Posted August 5, 20231 yr …doesn’t work in my humble opinion. Has anyone won anything playing 3 at the back. A number of times today there appeared to be a huge space in the middle of our defence. Sonny Bradley is undoubtedly a good player but is not the quickest and seems to have a habit of going awol. Two CD’s make the defence more secure while still allowing full backs to overlap and wingers to cut inside. Happy to be shot down - discuss. 🙂
August 5, 20231 yr Plymouth, Ipswich & Sheff Weds all played 3 at the back for large parts of last season.
August 5, 20231 yr 8 minutes ago, chadlad said: …doesn’t work in my humble opinion. Has anyone won anything playing 3 at the back. A number of times today there appeared to be a huge space in the middle of our defence. Sonny Bradley is undoubtedly a good player but is not the quickest and seems to have a habit of going awol. Two CD’s make the defence more secure while still allowing full backs to overlap and wingers to cut inside. Happy to be shot down - discuss. 🙂 Derby under the bald Eagle. But; we had Rowett, Chris Powell, Stimac, Carsley, Ron Willems, Van Der Laan, Gabbiadini, Paul Simpson, Sturridge, Ashley Ward. Oh how we have fallen.
August 5, 20231 yr 4 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: Derby under the bald Eagle. But; we had Rowett, Chris Powell, Stimac, Carsley, Ron Willems, Van Der Laan, Gabbiadini, Paul Simpson, Sturridge, Ashley Ward. Oh how we have fallen. None of them would get into this team
August 5, 20231 yr 16 minutes ago, chadlad said: …doesn’t work in my humble opinion. Has anyone won anything playing 3 at the back. A number of times today there appeared to be a huge space in the middle of our defence. Sonny Bradley is undoubtedly a good player but is not the quickest and seems to have a habit of going awol. Two CD’s make the defence more secure while still allowing full backs to overlap and wingers to cut inside. Happy to be shot down - discuss. 🙂 Didn't Sheff Utd go from League One to the Premier League pretty quickly playing 3 at the back?
August 5, 20231 yr Just now, oodledoodle said: None of them would get into this team They're about the right age tbf... 👀
August 5, 20231 yr Just now, oodledoodle said: None of them would get into this team In the Brazil team? Or the current Derby team? A 1 legged Carlton Palmer would get in this team
August 5, 20231 yr Just now, MackworthRamIsGod said: In the Brazil team? Or the current Derby team? A 1 legged Carlton Palmer would get in this team None of them would get into this Derby team. They're too old.
August 5, 20231 yr Author 8 minutes ago, Carnero said: Plymouth, Ipswich & Sheff Weds all played 3 at the back for large parts of last season. I seem to recall that we tried 3 at the back for a few games last season, didn’t seem to work.
August 5, 20231 yr Not a fan of a back three, yet to see any evidence it actually makes us more secure at the back. Just seems to leave us with one less player as an attacking option.
August 5, 20231 yr 1 minute ago, chadlad said: I seem to recall that we tried 3 at the back for a few games last season, didn’t seem to work. We literally had no fullbacks. I'd not base any system on what we did or didn't do last year.
August 5, 20231 yr 2 minutes ago, Rich3478 said: Not a fan of a back three, yet to see any evidence it actually makes us more secure at the back. Just seems to leave us with one less player as an attacking option. It gives us one more. 3 at the back instead of 4.
August 5, 20231 yr It's about us playing 3 at the back? Didn't look comfortable today (or in patches preseason). The midfield is wrong with 3/5 too. Mostly today we had CBs getting in each others way. Only Nelson seems decent when he gets confident enough to come forward with the ball. Mostly we just slowed down play. Plus I understood that Elder was a fullback rather than wingback? I hate 3 at the back, very few teams have players good enough to play the system well.
August 5, 20231 yr 4 minutes ago, oodledoodle said: None of them would get into this Derby team. They're too old. Pah even now Roberto Carlos would.
August 5, 20231 yr 1 minute ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: Derby under the bald Eagle. But; we had Rowett, Chris Powell, Stimac, Carsley, Ron Willems, Van Der Laan, Gabbiadini, Paul Simpson, Sturridge, Ashley Ward. Oh how we have fallen. True but with four at the back we walked the Second Division in 1968-9 (Webster-McFarland-Mackay-Robson), won the League Championship in 1971-72 (Webster-McFarland-Todd-Robson) and won it gain with a back four in 1974-75 (Webster/Thomas-Daniel-Todd-Nish). It's important to use a system which best utilises the players at your disposal but the overriding factor is the quality of the players at your disposal. The stark fact of the matter, through no fault of theirs, is that the existing group of players in terms of competition above them, is the worst group in terms of quality in the history of our club, alongside the team from 1984-85 and 2022-23. They have to rise above that level if we are to be promoted this season. We'll soon find out if they are capable of that or not.
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