goals if we get a new RB!? Are you serious? It's more fundamental than that and not all of our goals come from the right. I would've thought your 'superior' knowledge would know this.

If we don't sign a striker and Clarke struggles, I think he'll just play Elliott. Sigh.

Man U play 4-4-1-1 quite a lot, they mix up the diamond as well, Fergie is possibly the greatest manager ever, he knows when to play what formation, whether it be, 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 etc. etc. he is down with it, still, credit to him, but Man U predominately play 4-4-1-1, with RVP playing...

Same, but we pretty much played 4-3-3 v MK, I thought it was that for a while, just it was 4-5-1 because the wingers weren't as advanced, I'd be tempted to try it, if it fails, it fails.

Why on earth would we play that formation!?

That's a good formation, just Thorn was an idiot, he would've made the popular 4-4-2 fail.

I think 4-3-3 would be a good alternative, have a sitting mid, Bailey or Jenno, say Thomas and Fleck further forward with a front 3 of Baker, Clarke and Moussa. It's attacking and promotes a passing game. I don't think we have the wingers to play 4-4-2, CM of Thomas and Jenno could work, but...

Firstly, I don't think we'd sign Taylor, unless we got promoted, even then, I wouldn't put money on it. I don't want to change the direction of this thread to a discussion of rent etc. In short though, if some money was saved from a reduction in rent, it would be logical and rational to...

Why do some people think we should play 4-4-2? I personally don't think it is a good formation, it isn't as attacking as some are led to believe, in our case, it would mean taking a midfielder out and having a negative impact on our 'passing' philosophy. We are all happy with the way we...

We'll have to wait and see, just get into the top 6 ASAP. We've got the quality that's for sure.