Olivergoldblack
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I was trying to explain to someone that Julen changed our formation at Newcastle to 343 to win the match, like at Spurs. He looked at me like I was mad.
To me 343 is more attacking, it just depends on how you use the wingbacks. When your defending its like 5-2-3, and attacking it's more like 3-2-5. Under Nuno I get the impression people thought it was a defensive setup, and wanted to go '4 at the back'. The first 3 seasons under Nuno we scored a lot more goals in the 343, and when we've tried to go 4 at the back and mix it up with 343 in his 4th season to the current day we've scored substantially less - although not replacing Jota and Doherty adequately, and a seemingly a persistent number 9 crisis since Raul's head injury, could be a bigger factor.
What's everyone else's opinion of 343?
To me 343 is more attacking, it just depends on how you use the wingbacks. When your defending its like 5-2-3, and attacking it's more like 3-2-5. Under Nuno I get the impression people thought it was a defensive setup, and wanted to go '4 at the back'. The first 3 seasons under Nuno we scored a lot more goals in the 343, and when we've tried to go 4 at the back and mix it up with 343 in his 4th season to the current day we've scored substantially less - although not replacing Jota and Doherty adequately, and a seemingly a persistent number 9 crisis since Raul's head injury, could be a bigger factor.
What's everyone else's opinion of 343?