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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4150484, member: 405"] I agree with you; the modern approach to the game requires us to play from the back, although we can be a bit more direct doing so. And until some of our players get better at playing this way (especially in the defense and defensive midfield), I think the way to beat better teams is using 3 at the back to be more solid, so we can push the wingbacks a bit higher up the field and create width for the attack. 3-4-3 requires a true target man at the 9, which is like saying the SU football team needs defensive linemen - it's been going on forever. With a 3-5-2, you can have two somewhat-lesser attackers, individually, but they can combine off of each other (think Pulisic and Pepi, or even Pulisic and Reyna, since they both like coming inside ...), and it still gives us 3 in midfield, where most games are won and lost, and we can keep MMA on the field. I think Robinson and Dest might be more dangerous as wingbacks, too. [/QUOTE]