DrunkenSaint

Keeping him fresh for Huddersfield, isn't he one of many one yellow from a ban? If he is thsysvprobably why he's been rested. Try and get something from today and win against Hudders that would be bad at all.

Well at least Hasenhuttl gets to see how poor we really are and drops them for the youngsters.

The fwd 4 need to be the fastest in the team as they are the counter attackers, 2x CM and the wing backs also need a bit of pace about them, it's all about closing the opposition down quickly when the trap is set when off the ball but yes the fwd 4 are the ones who need to be the super quickies. If he wants silky skills then you can probably count out our entire team. It's pace and high energy levels esspecially the front 4 which we lack apart from maybe 3 players which might make his standards. The 3 I mentioned have pace and the energy levels and id imagine 2 of the front 4 would be subbed each match, so we need players on the sub bench of equal pace. Silky skills is just a big bonus.

Only a few first teamers will fit into his ultra fit pacey system but he could look into recalling Reed, Hesketh and Sims who all have a bit of pace about them, Reed has done well at Blackburn and constantly presses the opposition so will fit right in but someone needs to point this out to him I hope someone at the club has been monitoring him. One things for sure I think we will see a completely different team in a few months time but a mini clear out in January is a must, Austin,Gabbi,Jwp and Davis, i reckon won't suit the system, if we can off load those and get 1 in and use the youth we could look alot better in terms of pace and energy.

Far to slow for his system, same goes for Austin and Gabbi, the real winners will be our wingers who he likes to play behind two pacey strikers. I'd probably say that he would want to get rid of Austin, Gabbi, Davis and Jwp to make way for Sims, Hesketh, Harry Reed and Gallagher. A friend of mine who is a big Blackburn fan told me that Reed has been excellent this season and doesn't let the opposition on the ball for to long, perfect for Hassenhuttl system.

Excellent if true, wanted him or Smichit. He would need a bit of time to teach our players the pressing style and to get the players fitness levels up, Austin won't know what's hit him lol

Problem is his tactics is possession based, I can't see our current players play it, they are not that good. He used the youth alot at Ajax which i like but it all went wrong at Dortmund. He kept the pressing that Klopp and Tuchel introduced but maybe he doesn't know how to fully prepare his players for that style. I personally would rather have a manager who knows the pressing style and can teach the players it rather than being forced to play it without any idea how it works. I have mixed feelings with Bosz but is probably a better option than Hughes or Big Sam who alot of fans strangely want.

Big Sam will have the same effect as Hughes, old style football old style training nothing will change, Everton fans wanted him out within a month. We need someone who can change our style, bring back the high fitness levels which Poch brought in ( which now seems to be the norm in every other premier league club apart from us), bring back attacking pressing football which in turn brings in good results. Rodger Smichit would be my choice as he plays similar type to Poch.

3412, 3421 or 4231 formations are the best, it allows more midfielders to try and win the midfield battle. The 4231 formation was made to counter the 442 formation so that's why you will normally see teams use that formation now. Problem is our attacking players behind the lone striker are not good enough to cause any real threat unlike when we had Lambert, Lallana, Jrod etc. Drop Tadic and Carillo add Sims down the right and maybe Mcqueen down the left and we'll probably see a big difference as those 2 can beat players with pace, put good balls into the box and are more direct. Helps both also tracks back and both have something to prove, Tadic played **** for 2 seasons and still gets into the first 11.

Problem when u play a 442 is that the midfield gets over run, that's why the 4231 formation was formed, to win the midfield battle. If you want to play with 2 strikers go with a 352 type of formation. Tadic and Boufal are useless, Gabbi and Carillo are no better its been the main reason why we have struggled for way over a year now, our attacking players are just not very good. I would of loved to see Sims and Mcqueen down the wings, least they have something to prove and would be more direct.

I would like to see Graham Potter given a chance. Done well in Sweden, plays a similar style to Klopp in counter attacking and pressing football, he's young and English and played at saints for a bit. Problem is that we would have to pay compensation which we never seem to do so it will probably be Hughes who I cant stand.

hes poor, panic buy and we paid way to much for him, about 19m to much. One of our youngsters would provably so what he does and some of that money could of been used to get that Promes deal over the line.

Agree.

Yep i think so and since MP plays 3 defensive midfielders at home suggests he has no idea our best team or formation.

should of gone for Schmidt least we would be playing attacking high intense pressing football which we all liked under poch.

Agree, if u are to play 352 u need someone with that creative spark in the centre of the park, out of those 3 midfielders Davis needs to be dropped. I wouldnt start Austin either, we need pace in the team so it would have to be either Long or play Boufal or Redmond upfront, Austin then would come on in the 2nd half.

that's why we should of done our transfers early doors to test things in pre season, I think the shape is fine its the players that don't fit it.

Italians don't seem to rate him, on Twitter done are saying he's not worth 5m, I've not heard of him so I have no idea if that's good business or a panic buy. anyone know anything about him?

He normally got hold of the ball in a central position and ran with it causing problems for the oppositions defence in which created chances for us, we have no one like that now.

tbh I would like us to try a 343 formation, he used it at his previous club and Chelsea and Spurs played very well when they used it and I wouldn't be surprised if a few more clubs start using that formation. That will allow us to offload a few of our defensive midfielders ( which we have far to many of ) and get in a good box-box type. After last season we needed new blood and a new style/formation, we are still that team from last season who looked lost.

Not sure i've known a pre season like this, we have been dreadful each game. High pressing Poch style my ass! We needed a clearout all we have is the same **** from last season playing like last season.

id go 3 at the back also, he did play it last season with some success so I wouldn't be surprised if he goes with it with us. Still a big ? on boufal so I might be tempted with Sims instead of him but that team does look good.

Really cant see Austin playing in a high pressing style, he could barely last 60 mins under Puels style, long is pretty useless infront of goal but he has the pace and fitness to do the pressing stuff. For me jrod and Austin should be offloaded, keep what we have left and get in a decent ACM who can assist with goals.

i would rather have his assistants he knows best, Carlos Campagnucci and Xavi Tamarit.

There seems to be 2 Schmidt's both play high pressing football interesting, maybe Schmidt is back in the running but Martin not Roger.