What are people's preferences regarding width should the speculation that Lampard wants to play three at the back come to fruition? I must say I am extremely uncomfortable with that formation for our current players but if that's the way we go then it is interesting to think of possible solutions.
I hold our current squad in very little regard, but I think perhaps one of the best, and as of yet unexplored, avenues is to partner DCL and Alli upfront together. Whilst Richy will be a huge loss, it's certainly not an exaggeration to say that he and DCL had miserable chemistry when they played upfront together and it is possible that Alli could prove to be a hugely instrumental figure just off the main striker. However, we would have to try and get a formation that resembled a 3-5-2 working, which removes the need for wingers and with that two of our more threatening players in Gordon and Gray.
The alternative is we go 3-4-3 but I like this formation far less as it has a real tendency to turn into a 5-2-2-1 as you get outnumbered in the centre of midfield and your wing backs have little alternative but to drop back. This formation would leave absolutely no place for Alli at all although it would allow us to use Gordon more naturally.
I think the difficulty in thinking of a line up that suits the few talented players we have says it all about our preposterous recruitment in recent years. Lampard really has a job on his hands trying to mould a team together in his image with this current crop of players, especially if he isn't able to do much in the market.
