3-4-3 or 4-3-3

[Birdy]

Catalonial Devil gave the best answer IMO.

the problem with the 3-4-3 is that it can accomodate especially fabregas, but you need to drop
i)either puyol/pique and play alves at the back three (which i dont support at all)
ii)or alexis/pedro and play alves as winger
iii)or alves.

i dont know which is worse to be honest..

 

[Trequartista]

Catalonial Devil gave the best answer IMO.

the problem with the 3-4-3 is that it can accomodate especially fabregas, but you need to drop
i)either puyol/pique and play alves at the back three (which i dont support at all)
ii)or alexis/pedro and play alves as winger
iii)or alves.

i dont know which is worse to be honest..

well the idea started probably to find a solution for the alves less barca,thats what I got from Pep's talk about the Villarreal match,think the team would be do well with that formation without Alves tbh,and giving the 2 wingers(Alexis and Pedro would be better in that formation) and then you have Pique as sweeper with Puyol/Mascherano and abidal flanking him then the Busquets-Xavi-Iniesta-Cesc
I dont see that formation even with the best players fitting into it,working in strong games or even most of the games awway from the camp nou,what I feat is Pep trying to accomodate Cesc for that formation,sure his best position is as a number 10 but still he can play in midfield

 

[Barcafan 2304]

Plain and simple, stick with what has worked so well in recent years. If it ain't broke....

 

[ammarfcb]

3-4-3 will work abit better with pique. but still not as good as our 4-3-3. maybe we can just take out valdes and play 4-4-3...

 

[IrvDizzle]

3-4-3

 

[evilhita666]

I also like 4 - 4 - 3 better, but it won't be long before we se 2 - 5 - 3, hahaha...

 

[chipson]

@evilhita666, you prefer 3-4-3 or 4-3-3? because 4-4-3 exists only if you count vv too on the scheme

 

[Bilal Khan]

I hate to admit it but we play 3-4-3 only because Pep wants to fit in Fabregas in the team, I know he has been superb, but in away games such as Valencia, 3-4-3 is not the system to use, and it has resulted in us dropping points.

 

[utility73]

4-3-3 vs 3-4-3?
Bah! Pep is slowly working toward a 0-10-0 anyways

 

[Caramel]

4-3-3 All the way

 

[barcaKosova]

4-3-3

 

[barcetia]

without having read previous comments this is my take on the whole tactical situation:

- if we play a team that relies their attacking through the middle with smart passing etc, like Atletico then we should use 3-4-3.
- if we play a team that relies their attacking through the wings with crossing or cutting in/shooting, like Manchester United or Valencia, then we should use the 4-3-3.
- if we play a team that mixes these two, then we should also stick to the 4-3-3 until we master the 3-4-3.

 

[barcetia]

this is right.

but I prefer the 3133.

actually Meta, the 3-4-3 everyone is talking about is a 3-1-3-3 although with Busquets sometimes moving up the pitch to attack. so from a tactical perspective, the correct name for the tactic should be 3-1-3-3 with the three midfielders free-flowing, which means that they move all around the pitch and destroy the opponent.

 

[veryfatchocobo]

3-3-3
ALVES

^ How's that

 

[Barcafan 2304]

With Cesc out the next 3 weeks, 4-3-3