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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 16:18:54 GMT
Via The Sentinel
What kind of approach can Stoke expect? In the main, he used three different formations this season.
He started with a 4-3-3 but soon changed to a 4-2-3-1 shape with two holding midfielders protecting the back four. Derby surged from 15th to second using this system. They kept 11 clean sheets in a run of 14 league games from mid-November through to February and conceded only three goals.
Tight defensively, yes, but not short of goals. No team in the Championship won more games by three or more goals than Derby.
A winless run of eight matches ended hopes of automatic promotion and a 3-1 defeat by Burton Albion knocked the Rams out of the top six for the first time in five months.
Needs must, and Rowett felt he had to do something different to salvage play-off hopes. He switched to a back three and wing backs in a 3-4-2-1 formation for the final four league matches and the play-off tie against Fulham.
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