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4 hours ago, Rousseau said:

Teams now generally adopt different shapes in different states of the game. 

..., but the way they play morphs into wildly different shapes.  

 

Teams you say? You should have seen ME after seeing our line-up for the last 234 games, changing into wildy different shapes in front of my monitor. The latter's still cowering in fear from the Seville experience ...

 

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4 hours ago, Rousseau said:

Teams now generally adopt different shapes in different states of the game. 

 

Man City and Arsenal, for example, line up in a 4-3-3 on paper, but in possession their RBs play as a third CB and their LBs invert to create a double pivot, so it's more like a 3-2-5. Then when they defend, Man City adopt a 4-4-2. 

 

We've seen this flexibility in the WC with France, Brazil and Argentina etc. adopting different shapes in different states of the game. I really couldn't tell you what formation Argentina play!

 

Moreover, it doesn't describe how a team will play. Man City and Liverpool both adopt a 4-3-3 on paper, but the way they play morphs into wildly different shapes.  

 

That's why 'on paper' formations are largely meaningless. However, you can certainly use formations to describe the shape in possession and out of possession, for example.

They aren't meaningless. You just need more bits of paper and footballers with a memory.

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