Rnd Fin - Brisbane Meow v CCCM

[sydmariner]

cheers, on my phone at work so limited time/capabilities

Me too

 

[dibo]

Good article except we have not played a 442 diamond for a while...

It says we've "Only once in the previous 26 rounds had the Mariners altered their shape, moving momentarily to a 4-4-2 diamond."

its 4-2-3-1 and when we get the ball 3 - 3 - 3- 3 - 1.

We're really only in a 4-2-3-1 at kickoffs; we defend in a 4-4-2, the attack is a 3-3-3-1, you've got one too many threes!

However and this comes with lots of bias because the 5-4-1 was a formation I played in for years as a right mid with over lapping runs from the right back .... but 5-4-1 can be very attacking because wide players can push up and wide mids are very free .... but as I said I am very bias with this formation...

The article's only saying we defended in a 5-4-1 rather than the usual 4-4-2. That's a statement of fact; it doesn't have any opinion in it to be biased or not.

The defensive 5-4-1 means that the transition between defence and attack (and vice versa) is very quick - the fullbacks and wingers each either drop one line back and compress the play or get one line up and expand it, and we get from 3-3-3-1 to 5-4-1 and back in one move, from:

Reddy
Anderson - Monty - Bosnar
Roux - - - - Caceres - - - - Rose
Ibini - - - - Trifiro - - - - Fitzy
Duke​

To

Reddy
Roux - Anderson - Monty - Bosnar - Rose
Ibini - Trifiro - Caceres - Fitzy
Duke​

In this, Monty is basically playing the 'Hutch' role, and normally he'd stay in midfield in defence and only drop between the CBs in attack. Removing this movement in transition ensures we don't get caught out with fast movement around the CBs (basically meaning it's harder for Berisha, Broich and Petratos to pull us out of position in transition to leave us exposed).

 

[Big Al]

Some one tell mike mulvey there are two parts to a game - defending & attacking. They did neither very well & we had no problem creating chances.

Cracks me up when attacking teams complain about defences set up to stop them.
No shit that's the aim of the game. The reason they complain is because it worked

 

[Gratis]

midfielder just meant he was biased towards it as a formation because he played in it too