Darren Fletcher Tactics: How the Post Amorim Era Man United will Look Under the Scotsman

Darren Fletcher Tactics & Style of Play

As mentioned earlier, the playing style of the teams under Darren Fletcher reflects a lot on how it was during his playing years under managers like Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho. No matter how he tweaks his approach, his playing ideas revolve around intelligent ball playing among the players and defensive responsibility from both the deep-lying midfielder and the entire defence.
Unlike other modern managers who bet mostly on attacking transitions, Fletcher values his team’s structure and balance above anything. The traditional British football philosophy, ‘A team works best when every player understands their role and position’ is followed by the 41-year-old up & coming coach.
When it comes to his formation & tactics, we have mainly seen the Scotsman follow the 4-3-3 formation. Instead of overwhelming pressing and counter-attacking stats where you risk a lot with sending more players forward, Fletcher focuses on sticking with a compact shape in midfield that can deal with any opposition press or circulate the ball across the line till opportunity to initiate an attack towards the goal opens up. This is why the Scotsman prefers those players who have exceptional positioning sense.
Whether it is during defending an attack or to simply win the ball back, instead of aggressive pressing, we see coordinated pressing from the defenders & midfielders. This reduces the possibility of leaving gaps behind the defence line.
Fletcher's tactical influence in traditional playing style is subtle yet effective. It becomes extremely difficult for the opponents to play through the disciplined lines across the midfield and defence.

How could Darren Fletcher’s Man United Lineup Look Like?

As mentioned earlier, we have mainly seen the Scotsman adopt a 4-3-3 football formation with the U18 team. This is something we can expect Fletcher to adapt with the senior team as well, and he also has the players at his disposal who could likely adapt to this formation.
Before his arrival, Ruben Amorim tactically preferred a 3-4-2-1 formation that included three defenders. However, with the arrival of Fletcher, we will see the return of the traditional four-man defence line, along with a double pivot CDM and 2 box-to-box midfielders. There will be two wingers/inside forwards to support the striker up front. Given the playing style of Sesko, we can expect him to be a regular starter during the short yet important tenure of Darren Fletcher.

Man United Predicted Line-Up Under Fletcher: Lammens, Lenny Yoro, Aiden Heaven, Lisandro Martinez, Shaw, Casemiro, Mason Mount, Dorgu, Cunha, Sesko