3 at the back..

Anybody tried this in the game?

Any thoughts on it and/or tactics employed with it?

As discussed the other night iv thought about it,

slightly put off by stus epic failure with it when Paul ran about 100 games with his Roma side playing against jas Ancona who served him with a 99.9% win percentage

Would maybe try it against sides without width but wouldn't be brave enough to try it in a league game without some extensive trials

Stu was playing it with SLO wasn't he? I think used with FAS it could be ok. GK, CL, CB, CR, AM, BW, DL, DR, TM, ST, S2.

I believe Paul has fixed some of the issues with 3 CB's.

surely you cant play it without WK's?

you'd get murdered!, wasnt' it Mark that tried to play a second half without full backs?

didnt do it again did he?

Anyone have any idea on how this should line-up if it is possible?

What tactic would it fit under?

Now Liverpool are trying to bring it back in real life, maybe it might be worth a shot?


I assume what they are playing would line up :

GK - Mignolet
CL - Sakho/Agger
CR - Toure
CC - Skrtel
RK - Johnson (when fit)
LK - Enrique/Cissokho
AM - Lucas/Henderson
AM - Gerrard
TM - Coutinho (when fit)
ST - Suarez
ST - Sturridge

FAS maybe as Coutinho would be the link between the lines?

It served me well with Brazil in the World Cup, i did have a very strong midfield, played 343FAS

This could work really well for Italy. Or even a more defensive version of 352 with a DY instead of a second ST.

Yeah there's a few international teams it would suit to be honest!

Rich@Leicester wrote:

surely you cant play it without WK's?

you'd get murdered!, wasnt' it Mark that tried to play a second half without full backs?

didnt do it again did he?

Good memory! No, I haven't used it again since.