We havenāt got 3 good enough centre backs to play 3 at the back.
Especially with Dara OāShea yesterday doing well. Looks like he could slot in there as one of the 3 also. Canāt see Kenny changing though
Stevens has done very well bursting forward in the last two games ā¦ Doherty cant get up and down for 90 mins and gets caught up the field too often. I think a 3-5-2 should certainly be tried
With a holding midfielder weād manage ā¦
What do you mean?
Alan Browne looks the best option for runs beyond Didsy
Duffy is our best centre back but he isnāt good enough to play in a 3. He hasnāt the pace for it. If you play in a 3 you have to play a high line.
He plays in a 3 for Celtic no?
In a pub league up against Hamish McJockstrap every week
Celtic dominate possession almost every game.
if you play 3 at the back against better teams, you have to play a high line or you canāt get out. You sacrifice options through midfield or up front, you have to push on and play high, squeeze them high. The times weāve been turned over and Duffy was caught high we looked like conceding.
Also for 3 at the back youād need to play 2 holding midfielders and we simply donāt have them
If Duffy is surrounded by 2 quick lads they maybe . I recently say the highlights of a Celtic v Hibs game and he was stretched by a lively player. He always looks a little clumsy running .
He is still a vital player for Ireland .
heās our best player.
We donāt have speed around him is the thing. Doherty and Stevens are quick so thatās why theyāre playing an orthodox 4 at the back, if you play 3 they are pushed on most of the time and weāre left we three articulated lorries at the back. Weād be destroyed.
We also have zero pace in the middle of midfield. Hourihane is brutal slow.
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I only saw the highlights last night but was Molumby burned for legs by Pukki ??
My biggest concern about our current formation is that Doherty is such a lazy defender. 3-5-2 might negate some of that risk.
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Yeah, which would be a worry.
Hamish took him to the cleaners with anything over the top recently.
Molumby sprinted back after Pukki had led a Finnish breakaway. Pukki then did the old trick - slow him down and then immediately accelerate again - and he gave Molumby the slip. Donāt think he burned him for pace per se, but it looked like it as Molumby was caught out by the change of pace.
@Ashman, Nisbet was the pacy Hibee that gave Duffy some problems. Duffy had three strong games in this international break and the matches with Celtic have brought on his fitness and sharpness hugely. He was much improved on Kennyās first two games. Heāll get a test in the derby on Saturday from the huns. He was centre of the back three before the internationals, but was initially on the right until Jullien got injured. The two Israeli lads that could play on the right of the three now have Covid and Jullien is fit again so itāll be interesting to see what back three alignment Lennon goes with (assuming he doesnāt change to a four). Both Duffy and Jullien appear more suited to the central role, as opposed to being dragged out to the flanks when they play on the right.
Actually @Rocko, set up the match thread.
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Noted re Pukki but Jayson didnāt get the second kick of pace .
That Nisbet for Hibs looks useful in the bits I see this year .
He kinda bounds along like a young deer, happily playing away non-stop. Full of running but maybe lacks pure speed.
Wing back is really the perfect position for Doherty as Wolves cottoned onto. Heās probably only an average full-back. As Spurs are slowly finding out.
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