So it seems the three at the back is here to stay... but what I quite liked was the tweak at the top of the field.
Unless others interpreted it differently to me, it seemed to be more of a 3421 'Christmas Tree' - with a sole focal point in attack (Linney) and two forwards to support him.
In that first half it certainly seemed to do the trick having the extra midfielder instead of two out-and-out forwards like we did at the end of last season.
There seemed to be some words between Jones, Kosylo and Conn-Clarke in the first half, but I think the challenge was that the latter two were taking up the same positions.
Something along the following lines certainly has a nice balance to it:
[GOALKEEPER]
Ja.Jones Roscoe Baines
Donawa E.Jones
Marriott Jo.Jones
Amaluzor Conn-Clarke
Linney
If we could get the goalkeeper situation sorted, I'd feel fairly confident about things going into the Dagenham game.