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You make a fair point re midfield 3 giving us more control over a game.

But what I fear is that with a 3-5-2 where you don't have any creative or attacking midfielders, and wing backs aren't huge threats; the pressure on Kane & Son to score is way too much.
I know you'll respond with Bergwijn's poor scoring stats, but at least he makes good off the ball runs which then frees up space for Kane and Son.

I would respond that I think we are relying on Kane and Son no matter what formation we play.

But ultimately I think the problem is players/MF more so than formation. As I said there is no formation that makes up for our shit MF so for me I prefer to play with a front 2 that I think suits Kane/Son over the front 3.
 
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He's gone...
Good Bye GIF
First time I've encountered this fella. He made me miss ArcspacE.
 

Boro in Hendrick loan talks​

Newcastle need to allow a few players to leave to offset the arrivals of Bruno Guimaraes, Dan Burn, Kieran Trippier and Chris Wood to the squad.
And Jeff Hendrick could be the first - the midfielder is in talks with Middlesbrough over a loan move.

So much for the North East rivalry
 
If true that Dembele signings makes sense for both sides.

IF Dembele is a prick PSG can boot him without worrying about how to cover his loss or afford his wages. Plus it gives them a potential replacement for Mbappe without having to take on FFP concerns (I know they are a joke but they seem to try and pretend they care).

Dembele goes somewhere that if he gets his head on straight can maximize his potential and let him win stuff and get his career on track.

If, and this is a gigantic if, Dembele isn't a complete idiot it could work out well for both sides. But that if likely means it is a trainwreck for both.
 
As I said there is no formation that makes up for our shit MF so for me I prefer to play with a front 2 that I think suits Kane/Son over the front 3.
Surely what this comes down to, is would Kane & Son prefer a third midfielder to join PEH & Skipp, such as Bentancur or Winks; or would they prefer Bergwijn? I think Kane prefers the latter as he has 2 options now to ping his through balls too; while Son would prefer being marked less closely due to the presence of another attacker on the pitch.

I would agree with your argument on 3-5-2 (which we concurred on this summer) if the third mid was someone creative who could create chances for Kane & Son and really stamp their authority on the game. We don't have that option.
 
But Bergwijn is starting to perform, came on and scored 2 at Leicester and was one of our better players against Chelsea - He had a couple of decent matches in December but has been interupted by injury.

We knew he had potential, we just needed a coach to unlock it and Conte is starting to do it and we are starting to see it.
His recent peeformance was an anomaly IMO, his "potential" has been found out, its severely lacking. He's just a teenage donkbag baby
 
Surely what this comes down to, is would Kane & Son prefer a third midfielder to join PEH & Skipp, such as Bentancur or Winks; or would they prefer Bergwijn? I think Kane prefers the latter as he has 2 options now to ping his through balls too; while Son would prefer being marked less closely due to the presence of another attacker on the pitch.

I would agree with your argument on 3-5-2 (which we concurred on this summer) if the third mid was someone creative who could create chances for Kane & Son and really stamp their authority on the game. We don't have that option.

Fair enough, as you said earlier I don't see much value in pinging balls onto Bergwijn but having PEH or Wanks in there with Skipp/Bentancur doesn't offer much either.
 
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