You just give this thread and attached articles a read:buzzclarets79 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:40 amIt could be that we play 3 at the back, in which case we’ll need 5 or 6 to cover injuries, suspensions, loss of form. Also competition for places is no bad thing, it pushes the players in the shirt. To often, certainly in midfield we’ve not had that.
I’m just guessing as I have no idea how Kompany likes to line up, just find it refreshing that I know we probably won’t line up 4-4-2 for the next number of years and we’ll end up with hopefully a couple of fluent systems.
http://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboar ... ny+tactics
It discusses the tactics Kompany uses, which, is a 4-4-2 / 4-2-2-2 - albeit a more modern interpretation.