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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
i get the hungary 56 --> total football --> tikitaka connection, but this is a closer following.
you know how the 3-5-2 was fashionable at the world cup?
now 4-1-4-1 with the tikitakos, who formerly championed the 4-3-3 (though i get the 4-1-4-1 is also the 4-3-3, but still).
although a couple of years ago (i think?) wenger had his 4-2-3-1 like several germans (bayern, dortmund).
maybe wenger is a bundesliga fan ha ha ha. he's alsatian after all.
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ps found this: http://www.chicago-fire.com/blog/pos...-between-lines |
Wow. Brilliant article. Thanks.
Despite his quite cerebral reputation, Wenger's never been very interesting tactically and does follow trends when it comes to things like formations. He's not known for making smart switches mid-game, or for playing in unusual formations (he used a quite rigid 4-4-2 during Arsenal's 'invincibles era'). His closest link to Pep is in his commitment to a quite technical passing game (regardless of formation) and for building teams more organically from within - although both seem to be moving away from that particular commitment pretty quickly.