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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4693706, member: 405"]
On the Reyna alternatives, Forza, I'm hopeful that maybe another top quality guy or two emerges in the next year.

As for the alternative tactical formations, one way you lose Dest (or A. Robinson), or one way you maybe lose McKennie or Musah.

I've seen some of the Premier League sides adapt their 3 at the back defense by having a fullback on the side where most of the opponent's attack is expected to come from; then the least mobile, but strongest in the air CB in the middle of the back 3, and on the other ("weak") side, you use another traditional centerback, but the more mobile of the two.

As for 4-2-3-1 vs. 4-3-3, I agree; it comes down to what shape you're in when you're in possession, versus how you drop back when the other side has the ball.  Chelsea played a hybrid of these 2 formations for years.

I think that a "pure" 4-3-3 requires a single anchor to be exceptional, or else the wingers can find themselves disconnected from the midfield.  In the 4-2-3-1, to me, your "bottom of the trident" is better defined in terms of the guys' roles.  Then, I think you have to pull your wingers back closer to midfield to avoid being overrun on loose balls / 2nd balls.  So that's why I like the 4-2-3-1.
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