Football Manager 2020 Tactics: How To Play 4–4–2 The Burnley Way
4. The Front Two
Fish & chips, red telephone boxes and a strike partnership in a 4–4–2. There’s nothing more English. A classic big man/little man duo would roll back the years but at Burnley it’s more of a big man/big man combination.
Making a pair from Ashley Barnes, Chris Wood and Jay Rodriguez is your best bet. As for roles, a Target Man and a Pressing Forward set up has a nice balance but if you have a quick forward in your side you will want to change the Pressing Forward to an Advanced Forward. He’ll feed on a banquet of flick ons from the Target Man.
Now all you need is a cool acronym like MSN or SAS. W(oods), A(shley) & R(odriguez)? What are they good for? Absolutely nothing sadly.