{"id":22596,"date":"2018-03-29T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=22596"},"modified":"2018-03-28T23:59:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T22:59:56","slug":"letou-decide-ael-friendly-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2018\/03\/letou-decide-ael-friendly-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Letou Decide: AEL Friendly Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last night was our last friendly over here in Cyprus, in fact as I get this down to be released to you, the players are having breakfast downstairs.<\/p>\n
We played AEL and it was another opportunity to try out a new formation. Sticking with our Germanic theme, this time I looked to the best man at J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s wedding, David Wagner, particularly Wagner\u2019s system employed at Huddersfield Town during the successful promotion campaign in the Championship.<\/p>\n
The idea is to employ a 4-2-3-1 formation with lots of pressing and a deep-lying playmaker acting as a pivot. The full-backs attack down the flanks with the two wingers cutting in as inside forwards. The ball travels quickly from front to back with the idea for the crosses to come in low.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Josh Sheehan is playing out of position but given his complaints thus far, he\u2019s bloody lucky to be wearing a Swansea shirt at all. For one of the few times, Roque Mesa partners Renato Sanches in the middle and Sam Clucas is at left-back. Baker-Richardson continues his streak up front while the Ayew brothers and Wilfried Bony are busy on international duty.<\/p>\n