festa5
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Fairly similar to Karanka that, although probably more negative even.Whereas Burnley play it almost as a 4-5-1. As soon as they lose possession their no10 drops into CM and gets behind the ball. Their wide players get behind the ball and support their fullbacks. They don't commit their fullbacks forward anywhere near as high as we do.
The sweet spot for me was the play-off final Karanka side. It was almost a 442 at times with Vossen only just behind Bamford.
I preferred it with Tomlin on the left and Albert on the right. Plenty of flair in that side, but the wide players were expected to work their nuts off and track back and Vossen and Bamford pressed very effectively.
Basically the attacking players had big jobs to do defensively. There is absolutely no reason you can't play in possession the way Carrick wants but have the forwards working off the ball in a fairly similar way to how Karanka had us set up.
I like Azaz, but he wouldn't last 5 mins playing like he has been if Karanka was in charge. He'd demand much more work rate out of possession.