Conor Hourihane

 

Bad news for you chief. Assuming Mick gets the job his favoured formation with Ipswich was 5-4-1 without possession transitioning to a 3-5-2 in possession - he did use other formation but the 5-4-1 3-5-2 was most common formation used. He dabbled with 4-4-2 in the cups.

 

Now as we have seen the 3 at the back that have played recently cannot pass to save themselves. What Mick does to remedy the situation I'm not quite sure (convert Coleman into one of the 3 CB's with Doherty playing RWB?.... drop Duffy and play Clark, Long & Coleman as the 3?). What I do know the three that have been playing there recently have not impressed with their distribution and Mick will need to sort that issue out if he wants to persist with his favoured tactic.  

Incidentally in the same interview he was pretty positive about Stephen Kenny.....

I hope Mick has not been scarred by the last few years at Ipswich. They had a melt down towards the back end of last year after a good start. When they played at Millwall earlier last season they won 4-3 they played 4-2-4. Remember mcgoldrick, garner, waghorn and sears up front. They were fast direct and bloody good to watch. Manager and team lost their bottle after a few bad results and the fans turned on them. Their board then gave up and sold their best players

Was a 4-4-2 man for all of his time with us from what i remember save perhaps a friendly or two.