Originally Posted by
paul_oshea
I think its BS to say we don't have the players or the mentality to play 4-5-1. I think with the players we have the best setup would be 4-5-1. When Trap started he said it was the little details why we were conceding silly goals from set-pieces and open play. Originally for the first year or 2 we were compact and conceded little. That is no longer the case, probably as much down to players as opposed to his system at the time, as we concede a lot more now than then, still employing the same system. SO Traps point is no longer valid, the reasoning for playing the way we do doesn't hold water because we have conceded far too many goals over the last couple of years.
With Hoolahan, Mcgeady, Mclean/long, Keane, Mccarthy and one of Quinn/Hendrick/Whelan we are certainly capable of playing that system, in fact it probably is our best possible goal-scoring formation. Hoolahan loves to put the ball in behind the full back for a fast winger to run on to, as was shown against the Faroes and Georgia. McClean and McGeady or coleman would have the beating of most defenders for pace, certainly the teams we need to beat i.e. Sweden and Austria(bar alaba), the more chances we create the more we score, and the more we score the more chances we would put away as the players would start connecting and reading eachothers play better.
We are always conceding late goals, why not go for the killer at the start, over-run them with a playmaker like hoolahan splitting the defence open and fast wingers/full backs to run onto. Keane has shown that with good service into the box he is still a poacher. I think we are crying out for a 4-5-1/4-3-3.
We are no longer playing to our strengths employing 2 in midfield in a strict 4-4-2, as we are conceding too much anyway, we are actually being stifled by the current rigidity.
