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 Mad4palace  25 Jul 17 1.35pm |
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Hear me out. With Riedewald played at LCB he can certainly hit the long diagonals to a player playing on the right side of a front three. Juventus use Mandzukic as a sort of wide target man where he can move onto defenders and midfielders smaller than him and more easily hit knock downs to Higuain. Mandzukic may be more willing than Benteke to do the dirty work but Benteke is more gifted on the floor than Mandzukic and is ok doing a pressing role. You'd assume we are looking for another striker, someone like Van Persie or a similar poacher could work in the same team as Benteke. De Boer seems intent on playing Zaha as the left sided wide forward but not settled on the right-sided one yet, with Townsend played as the right midfielder in both pre-season matches so far. Anyway, just a thought. Could be worth a try in pre-season, could work, could look horrendous but then that's what pre-season is for; trying new things. In think Riedewald could have some joy finding Benteke in wide positions, letting us get up the pitch quicker. If not Benteke then Wickham could be used like this, he's played on the wing for Sunderland before.
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| Dan89 Se25 25 Jul 17 1.37pm |
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We haven't paid 27m to play Benteke as a winger.
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| CPFC/SCCC Sutton 25 Jul 17 1.41pm |
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Puncheon as a wingback
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| alaneagle1 Dunstable,Bedfordshire.England 25 Jul 17 1.42pm |
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Originally posted by Dan89
We haven't paid 27m to play Benteke as a winger. Agreed.
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| bexleydave Barnehurst 25 Jul 17 1.46pm |
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Originally posted by CPFC/SCCC
Puncheon as a wingback I'm 100% with you on that.
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| Mad4palace 25 Jul 17 2.01pm |
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Formations do not have to be rigid, big strikers often move onto the full back and let the winger occupy the big centre backs on some attacks where they can get more of an advantage in the air from a ball hit to the far post, and the central defenders don't know which player to go with. If you've got someone who can win the ball in the air in wide positions you can drag central defenders out of position, or just win balls outright if he's just marked by a full-back. Then you've got Townsend running in behind the already occupied full-back.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 25 Jul 17 2.05pm |
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Wtf? Sorry mate, not reading that.
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| CPFC/SCCC Sutton 25 Jul 17 2.08pm |
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Originally posted by Mad4palace
Hear me out. With Riedewald played at LCB he can certainly hit the long diagonals to a player playing on the right side of a front three. Juventus use Mandzukic as a sort of wide target man where he can move onto defenders and midfielders smaller than him and more easily hit knock downs to Higuain. Mandzukic may be more willing than Benteke to do the dirty work but Benteke is more gifted on the floor than Mandzukic and is ok doing a pressing role. You'd assume we are looking for another striker, someone like Van Persie or a similar poacher could work in the same team as Benteke. De Boer seems intent on playing Zaha as the left sided wide forward but not settled on the right-sided one yet, with Townsend played as the right midfielder in both pre-season matches so far. Anyway, just a thought. Could be worth a try in pre-season, could work, could look horrendous but then that's what pre-season is for; trying new things. In think Riedewald could have some joy finding Benteke in wide positions, letting us get up the pitch quicker. If not Benteke then Wickham could be used like this, he's played on the wing for Sunderland before.
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| sxp55 South Norwood 25 Jul 17 2.13pm |
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i like that you are an ideas guy. i also like that you're not our manager
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| Mad4palace 25 Jul 17 2.20pm |
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Originally posted by CPFC/SCCC
No, Zaha on the left. And if De Boer wants Townsend as RM/RWB then that's where he'll play. A front three of Zaha - Benteke - Townsend certainly works but De Boers not played Townsend in that 3. This suggestion is only as a try out in pre-season games and more in the case if we sign a less physical poacher.
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| Mad4palace 25 Jul 17 2.25pm |
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Originally posted by sxp55
i like that you are an ideas guy. i also like that you're not our manager
I like footballing systems, so I think of how the overall system could benefit even if a player is played in a less favoured position for them. If it's good enough for Allegri then it's good enough for me.
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Wouldn't football be boring if nobody tried anything new. Pierre  Purley 25 Jul 17 2.26pm |
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By the time Benteke cuts in from the wing and makes it to the goal area the opposition will have already taken the goal kick!
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