Diamond Fail - Don't be Suckered!

The 4-4-2 diamond is a good tactic if you have the right players. This is a fact. However, there is another fact: The diamond for the most part SUCKS against wide teams. If you play it like I do, you're going to get picked apart by a team that plays wide. In the coming blogs from me, I will hopefully show you how to even the score against the wide formations when playing a diamond formation.

What I want to test is how playing left and right mids works against a team that plays wide. The expectation is that the wide midfielders will be able to extend the width of play for my team, while at the same time minimizing the width advantages that come with playing a wide tactic.