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Originally Posted by Johnno
Whilst officially Gattuso plays on the right, he is by no means a right-winger of any sorts, and by the same token, therefore Ambrosini or Seedorf who on the left are not wingers either, Milan play with a very regimental system in the midfield with Kaka being allowe to roam free with Gattuso, Ambrosini, Seedorf and Pirlo there to protect him if the attacks are broken down.
Chelsea began this system too, with Makalele, Essien and Mikel although they seem to be reverting to a more classic formation with the re-emergence of Wright-Phillips and Cole/Malouda.
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This is exactly my point. It's a formation that helps the defensive midfielder and defends as a team.
I'm sure if we played it, Hargreaves would be good enough. But we dont play that formation and we won't play it regularly. So people need to stop comparing him to players who play in different formations. He is not Gattuso, he is not Makelele, we are not AC Milan, we aren't Chelsea.
We play a 442 and in that formation, an Owen Hargreaves needs to protect the back four and be good enough on the ball not to slow down our moves with his touches and to keep the ball with his passes. He's proven mostly capable of that recently.