Pulis defensive formation

[beswetherick]

Left back has been a problem position for ages, still baffles me that we never replaced Fox in summer. He would’ve been an ideal Pulis defender in many ways

[Incognito Owl]

On 27/11/2020 at 10:42, McRightSide said:

 

Did we play three at the back? I thought it was

 

Palmer - Lees - Boerner - van Aken

 

      Luongo - Bannan - Odubajo

 

              Paterson - Reach

               

                      Rhodes

 

 

It was a very fluid formation, that's for sure, which Bannan, Reach and Odubajo all playing quite freely...but looked more like a steady back 4 with Odubajo occasionally providing more support to make a back 5

 

 

       

 

 

I saw it mainly as a 5-1-3-1 and it changed kinda to mainly a 4-5-1 in the second half.

 

Palmer, Lees, Böner, Van Aken, Odubajo                               Palmer, Lees, Böner, Odubajo

                            Luongo                                                     Kachunga, Shaw, Pelupessy, Bannan, Reach          

       Paterson, Bannan, Reach                                                                           Paterson                       

                            Rhodes 

 

I don't know exactly now, especially the 2nd half. Like you said a few were playing kinda freely.

 

 

Going back to the OP, I don't mind certain style CB's playing full back, if I remember correctly didn't Germany win the 2014 World Cup doing it? Also the Italian teams sometimes do it? Pulis has based his style on a similar one/the Catenaccio.