I think Evertons 451 2005 and Morinho walking the title 2004

By having makelele holding in midfield meant 4-4-2 has to either change or evolve

If you revert to a simple 442 the other team can exploit the 2 forwards roaming, to the point where the other team feel like they have an extra man. If they feel like this, then they create a free role for the creative player whilst having the water carrier (Vieira, claude, mascherano etc)

I think the general view is you can play 442 with good players and strikers, but it's seen as a formation which can cause vulnerability in teams because of how the game has evolved since 451 of 2004-05

Posted By: pants on November 9th 2015 at 12:21:57

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For me one of the best bits about Sat remains the City fans booing at the sub... (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Nov 9, 09:44:14
- It seemed to be about six people in snakepit only (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Nov 9, 11:49:34
  - No one near me Booed. (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 9, 12:32:52
    - Nor me (n/m) (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Nov 9, 15:23:08
      - or I. (n/m) (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Nov 9, 17:54:36
- support sounded very poor on Saturday generally. Carrow needs to up its game. (n/m) (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Nov 9, 10:59:13
- "striker for a striker won't change anything" (NCFC) - inutero, Nov 9, 10:35:05
- Didn't hear any booing, so can't have been that many fans (n/m) (NCFC) - earlydoors, Nov 9, 10:30:18
  - was just a handful of the snakepit braindrain and lasted for (NCFC) - Pixelman, Nov 9, 11:51:08
    - I dissagree, more likely the City stand. (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 9, 12:34:10
      - Think your are right... it was def to my right. By the time I glared over it had stopped! (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Nov 9, 14:23:54
        
        TBf we have our fair share of looney fans as all clubs do, I disagree (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 9, 16:29:28
- Clueless idiots (n/m) (NCFC) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Nov 9, 10:29:36
- I get angry every time I think about it. (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Nov 9, 09:50:40
  - 4-4-2 has been outdated for about 10 years too, any manager can (NCFC) - pants, Nov 9, 10:20:52
    - I haven't got time to look this up, but aren't Leicester and Watford doing 4-4-2? (NCFC) - APB, Nov 9, 10:38:23
      - I think Evertons 451 2005 and Morinho walking the title 2004 (NCFC) - pants, Nov 9, 12:21:57
        
        I wonder if (NCFC) - pants, Nov 9, 12:26:27
        
        4-4-2 for Leicester, 4-2-3-1 for Watford (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 9, 12:31:30
        
        Searching around, I found a Morinho quote on it (NCFC) - pants, Nov 9, 12:54:10
        
        So I think Watford tried to beat Leicester using the 4231 but got undone by a pen (NCFC) - pants, Nov 9, 12:57:42
        
        Must be true if it's in the Gruniad. (n/m) (NCFC) - mike_the_sphinx, Nov 9, 12:33:04
        
        Somone off of on here may well know better (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 9, 12:49:51
- Why the fuck was anyone booing?... (NCFC) - loz, Nov 9, 09:50:31
  - It was insane. I normally shout at the boo-ers, but it just dumbfounded me this time (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 9, 09:53:36
  - that what I was saying at the time (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Nov 9, 09:52:52

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