28 Oct 2025 12:47:48
We all seem to agree that playing either Beto or Barry as lone strikers is not the answer. So when playing at home how about playing them both. Madness I know but one thing we do seem to be good at is getting the ball into the box.
So play 4-4-2.
Garner-o'Brien-Keane-Aznou
Ndiaye-KDH-Rohl-Grealish
Barry-Beto
Yes I know it's madness but have to try something different, let's face it the formation we are using right now just isn't working.
Fire away.
28 Oct 2025 13:11:06
I’d be ok with that BMD, at least it would demonstrate a willingness to adopt a plan B.
28 Oct 2025 15:25:31
Agree anything to try something different.
28 Oct 2025 16:02:48
4-3-3
Pickford
Garner O’Brien Keane Aznou
Gueye Rohl Alcaraz
N’Diaye Barry Grealish
Beto won’t score, Barry might not either but he’s young and better on the ball than Beto, so give him games, don’t have anyone else. Let Alcaraz support him, which will give Grealish and N’Diaye more space as teams won’t be able to double up on them as easily. Garner and Aznou will overlap, giving them even more support. Gueye can sit and Rohl can be up and down.
When N’Diaye and Gueye go to AFCON, bring in KDH and Dibling.
If we line up with a 4-2-3-1 with Mykolenko and J’OB at full back against Sunderland, then I’ll lose faith with this manager, because it doesn’t work.
In January, get a striker on loan and try to buy a long term right back. Get rid of Mykolenko, Patterson if you can.
{Ed025's Note - Aznou and Barry are not quite prem ready according to the manager Swan, they are like a 10 Kilo piece of beef on a pilot light mate..
28 Oct 2025 16:25:55
Trouble is that side would very quickly fall into a 4-2-3-1 formation so no change from what we are doing now. The idea was to have two strikers as one doesn’t work. It doesn’t work now it didn’t work with DCL as a lone striker, and never worked with players before them.
In fact if you think about it our most successful period came when we played two strikers in Gray and Sharp.
Now obviously these two aren’t to that standard but as a pair they just might have some success. Don’t try it and you will never know.
{Ed025's Note - i do like the idea of a double act up front DMS, Liverpool had Keegan and Toshack, United had Yorke and Cole, unfortunately we have the modern day...Laurel and Hardy mate..
28 Oct 2025 16:28:15
More like slow cooker Ed mate.
28 Oct 2025 17:08:33
I like the idea and it would be entertaining watching Beto and Barry crashing into each other every five minutes.
Seriously though we do get a lot of balls into the box and having two strikers would double the chances of one of them getting on the end of a cross.
Just maybe not these two eh. How about Ndiaye and Barry or Beto with Dibbling coming in on the right.
29 Oct 2025 13:07:54
That is an insult to Stan and Oliver (two of yhe greatest) For a start Oliver was lighter on his feet.