No they don’t.
Many teams play the games as they seem them are are coached accordingly.
Its like saying the dubs have a formation because of the way they are named in the program
But carry on.
You literally cannot play a football game without having a formation. Its intrinsically built into the game
4 2 3 1 for me
Why lads, why?
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A lot of morons on this thread having a go at Kev. Coming across very naive.
Guardiola isn’t going to specify the tactics to a guy like De Bruyne who probably won’t understand it. He’s far more likely to tell a rugby coach so that he can pass the information on to Kev over dinner.
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Christ.
Actually scratch coaching
Name a football team that doesn’t use a formation
Any news on Ward?
Good to go, him and Jeff.
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Looking forward to good old fashioned physical match.
No tiki taka stuff.
Suspensions for second leg could be a big factor.
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I did some philosophy in college. Heiddeger, Kierkegaard, Sartre, some others.
Gaining that kind of perspective made me SO much better at knowing where to be on the counter.
I think Kev is right. Look at Socrates. Philosophy coming out his ears and basically played where he liked. Then existentialism got the better of him.
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@alf_stewart: re your question on the NYC thread - I was in Tynan’s. I don’t know what the local view is but I’m fond of the place. I’ve heard of Syd Harkins but where is it? Where would be a good place to watch the football in Kilkenny tomorrow night actually? A pal told me The Tholsel would be good in a good but dingy kind of way.
They don’t like outsiders in the tholsel
probable starting 11 mate, with player layout?
Randolph;
Christie, Duffy, Clark, Ward;
Whelan, Arter;
Brady, Hendrick, McClean;
Murphy.
I really don’t fancy Whelan and Arter playing together after the shit they served up in Georgia.
Would suspect that will be starting XI, however Martin sometimes produces an unexpected selection.
Cmon Ireland
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Think on reflection I’d prefer your suggestion from last night of Brady playing centrally and going without Whelan (even though none of Arter, Hendrick and Brady could be relied upon to hold the middle and occupy the area where Eriksen is likely to be). In that case O’Neill could do something unexpected alright such as playing Shane Long wide right like he did against Italy and France in the Euros.
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who’ll stick with Erickson, Whelan cant
Your pal was obviously taking the piss out of you. Not a bad pub but definitely not for the soccer. It would be very much a rugby pub.
Rafter Dempsey on friar street has a big screen out the back and would be full of soccer folk. Billy Byrnes on John Street would be good aswell. You could do a few of the small pubs on Parliment Street and watch it in the pumphouse either.
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