The basic 3-4-3 is pretty good when we have Neto.
- Extra man at the back means we play it to Sa less, which is always a good thing, don't confuse the fella as it doesn't take much
- Your back three has pace and recovery power (Toti), experience and aerial strength (Dawson) and someone to largely sweep up danger (Kilman, and even as a stern critic I'll say he's decent at this)
- One WB to give attacking threat on the left and the other to be more defensive (Semedo) and also another recovery option if teams break on us
- Two CMs who break a lot up but aren't just stoppers, they can play, Doyle an option if you want a more expansive passer
- Neto with direct running threat and sheer quality on the ball
- Cunha linking play and again running at opponents
- Hwang picking up pieces in the box and our best finisher by a distance
Problem is that it relies on key players being fit and in form all the time, and that extra CH is always going to look weird on the occasions that we play teams who don't try to attack us very much, especially as none of them are particularly good on the ball.