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Originally Posted by Shotgun raisin
That game was a bit weird. Roma hardly bothered closing us down in midfield and it was actually both Anderson and Hargreaves who pushed up on the wings while our actual wingers came narrow to support Tevez up front. Hargeaves didn't do that from the centre of a congested midfield, and although he can cross, he doesn't have the passing ability to make the spare man in the final third.
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Roma did close us down in that game, they were 2-0 behind and needed to force the game, plus they always close down it's there style. I don't know about that bit in bold, I didnt see that happening in the game, why would we do that? it seem's a little bit unconventional. Hargreaves was the MOTM and in the first half he had lots of license and he was just brilliant.
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Originally Posted by Shotgun raisin
Scholes doesn't have the legs for that anymore. He's been poor whenever he's been asked to play that way in recent seasons (other than the second half against Milan last year at OT after Gattuso had gone off). Carrick has got forward on occasion this season and he's looked okay. We'll have to wait and see on Wednesday, but I reckon Scholes'll be the one sitting.
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He isnt told to get forward that much these says,(not that he can like he used to..) not in a 4-2-3-1 anyway. I can't recall SAF playing a 4-3-3 with Scholes in the 11, so there is little evidance to go by that he cant but it is quite obvious we have players better suited to the role in a 4-3-3. If we play a 4-3-3.. I agree with you, I can't see Scholes playing. But when we do play a 4-3-3 Carrick's role is very strict, he hardly gets forward.