Ruud van Nistelrooy - New Manager - Official

[Beachyboy]

Seems clear to me the tactics 4-4-2 compact defending, 3 box 3 he said in pre match v West ham so 3-4-3.

 

Likes a mid block can go to a low block if needed Mads is a great keeper to have as that sweeper keeper when the ball gets played in the space left behind from a mid block.

 

Mads

 

Justin

Coady

Vestegaard

Okoli

 

Winks

Skipp

 

Buonette 

Mavididi

 

Daka

Vardy

 

Justin pushes up in possession as hes more athletic, against the better teams Kristiansson plays as I think he's more defensively stable but offers less going forward. Ndidi can come in for Skipp if we are playing a more Physical team, Soumare gets a fresh chance to show those glimpses he's shown for maybe less than 2 hours combined in his whole Leicester career. Get more attacking players on the pitch create more chances, but respect when are playing (far far) superior opposition which is probably once a month on average between now and the end of this season that you won't have as much possession pragmatism is needed.

 

In summary Attacking where possible but pragmatic and realistic where needed which has been missing for most of the last 2 years. Last season was great, Enzo done some good work, but it hard to know how much of that was the player quality and how much was tactics, I'd probably say 70% player quality 30% tactics.

 

Also looks like a lot of time will be spent on the training pitch in defending 1v1 positions as well as the compact unit of the team.

Edited 2 December 2024 by Beachyboy

[FoxinNotts]

On the basis that Kristiansen won’t play the role, and Justin can’t play the system, I think he could go with:

 

4-4-2:

 

Hermansen

 

Choudhury

Faes

Vestetgaard

Okoli

 

Goodnite

Ndidi

Winks/Skipp

Mavididi

 

El Khannouss

Vardy

 

3-box-3:

 

Hermansen

 

Faes

Vestetgaard

Okoli

 

Choudhury

Winks/Skipp

Ndidi

El Khannouss

 

Goodnite

Vardy

Mavididi

 

The obvious problems with playing this way (the way we did last season) are;

 

- We currently don’t have Ricardo or a Doyle replacement (Kristiansen doesn’t want to play the LCB ‘staying back FB role’)

- We currently don’t have Abdul

- We probably don’t have the quality we need to play this way in the Prem !

 

Going to be interesting, for sure

Edited 2 December 2024 by FoxinNotts

[Muzzy_no7]

4-4-2 is just the pressing shape off the ball.

 

On the ball he likes the ‘3 box 3’. This is essentially what we had last year with a more defensive full back forming a 3 with the other tucking in like Ricardo did. 
 

The two 6’s and two 8’s form the box. 

[deep blue]

Isn't Thomas a better bet than Kristianson at LB? Apparently he played less worse than many of the team on Saturday, and is likely to improve with more game time and with an "arms round the shoulder" manager to improve his confidence.

 

Many on here complain about our failure to pass out from the back and construct attacks ... I thought when Thomas was playing well for us back in the day he had a very good passing ability.

[Ric Flair]

There was a spell at the back end of last season where Choudhury played the inverted right back role and it was absolutely horrendous for being exposed from very few chances created by the opposition. The Bristol City away game being the pinnacle.

[dmayne7]

8 minutes ago, deep blue said:

Isn't Thomas a better bet than Kristianson at LB? Apparently he played less worse than many of the team on Saturday, and is likely to improve with more game time and with an "arms round the shoulder" manager to improve his confidence.

 

Many on here complain about our failure to pass out from the back and construct attacks ... I thought when Thomas was playing well for us back in the day he had a very good passing ability.

The player he was when he first came into the team, is completely different from the player he is now, unfortunately. Did ok on Saturday, considering.

[Muzzy_no7]

18 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

There was a spell at the back end of last season where Choudhury played the inverted right back role and it was absolutely horrendous for being exposed from very few chances created by the opposition. The Bristol City away game being the pinnacle.

I think you’ve already said it but the only player I think suitable to the Ricardo role is Skipp. He has the work-rate, intelligence and technical ability to pull it off. 
 

Choudhury is a bomb scare in any position. 

[RumbleFox]

If one more person says 3 box 3 I’m fvcking outta here. 

Edited 2 December 2024 by RumbleFox

[Unabomber]

Just now, RumbleFox said:

If one more person says 3 box 3 I’m fvcking outta here. 

 I know people saying it like they know wtf they are talking about. Hilarious. 

[Scotch]

2 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

4-4-2 is just the pressing shape off the ball.

 

On the ball he likes the ‘3 box 3’. This is essentially what we had last year with a more defensive full back forming a 3 with the other tucking in like Ricardo did. 
 

The two 6’s and two 8’s form the box. 

