Originally Posted by Feedingseagulls

The OH 'error' has been discussed before - his early positioning dictated by Brown's direction of retreat when the ball was in the Arsenal half etc.

However, some critics complained that OH's main offence was to fail to follow Fabregas when the ball moved on and he moved forwards - in this sense, the case of Carrick neglecting Gerrard is similar.

Mistakes do happen indeed - my point is that there is a group who will excuse Carrick on that basis but still castigate Hargreaves.

I would suggest that given both DM-role players have done this - this is what SAF and CQ want - 'if there are other players who should be able to deal with the threat if it develops then move in and try to restrict it at source'.