My main concern with the three centreback system is that you need time to drill it in. Not just for the back three, but also for the players further forward who will need to protect those defenders if they push forward.
As we're aware, Martin O'Neill tried to implement this system during the Nations League -- and it failed. It doesn't mean it's not an experiment worth looking at again, I just don't know when Mick would have a chance to fully get players to understand/buy in to that vision.
I do very much like the suggestion of trying Coleman at the defensive midfield position. That would also be an experiment of sorts but in my view less radical than overhauling our whole system. I'm open to any idea that allows us to play both Coleman and Doherty.
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