That's how Enzo achieved that shape but Van Nistelroy usually achieves the same shape in a different way. 

 

Instead of having the RB move into the CM role, he would have him move to the RW position with the RWer move in beside the 10 to complete the box alongside the two deeper midfielders. 

 

Where Enzo's way probably is more suitable to the defenders we have now,  I think Ruuds way would suit the attacking players more with Facundu tucking in alongside Bilal. The only question would be, who plays that RB role? 

[coolhandfox]

Nice article which discusses 3-box-3.

 

https://tacticallyspeaking.co.uk/2023/04/28/comparing-3-box-3-and-2-3-5/

Edited 2 December 2024 by coolhandfox

[Sunbury Fox]

2 hours ago, FoxinNotts said:

On the basis that Kristiansen won’t play the role, and Justin can’t play the system, I think he could go with:

 

4-4-2:

 

Hermansen

 

Choudhury

Faes

Vestetgaard

Okoli

 

Goodnite

Ndidi

Winks/Skipp

Mavididi

 

El Khannouss

Vardy

 

3-box-3:

 

Hermansen

 

Faes

Vestetgaard

Okoli

 

Choudhury

Winks/Skipp

Ndidi

El Khannouss

 

Goodnite

Vardy

Mavididi

 

The obvious problems with playing this way (the way we did last season) are;

 

- We currently don’t have Ricardo or a Doyle replacement (Kristiansen doesn’t want to play the LCB ‘staying back FB role’)

- We currently don’t have Abdul

- We probably don’t have the quality we need to play this way in the Prem !

 

Going to be interesting, for sure

It's bizarre that VK is not keen on the LCB role. For me he is more suited to that than being a wing back or attacking full back. He's relatively fast and a decent one on one defender but not great going forward. 

[Sunbury Fox]

17 minutes ago, Scotch said:

That's how Enzo achieved that shape but Van Nistelroy usually achieves the same shape in a different way. 

 

Instead of having the RB move into the CM role, he would have him move to the RW position with the RWer move in beside the 10 to complete the box alongside the two deeper midfielders. 

 

Where Enzo's way probably is more suitable to the defenders we have now,  I think Ruuds way would suit the attacking players more with Facundu tucking in alongside Bilal. The only question would be, who plays that RB role? 

Isn't this exactly what Cooper was doing and it didn't seem to work? Maybe with better coaching it could work but I'm not sure that we have anybody in the squad good enough to play the role expected of the RB.

[kyleolly]

What the hell is a 3 box 3 😂

[Ric Flair]

4 minutes ago, kyleolly said:

What the hell is a 3 box 3 😂

I thought it was a piece of MDF 

[kyleolly]

6 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I thought it was a piece of MDF 

That’s a 4 box 4 duh 😂

[coolhandfox]

27 minutes ago, kyleolly said:

What the hell is a 3 box 3 😂

See my post above with a link to a tactical article, but a picture saves a 1000s words.

 

Edited 2 December 2024 by coolhandfox

[FoxinNotts]

1 hour ago, Scotch said:

That's how Enzo achieved that shape but Van Nistelroy usually achieves the same shape in a different way. 

 

Instead of having the RB move into the CM role, he would have him move to the RW position with the RWer move in beside the 10 to complete the box alongside the two deeper midfielders. 

 

Where Enzo's way probably is more suitable to the defenders we have now,  I think Ruuds way would suit the attacking players more with Facundu tucking in alongside Bilal. The only question would be, who plays that RB role? 

But this would be 4-box-2 ?

 

sorry. My bad. I get it

Edited 2 December 2024 by FoxinNotts

[Corky]

3 box 3 will definitely get Yer Da raging along with xG and playing out from the back.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

[FoxinNotts]

1 hour ago, Scotch said:

That's how Enzo achieved that shape but Van Nistelroy usually achieves the same shape in a different way. 

 

Instead of having the RB move into the CM role, he would have him move to the RW position with the RWer move in beside the 10 to complete the box alongside the two deeper midfielders. 

 

Where Enzo's way probably is more suitable to the defenders we have now,  I think Ruuds way would suit the attacking players more with Facundu tucking in alongside Bilal. The only question would be, who plays that RB role? 

This sounds good to me. Tbf, Justin could play that role quite well

[CH1_Fox]

45 minutes ago, kyleolly said:

What the hell is a 3 box 3 😂

It’s woke nonsense 

[lfu]

12 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Neil Lennon thinks that means it's a lesbian threesome

[RedSoxUK]

Tbt 

[HarryDee8]

Hoping he raids the Utd and PSV fringe players and get a few loanees in that he can trust.

 

Maybe his mate Maresca can give us a few Chelsea boys aswell!