Tweak to 433

Heam44

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I’d be interested to see if a tweak to 433 could improve us.

3 in midfield would of course be Hackey, Morris +1 other which could really help us in different ways and could be beneficial in different ways against different team and of course at different times in a match.

Potential benefits include:

More support in defence with 3 in midfield as opposed to 2.

IMO the 3 provides more natural passing lines / triangles.

Extra player for defence to pass to when passing out from back.

Could help us get more from “squad” players Barlaser, Howson and McCabe.

Regards to Barlaser, playing him as an “8” therefore giving him more freedom / emphasis on creating etc could get more from him.

Regards to Howson, just getting his experience in the team would be a bonus, especially if he was the 6 with Hackey and Morris (or whoever else) freed up to get forward more could work.

If Azaz was deeper, with his technique and close control could assist in the passing out from defence etc.

More opportunity to get McCabe in the team if he was playing alongside 2 others on midfield and therefore less responsibility on a young player.

More flexibility to tweak formations and players in midfield mid game depending on momentum etc.

Lastly, I just think it’s a superior formation anyway.
 
Can’t see Carrick doing away with the number 10. He sees it as a vital position. Same as Karanka did. (I’m inclined to agree)
 
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