Is the 442 Formation Hopelessly Outmoded?

[MikeH72]

Funnily enough the ideal time to play 4-4-2 was when we had Gueye, and we never did once.

 

[nsno-chris]

The arsenal and Utd sides of the 00’s, both played a 442 and would still both piss the league

there’s a lot more to football than formations

 

[Eggs]

....no, formations are not so important to get hung up on.

 

[AsiaAsia82]

Horses for courses, that’s the beauty of a manager who can flex a squad during a game, people get too hung up on a fixed formation, ‘can’t buy him, doesn’t fit in the no.10 role or can’t play out wide’
players should be bought with a multitude of roles and positions in mind, even sitting on the bench if he doesn’t fit in a particular formation.
I think when Carlo clears the deck and brings his own payers in, their will be no fixed formation.

 

[zukai12_]

Ateltico play 4-4-2 right?

They're one of the top teams of the last decade

 

[Kantareller]

Pellegrini won the league with 4-4-2

 

[Jebus_lives]

I don't think any tactic is dated. The in favour tactic of teams tends to be cyclical.

As for as our team, we just don't have the players needed to play the system effectively. We have a number of players bought under different managers who were bought to play in 4-2-3-1, 4-5-1, 4-3-3.

We'll get the right players and thrive.

 

[Billy Dean]

There are loads of variations of 442 and some teams use it well

 

[Bluebonic]

Horses for courses, that’s the beauty of a manager who can flex a squad during a game, people get too hung up on a fixed formation, ‘can’t buy him, doesn’t fit in the no.10 role or can’t play out wide’
players should be bought with a multitude of roles and positions in mind, even sitting on the bench if he doesn’t fit in a particular formation.
I think when Carlo clears the deck and brings his own payers in, their will be no fixed formation.

Us plebs think Of tactic in terms of jigsaw puzzles, the very best managers think of tactics in terms of Rubik cubes!

 

[Saint Domingo]

Need your formation to suit your best players. Probably why we’ve gone with two upfront. I think we often play well with 532 because we don’t have any wide players of repute. The more good players we have the better options we will have. City and Liverpool went for the league in 13/14 both playing 442.

 

[Westend Blue]

Need a third player that's comfortable dropping in the midfield for 442 to be successful athleti will often play koke or saul as wide midfielders and carlo did with Napoli as well with Fabian Ruiz

 

[Verbal Kint]

No it still has it's purpose.

But that purpose doesn't include Tom Davies, Andre Gomes or Sigurdsson.

 

[davids]

Think it's more about having intelligent adaptable players,who can switch setups as a game progresses.
Which at the moment we don't have.

 

[Lelouch]

4-3-3 is the new hot spanking formation if you have the players, As long as it isn't 4-2-3-1 I cannot stand that formation any longer, I know we did it against Sheffield but my god it is absolutely awful.

 

[messymascot]

4-4-2 is good if you have a strong team. However if you are mid table you need to be a bit more innovative and 4-4-2 is too rigid for this. Ancelloti has usually been in charge of teams that are at the top which is why it has largely worked for him. However we are mid table so he may have to rethink.