Ben Lee talks of Hoff's 3-2-5, but

didn't we used to play that when I was at junior school late 50's early 60's?
We lined up:

RB CB LB
2 x half backs
RW - inside forward - centre forward - inside forward - LW

Hardly revolutionary then is it!

Posted By: canary_wharf on September 10th 2024 at 09:39:41

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Ben Lee talks of Hoff's 3-2-5, but (NCFC) - canary_wharf, Sep 10, 09:39:41
- i love Hoff's reading of the game. (NCFC) - fal5taff, Sep 10, 15:48:57
- It's not revelationary (NCFC) - jAC, Sep 10, 14:09:52
- No .... all most right (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 10, 09:44:19
  - Found this on Wiki while waiting for something to finish in another window (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 12:04:50
    - Sounds like anarchist football as popularised on WOTB by Otto as she then was (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 10, 14:43:41
    - That sounds brilliant to watch. (n/m) (NCFC) - tudders, Sep 10, 14:36:50
    - were you at the match? (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 10, 13:30:17
      - Of course, my grandson was "one of the eight". I was "one over the eight" at the time. (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 13:30:46
  - WM FTW (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 11:53:50
  - That’s actually how Carsley’s 4-4-2 looks in possession according to the (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Sep 10, 10:24:10
  - Interesting (for me at least). So it was basically 2-3-5? (NCFC) - Bertie Russell, Sep 10, 10:00:19
    - Inside forwards dropped a bit deeper, more 3-4-3 (n/m) (NCFC) - canary_wharf, Sep 10, 10:12:11
  - Yep. I was playing that formation right up until under-11s in the early/mid 80s (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Sep 10, 09:52:00
    - Ahh, jumpers for goal posts (n/m) (NCFC) - LowestoftBoy, Sep 10, 10:20:09

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