Quote Originally Posted by Maamba View Post
Shouldn't have mentioned the unbeaten record as I lost this 3:1; you guys didn't offer any help or suggestions ... not that I blame you, much

So, I played it in 3 thirds as it were, my original idea 3N-1-4-2 for the first 30 mins; 3-5-2 V style for the 15 mins either side of half time and then 3N-2(DMR/DML)-2N-1-2 for the last half hour (thinking that perhaps he had attackig arrows on ML and MC.)

None of this helped and I didn't seem to have any form of dominance in any part of the game - they scored a goal in each of the three 'portions' and we scored in the middle portion (playing 3-5-2 V) just after half time. Possession was 55:45 in my favour (watched the match and was away so that accounts for 3% of the advantage.) The rest of the stats were even, apart from my side strangely committing twice as many fouls despite normal tackling and own half pressing being set.

Soo ... for the 3rd and last time (I'll shut up about this game after this post) does anyone have any ideas about what I should have done differently or how I should set up against this team for the return match later in the season ???
i don't think you should change formation so often during the match. you can't have certain conclusions. many times the formation that failed you in the first half crashes the opponent in the second.