should we just play 4-4-2?

Where would the fun be in that ?

A good name for you DARK - I remember the dark, dark days of John Ward's 4 - 5 -1 's not only couldn't we score but it made me not want to see The Gas it was that dull !!

We seem to score the majority of our goals playing 4-4-2 and look our most comfortable at the back and every player seems to know their job and I've been saying for that for years.
However DC does like to mix it up and we've done incredibly well over the last 2 years.
If we'd played 4-4-2 every game would we be higher in the league than we are now ? I don't know nobody does.
DC is crazy the way he chops and changes I've never known any manager do what he does but hes also extremely successful so I'm happy for him to do whatever he wants really.
It's bizarre really how for example Boateng was our best player against Sheff UTD but hasn't played since , absolutely crazy but in that time we've won two and drawn one so its worked.
Mad init !!

Home or away, wing backs wont work because we don't have the players who can play wing backs.

Lee Brown is a sound player but all his worse games are when playing as a wing back.

4-4-2 is fine, there is nobody in this league we should be changing formations for, maybe just the personnel for select games.

You say that but what team in this league currently knows how to set up against us?

Jesus, we go every week and none of us can call the team or formation!

And even then he just goes and changes it at half time anyway.

There is also the opposite argument that we are only getting results because he changes it every week.

Become predictable, teams will set up to play us and we may end up losing a lot more.

Lets just enjoy the ride.

As unpredictable as his lines up are, does anyone else find hos subs rather predictable?

Yes, but it seems pretty clear that our team is much more able to adapt to major changes half way through a game much better than our opponents.

I can remember reams and reams of comments during the John Ward era (and previous eras for that matter) berating the lack of a Plan B. We now seem to be squabbling about the fact that we seem to not only have a Plan B but also maybe a Plan C & D as well. Not only that, but we seem to have built a squad of players that can fit into each and every one of those different plans and to produce results at the end of the game.

I would argue that part of the reason for our current run of results isn't necessarily because we change to 4-4-2 from about the 60 minute mark of each game. I would argue that the difference is simply down to the fact that we are capable of change, and capable of playing in different ways with a personnel tweaked by strategic substitutions and fresher legs than the opposition (The squad also seems fitter than most).

There are pros and cons of every formation - I just like the fact that we can change it up.