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Tata wants messi to be more of a number nine rather than dropping deep. This suits cesc as he makes runs from central midfield into the space between the lines and is his best role. He won't have Messi clogging up his space.

It's an idea to try out for sure. I would be open to trying it out. I'm just skeptical that's all.

I think overspending is inevitable at this point in the window. We wasted too much time chasing TS. Thes also the other situation where we get someone on the cheap as someone's desperate to sell and don't have enough time, but I can't think of an example anywhere.

The back three works just fine for juventus. Bonucci also does a good job as a sweeper when you consnider he isn't that good.

He's got the pace and ball skills but does he have the intelligence to cover the spaces behind? I'm unsure. He'd be better here than Chelsea though as our style of defending is what suits him.

Fuck no. This club is going down the drain,

We had a back three. I was the middle centre back but behind the others. any through balls were intercepted by me and I'd make long passes from the back. I also had a vision of everything in front of me and marshalled the defence. If it was in a back four it would not have worked aswell, infact...

This.

I played as a sweeper too and know its strengths and weaknessess. In the right scenario it works but not in this example.

I have nothing against sweepers. I'm just saying with our high line and back four it's a bad idea. Nothing personal. Agree to disagree... Sure. Just remember that football is very fast these days and against top teams with thier quick wingers that system is suicide.

Don... The opposition winger such as robben, reus or ronaldo is much much quicker than our sweeper (probably pique) they would reach the ball first, and score. The winger would have a head start on the sweeper as he has the ball and only needs two or three touches before his finish. The pass is...

You ignored my points don. Understand that football is very fast nowadays and your sweeper would create the problems I mentioned.

It wouldn't work like that in reality. The sweeper wouldn't reach him and even if he did you're other players wouldn't have got back in time to cover the striker your sweeper left free to close down the winger. The speed and placement if the pass means the sweeper has to run very quickly to...

If the winger is in free space he will have the pace to reach the goal area and take a shot before your sweeper even reaches him. Even if he does reach him, you just willingly exposed yourself to a 1v1, where he can deibble past your sweeper and score.The thing would happen so fast your other...

You can achieve the same effect with a flat back four. If there's pressure on the ball and they make a pass, one of the centre backs covers the space behind and intercepts it. There's no need for its to be permanently split up like that. If it is permanently split up, counter attacking passes...

Sure. It would be good to try out at least. I'm just skeptical of whether it would work or not. It's better to have a flat back four with the centre backs splitting into the different roles when a pass is played to an opposition player and the opposition get between the lines. The one closer...

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I see what you're saying. Though now I think you're creating an elaborate name for something that happens anyway. In a back four one centre back will rush out to close threats in front while the other covers the space in behind more often. Any good back four would work like this. For example at...

There's plenty of sweepers in football today. They only work in a back three though. One example is Bonucci at Juventus. In a back four it ruins the defensive line and messes up the shape. In a back four, especially with high pressing, a sweeper is a bad idea. It works in back threes and though...

You're getting bogged down with the sweeper nonsense. It might sound great as a theoretical concept, but in reality a normal back four is best. Sweepers are only effective in a back three anyway. I agree with the part about pressing and also trying a double pivot at least.