Watford's opening game of the Premier League season against Everton is now less than two weeks away, so things should be taking shape at the Hornet's training ground.
Pre-season is the best time for a club to change things and Watford have certainly done that. With a new manager at the helm and already nine new signings, this pre-season has been essential for the Hertfordshire club.
However a new manager comes with a different way of doing things and this has seemingly resulted in the club changing their formation.
For the last three seasons Watford have operated with the 3-5-2 formation but, following promotion to the Premier League, it was clear that they could not play with just three at the back.
Having played a few pre-season games it seems as though Quique Sanchez Flores has chosen to use the 4-2-3-1 formation and recent signings at Vicarage Road suggest the same thing.
With the signature of two full-backs it became clear that Watford were going to operate with four at the back rather than three. As well as the club signing defensive midfielders Capoue and Behrami, attacking midfielder Jurado and imminent signing Steven Berghuis.
As a result one would think that Watford will start the season against Everton using the 4-2-3-1 formation.
A good choice?
Flores, quite rightly, has switched from three to four at the back, which seemed like an obvious change following promotion to the Premier League. Four at the back will help Watford defensively this season as with the club likely to spend a lot of time defending rather than on the attack, unlike last year in the Championship.
However it is the rest of the formation that has caused debate amongst fans. Having two defensive midfielders will of course help out Watford's defence, which many fans are in favour of. In addition three attacking midfielders makes it a five man midfield, a tactic used by many clubs already in the league.
This leaves one up front, which is likely to be Troy Deeney. The change to one up front makes sense given that Watford can't afford to attack all the time and probably will need players who can help out defensively. However with Deeney, Ighalo and Vydra racking up a total of 57 league goals between them last season, it seems a shame to split up a deadly partnership.
With some suggesting that Deeney doesn't suit the role of lone striker and Vydra doesn't look comfortable as an attacking midfielder, it seems that there is no perfect solution.
On the other hand it is early days, especially when talking about Deeney, Vydra and Ighalo because all three are adapting to a different role in the squad and this takes time.
Has Quique Sanchez Flores has found the best possible solution or will he have to change things again during the season? Only time will tell.