Shape and system

what is clear is that the team does not seem to have a clear shape or style and strategy. i am not sure what Bilic is trying to achieve this season. last year he set the team up in a 4-2-3-1 counter attack. it worked really well for the most part. this year he's chopped and changed between a back 3 and back 4. he's muddled with 3-4-3 and 5-4-1. now I'm all for a manager that is prepared to tinker and change to suit certain matches but the problem here is we look like a team that has absolutely no game plan or fixed shape. i can't tell if the plan is to get players wide to service carroll or to push payet and lanzini as attacking midfielders or what. if the plan is total football then I'm afraid its totally dire. Bilic really needs to decide on a formation and game plan. for me it has to be a back four. the excuses are that he hasn't got a right back well two things here…one he has arbeloa while byram is out. two why didnt he buy someone good then? the last two games have been almost embarrassing to call wins. I'm delighted with the points and am the first to say the result is what matters but lets be honest if we keep needing the ref to give us a penalty and hold our breath at the other end we are not going to do much this season. if payet is the main playmaker then the formation should dictate play through him. there should be a solid foundation and then give payet a free role to create. at the moment its almost like theres 3 players lanzini, payet and antonio who are all told to roam around aimlessly. they need clear and guided instruction. carroll is useful. he holds it up and brings the team up the field. surely Bilic can come up with a clear defined method of play? our passing is abysmal as no one seems to really know who's running where. if antonio is playing wide right, then let him run the channel like a train up and down…but half the time he's at right back trying to stop the wide players. then when he gets forward no one seems to know where he is.