Overlapping centre backs - the worst thing to happen to Wilder

[INTERUNITED]

My reason for saying this is that whilst that period was the best I've ever seen as a Blades fan (and I've been going for nearly 40 years), it meant that Chris is always looking for that something new and different which will make him look like a genius. At the minute it's the double pivot in midfield, which hasn't worked and won't work, but he keeps in persisting with it as he thinks it's 'innovative'. The same with playing players out of position, so that when it works, he's the master tactician behind it. What he needs to do is get back to basics and what made him a great football manager. I get the players are shite, but I don't think they are as bad as they are currently showing. For me, the tactics are all wrong. Go back to 442 and start having a go at teams. We can't defend, so why sit back and invite pressure? In this team, the best way to defend is attack. Just try something different Chris and get back to what you are, a bloody good Championship manager!!

 

[Cyprus Blade]

I have never been sure whether the overlapping centre backs was a product of genius or sheer desperation after Gillingham.

 

[Davalon]

It was Knill anyway

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

I think its funny, Wilder OR Knill didn't exactly "invent" the idea of overlapping CB's. It has actually been done before we did it. Just no one ever made a big deal out of it until we consistently used the system and it worked for a bit, until teams came up with a defence. This happens all the time in football.