We’re On The March Wi’ Tango’s Army!
By: TheNorthernLight | November 3rd, 2008
We’re gaun to the Argentine.
Ah well, not quite, but jings, it’s good to get a home win on the board. In the days before the game, there were all thae stories about Aberdeen having the worst home record in Britain or something which doesn’t exactly get the confidence up. We’re pretty sure Grimsby had a worse home record than Aberdeen (the Mariners have played more games and had a worse ‘home’ goal difference) and there’s three teams in the Highland League that can post worse table statistics. But all this is irrelevant now, because Grimsby are now the most rubbish team in the land, and we’re no!
Now, when I play Football Manager 2008, I always go for a straight 4-4-2 formation because you can understand how that works: two central defenders, a couple of guys who run up and down the touchline, one guy in midfield for the incisive passes to the strikers (two please), and the other a ‘holding’ midfielder who gets stuck in about the other team. As soon as I deviate from that formation, say a daring 4-3-3 at home to Rangers or a 4-5-1 or 4-4-1-1 it all goes horribly wrong. My virtual players like the simplicity and comfort of a 4-4-2 and I like the formation because it just makes sense.
Footballers are simple folk for the most part who, like me, prefer simplicity in their formations and consistency in the team selection. Tango (or Mr Calderwood to most of us) had us all guessing on Saturday and he didn’t disappoint. A 3-4-3 with Considine, Severin and Diamond in defence, a midfield consisting of Mulgrew, Young, Foster and Hodgkiss while up front we had Aluko, Miller and Mackie. All in all, quite a daring attack-minded formation with defensive options should Killie break through. Aluko and Mulgrew on the left have both put in good performances over the season, while Hodgkiss at right-back has been consistently good. Considine is improving while Diamond and Severin at the center of defence are solid enough.
The selection in the middle was a little baffling. We could be wrong, but we are pretty sure that both Foster and Young are wingers by nature, so to find them both in the middle was surprising especially as we had Kerr on the bench and Severin in defence. In the end, Mulgrew was brutal and was taken off at half-time for Mark Kerr, who would later provide the pass to Aluko that led to the goal.
Next week against United we need to have a solid midfield, as this is where United are themselves quite strong. Foster and Young are not going to dominate the midfield in the way we need to, so lets have Kerr/McDonald or Kerr/Severin, with Diamond and Mair in central defence and Miller up front (he had a great game on Saturday) with Mackie or Tommy Wright, who we are still keen to see start a game.
Anyway, that’s all in the future. For now, lets enjoy the result. Kilmarnock are a strong side and the victory was well deserved. Lets take a leaf out of Motherwell’s and Dundee United’s book and use this victory to build a run of good results.
Right, I’m off to download Football Manager 2009. There’s a demo out (download here) which features the Scottish leagues in detail. I’m going to set up a 1-3-4-2 formation with Aberdeen and see if I can do any better than Calderwood – or at least understand what the hell it’s all about.
See ya!
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