Hi all, I'm having trouble recreating the way Newcastle play under Rafa and getting successful results. I was wondering if anybody else is succeeding? Newcastle seem to be playing a wide 4-4-1-1 with lots of crosses going in the box, and are dominating set peices. There are a couple of places...

I was wondering does anybody have any success or any advice on playing an attacking 4-4-1-1? There don't seem to be many/any threads on this formation at all (except for one or two closed ones).

Okay so this may sound a bit ungrateful, I am but I am playing with Newcastle (1st season still in the championship) getting some fab results (as you'd expect) however the style of play is not quite what I am looking for. My idea is simple really. Newcastle have some really fast players in...

Okay so this may sound a bit ungrateful, I am but I am playing with Newcastle (1st season still in the championship) getting some fab results (as you'd expect) however the style of play is not quite what I am looking for. My idea is simple really. Newcastle have some really fast players in...