Big Sam: '4-5-1 is an attacking formation'

Last updated : 22 September 2005 By Matt Bottom
Sam Allardyce spoke to Wanderers World about the 4-5-1 system that has brought great success to the Reebok in recent years.

"We used that system (4-5-1) to get out of the First Division and it worked very well as an attacking formation.

"We got into the Premiership and found that a lot of teams looked at the system and thought they should be using it. When we came into the Premier League, no team used it and now 50% of them do.

"Unfortunately for us, it's brought a lot of success for other teams now. Now you get system for system and it comes down to who has the better players."