I have been saying this for ages, mostly because we have had poor full backs and inevitably our centre halves or midfielder's have had to play in full back positions.
We currently don't have sufficient wing backs that may pose a problem to this formation. Initially I thought Wotherspoon and Booth would be perfect on either flank. I feel Taiwo and Stevenson are the most disciplined and agile for the role currently.
Williams
Forster
Hanlon
McGivern
Taiwo (rwb)
Stanton
Thomson
Stevenson (lwb)
Haynes
Heffernan/Collins
Watmore/Harris/Cairney
Robertson can compete for a central midfield role on his return. What do you guys think?
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Thread: 3 at the back?
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03-03-2014 12:09 PM #1
3 at the back?
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03-03-2014 12:43 PM #2
Would be better to play 6 at the back and 5 up top. Since we miss the midfield out and with nelsons great passing ability surely he would be able to hit someone if we play 5 upfront.
Sorry just totally fed up of hibs at the moment
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03-03-2014 12:52 PM #4
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You need to be extremely good at keeping possession to play this formation and unfortunately were not.
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03-03-2014 12:54 PM #5
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03-03-2014 01:35 PM #6
I suggested this a couple of weeks ago to my faither, but with regards to the back three, McGivern was on the bench, Hanlon to the left and Nelson in the middle. The reasoning being Forster/Nelson-Nelson/Hanlon pairings haven't been that bad minus the odd individual errors of late. Also, McGivern offers nothing when we get a corner, very rarely does he get in to the opposing teams box, this is obviously on Butchers instruction but when we do get a corner, Nelson/Forster/Hanlon are nearly our best threat!
Also agree with the positioning of Taiwo and Stevenson, I think they have enough energy to run the lines for the 90 and their tackling (as long as they 'aint last man) isn't the worse.
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03-03-2014 01:39 PM #7
I have been going on about this for months , play players in their proper positions as much as possible. We do not have a recognised RWB either but playing 1 player out of position is better than 2 especially at the back. So yes I think it would be a better formation.
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03-03-2014 01:39 PM #8
I'd go for a 3-1-4-2 set up the deep holding midfielder will cover the CB's when they go out wide, the 2 wide mids/ wingers would need to do a lot of back tracking for cover, or you play with 2 wing backs.
Williams
Forster
Hanlon
McGivern
Thomson/Taiwo
Watmore/Zoubir
Robertson/Stanton
Craig/Stanton
Stevenson/Harris
Collins/Handling
Haynes/Cummings
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03-03-2014 01:46 PM #9
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We can't defend anyway, so we may as well just stick everybody on the opposition goalkeeper and hope for the best.
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03-03-2014 01:58 PM #10
3 at the back rarely works in practice, good on the old xbox but I wouldn't try it in reality.
Much rather we had 2 good attacking full backs and 2 solid centre halves.
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We tried it once with Boozy at sweeper. Wasn't our formation back in McLeish days a 3-5-2?
I agree it can be hard to execute but I think its the way to go with the players we have currently. Thomson and Stanton are the two most composed players on the ball and ideally they will have Taiwo and Stevenson available on either side of them and 3 forwards ahead of them to pass to. We always lack options in other formations because our full backs don't push on and we have 1 up top against 2 centre halves.
I think Black and Baptie in the U20's look good for wingback roles too.
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03-03-2014 02:21 PM #13
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Tbh I don't think it matters what formation we play the squad we have are totally devoid of any football,even the basics,1 or 2 the exception but the rest are wage thiefs.
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03-03-2014 02:30 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Can't see it working in the British leagues due to the way the football is here, might well work abroad.
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03-03-2014 02:52 PM #15
There are no 3 individuals in the squad at Easter road that you could put together to play that formation.
In fact I would go as far as to say there is not 1 individual in the squad who could play that position regardless of whom they were playing with.
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03-03-2014 03:09 PM #16
Weirdly enough it's the formation we play at my Sunday league team, which, originally was meant to be a joke team, but has turned out really well given the talent of the players involved. It can probably be played at just about any level, as long as the team has the right qualities to do so (I'm not going to pretend that I know what these are).
I would say that our back three probably isn't good/experienced enough. I'm a fan of both Hanlon and Forster, but I doubt they're consistent enough to be able to pull this off - especially if partnered with McGivern or Nelson, both of whom aren't good enough for this level based on current form IMO.
Although it would certainly benefit us to have the extra midfield man as well as two forwards, so I wouldn't be against seeing this in the future.
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03-03-2014 04:18 PM #17
I think it's telling that you struggle to find a team that plays 3 at the back nowadays.
I understand our romantic notion with it though given that the 3-5-2 team of McLeish was the best Hibs team I've ever seen but that probably had more to do with the players than the formation.
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I loved mcleishs team but I don't know if we have the players."Putting a damp spoon back in the bowl is the tea-drinking equivalent of sharing a needle!"
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03-03-2014 06:47 PM #19
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We don't have good enough players for 3-5-2. Therefore I don't think it would work...
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03-03-2014 09:14 PM #20
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Yes they are fit but being athletic is a totally different attribute. Tom Taiwo and Lewis Stevenson are both slow to average pace runners. They would both struggle badly getting up and down the line."Putting a damp spoon back in the bowl is the tea-drinking equivalent of sharing a needle!"
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04-03-2014 07:02 AM #23
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I would try 4-3-1-2
Williams
Forster------------Nelson-----------Hanlon---------------McGivern
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Although this formation would involve passing it around in defensive areas because the three would be quite deep at times this means there is plenty of defensive cover and Collins/Haynes are not isolated up top when they get the ball. Because we have no widemen I feel this is the way to go for Hibs.
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04-03-2014 06:53 PM #27
3 at the back?
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I'm heavily involved in athletics at school level and compete myself.
Watching these guys week in at Easter road they have no attributes that would make me think they were athletic. For starters their body make up.
Most athletes have short bodies and long legs, tom and lewis have the unfortunate short body and short legs. It means they have a shorter stride length. I doubt very much they would excel in a session of 150m at meadow bank.
At Hibs just now we lack real athletic runners in the team. Alex Harris, Scott Robertson and Danny Haynes are the ones that spring to mind."Putting a damp spoon back in the bowl is the tea-drinking equivalent of sharing a needle!"
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04-03-2014 07:21 PM #28
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If your looking into body types your looking a bit far into it for a wing back in football, wouldn't consider Harris anymore of a athlete than someone like Lewis even though he's faster as Lewis has better endurance and stregnth
A athlete isn't just someone that can sprint 150m quick, there's a variety of different physical attributes to be considered
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I don't think I am looking too deep, that is what effective scouts do. Hence why many English teams recruit guys from Africa on the basis of their athletic prowess.
Tom, on the other hand. I doubt he would be able to run one 150m."Putting a damp spoon back in the bowl is the tea-drinking equivalent of sharing a needle!"
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