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Should Pompey 4-4-2 talk be nipped in the bud now?
Tuesday, 21st Feb 2017 14:02 by pompey-fans.com staff

Leam Richardson wants fans to stop worrying over which formation Pompey use - saying you will never please all the people all the time.

The assistant Blues boss feels it's players' form that's more important as they set about the task of trying to secure promotion.

Richardson told The News: 'We’ve said loads of times people over-elaborate and overemphasise formations. If you’re going to play one be good at it. You can play 4-4-2 until it comes out of our ears. You will still get a portion who’d want 4-3-3 or 3-5-2.

‘In any game there’s a given time to play a certain style or certain brand of football. There’s a way to win. You saw our end formation against Blackpool. It was like a 3-5-2 or 5-3-2. We were trying to catch them on the break, and luckily we did by changing.

‘There’s no criticism. It’s constructive. People want to see more goal action.‘They want to see two strikers on the pitch because they think that’s where the money is. But it’s also about stopping the opposition’s strengths as well.

‘These days there are very few people around the country, or around the world in fact, who play 4-4-2, if I’m honest.'

He added: ‘People change. I watched Leyton Orient v Morecambe the other day. Leyton Orient changed formation twice and Morecambe changed three times within the game.

‘There were five formations. Are you telling me those players know those five formations thoroughly? I don’t think the do. So try to be good at one of them.'

Pompey head to Carlisle on Saturday.

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