One can't help wondering whether Emery is going to deploy a midfield diamond.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

20 years after this formation was fashionable, I still have no idea what it means.

Is it just shorthand for a 41212?

Everyone knows that 433 is best.

I think he'll play 4-3-3. You have to assume Ramsey, Xhaka and Torreira will all start. I don't know whether it will be Mkhitaryan or Lacazette that is benched but were i making the choice i'd start Lacazette.

[Sir C]

I think he'll play 4-3-3. You have to assume Ramsey, Xhaka and Torreira will all start. I don't know whether it will be Mkhitaryan or Lacazette that is benched but were i making the choice i'd start Lacazette.

You realise you're contradicting all the hipster types?

Brave move, bgm.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

You realise you're contradicting all the hipster types?

Brave move, bgm.

I mean, if we do play a 4-3-3 Ozil is allowed to roam into the middle anyway and Lacazette and Aubameyang will probably take up central positions, so it's probably closer to a diamond

[Sir C]

I mean, if we do play a 4-3-3 Ozil is allowed to roam into the middle anyway and Lacazette and Aubameyang will probably take up central positions, so it's probably closer to a diamond

That's the thing with all this concentration on formations. Footballers sort of move around quite a lot.

[Luis Anaconda]

That's the thing with all this concentration on formations. Footballers sort of move around quite a lot.

You haven't seen Sokratis yet

[IUFG]

That's the thing with all this concentration on formations. Footballers sort of move around quite a lot.

As long as we don't commit more players ahead of the ball when the opposition are in our half with it, it's an improvement on the last few years