The 3-4-3 Discussion

A 90 years old Wenger still in charge :cech:

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I for one am very happy at the rebirth of this formation.

Itā€™s suits us so well. Hope Mikel keeps it long term

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I think it definitely works for us now. Itā€™ll hide Salibaā€™s deficiencies next season and give him a chance to grow without too much pressure.

Just like how Bastoni is developing at Inter with De Vrij and Skriniar next to him.

I do think itā€™s one of the better formations to cover the whole pitch well

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It suits our current personnel. We donā€™t need rely on a #10 so to speak. Weā€™ve got an abundance of fullbacks that can be deployed as wingbacks. Also this formation allows Auba and Pepe to play as inside forwards.

However if we play two DMā€™s together such as Xhaka and Torreira, it could become to conservative. We need someome lile Ceballos in the middle as a box to box, so Iā€™m either hoping he stays or we replace him adequately.
Also this formations allows the wingbacks to play high up the pitch knowing we have 3 CBā€™s as cover.

Good defensive shape too morphing into a 5-4-1 when we need to defend for periods of the game the opposition come knocking on the door.

This formation is working for us right now so no need to change till we get a few more players in.

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Well it works when we defend well and the forwards are good enough to pick off the scraps. The system does take a toll though and it stopped working in 2017-18 when the extra defensive support meant jack shit for us.

Iā€™ve been saying for a while that with our defence and plentiful wing back options we should employ 3 ATB more often. Not forever but we just donā€™t have the players right now for anything else. If we can get results playing in boring games weā€™ll all be for it because losing as pathetically as we do is a lot worse.

At the moment itā€™s a solid enough platform to build on with the current personnel. Ceballos is key here and we should push hard to extend the loan for another season. Without an energetic box to box mid weā€™ll lose a major link in the chain.

Itā€™s not a pretty system but while it gives us our best chance itā€™s going to stay. Xhaka has always looked a far better CM in 3-4-3 too.

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3-4-3 to accommodate a shitter who doesnā€™t even pass that well and can hardly even move. Meanwhile weā€™ve got the best young midfileder in the world alienated from the team cuz culturezzzzzzz derrrrrp lelelelelelelel conceceing 38% possession to Leicester at home. Fraudteta strikes again :face_vomiting::face_vomiting: