but it means we have to do 3 wingers (Daniel, Gao, Bertos) into two spaces
Once again you would have to leave out one of Daniel/Bertos/Gao.
Once again you would have to leave out one of Daniel/Bertos/Gao.
I doubt the club bought these players only to leave them out, I'd put my money on a formation that includes any new signings.
Well if he's going to play them all he probably can't play 2 strikers (that 442 diamond I described earlier looks a little unbalanced and I can't see Ricki using it) so why would he be pursuing Porter by your logic? I think it's all about him wanting to add depth to the squad and be able to have a number of different options formation wise.
People seem to have the impression that Ricki favors a 442 and that it will be the formation he wants to play next year. I would quite like to see us line up in a Luciano Spalleti style 4231 like this:
=======================Moss==========================
New RB/?=========Durante===========McKain============Lochead
===============Ferrante==========Lia====================
Gao====================Daniel======================Bertos
=======================Smeltz=========================
Porter could even be used on the left (although i don't know if he would want to/could perform well) in this system, and of course could come on from bench if we wanted to switch to a 442. Likewise if Ricki does just play 442 then 3 wingers into 2 spaces isn't a bad thing. Who knows, maybe Daniel could perform as an out and out CM as well? Depth in the squad is always a good thing so lets pray that we get Porter, Sigmund (with Old leaving) and a proper right back. With these signings (plus maybe this Hearfield kid) our squad would have all positions covered for very nicey indeed. In fact, with those additions we could possibly even challenge for the title!