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Aston Villa Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Bogarde, Kamara, McGinn, Rogers, Malen, Watkins.
Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Barkley, Elliott, Buendia, Jimoh, Maatsen, Onana, Guessand.
Burnley Dubravka, Walker, Tuanzebe, Laurent, Esteve, Hartman,
Tchaouna, Cullen, Florentino, Anthony, Foster.
Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Humphreys, Flemming, Broja, Mejbri.
All the talk is of where Oliver Glasner might go next. His contract expires at the end of the season and he has refused to sign an extension. He is 51; if he is going to take over a major club with the possibility of an extended spell in charge, he doesn’t have a huge amount of time to secure a move. Could he then be the solution for Manchester United? He does, after all, play the same 3-4-2-1 as Ruben Amorim, just rather more successfully.
Which raises the question of why a system that has drawn so much scepticism at United works so well at Palace. But it’s never just about the formation, nor is it the case – within reason – that one formation is intrinsically better than another. Rather certain formations, in combination with the style they are enacted, prioritise certain elements of play. It is, at the very least, intriguing that since Harry Catterick’s Everton won the championship in 1962-63 with a W-M, only one side has won the English league title playing with a back three: Antonio Conte’s Chelsea in 2016-17.
Continue reading…⚽ Goals and updates from around the grounds⚽ Sign up to Football Daily | WSL clockwatch – liveAston Villa Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Bogarde, Kamara, McGinn, Rogers, Malen, Watkins.
Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Barkley, Elliott, Buendia, Jimoh, Maatsen, Onana, Guessand.Burnley Dubravka, Walker, Tuanzebe, Laurent, Esteve, Hartman,
Tchaouna, Cullen, Florentino, Anthony, Foster.
Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Humphreys, Flemming, Broja, Mejbri.All the talk is of where Oliver Glasner might go next. His contract expires at the end of the season and he has refused to sign an extension. He is 51; if he is going to take over a major club with the possibility of an extended spell in charge, he doesn’t have a huge amount of time to secure a move. Could he then be the solution for Manchester United? He does, after all, play the same 3-4-2-1 as Ruben Amorim, just rather more successfully.Which raises the question of why a system that has drawn so much scepticism at United works so well at Palace. But it’s never just about the formation, nor is it the case – within reason – that one formation is intrinsically better than another. Rather certain formations, in combination with the style they are enacted, prioritise certain elements of play. It is, at the very least, intriguing that since Harry Catterick’s Everton won the championship in 1962-63 with a W-M, only one side has won the English league title playing with a back three: Antonio Conte’s Chelsea in 2016-17. Continue reading…