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Old 18th May 2008, 18:29   #150 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Shotgun raisin View Post
I don't know about their style, but they sat back and gave us a lot of room that day. It gave Anderson license to play a bit further up and Hargreaves to bomb down the right wing. Our whole setup was a bit strange that day, tbf. It was our midfielders who were giving support on the flanks rather than the fullbacks who just sat back and marked the Roma wingers.
Yeah, thats more of what I saw, maybe I read your previous post wrong but it read like the midfielders were going wide while the wingers were coming central.

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Originally Posted by Shotgun raisin View Post
We've played 4-3-3's without Anderson in he last couple of seasons and Scholes is often the one who's told to get forward. He's not been very good at it. But given his performances against Barcelona and the fact that he'll have Hargreaves a Carrick beside him (most likely) I think Scholes will be asked to sit. If Carrick is asked to do the same thing as well we'll be shit, so my prediction is more out of hope than expectation.
Lets hope your prediction that "if 2 sit, we will be shit" is wrong. Because if Scholes plays with Carrick, that's what will most likely happen. SAF has rarely fielded Scholes in a 4-3-3 this season, when Scholes and Carrick play we usually go 4-2-3-1. I don't see any problem with this as long as Tevez plays with Rooney. But that would mean Hargreaves plays on the right or not at all. Wow, it's going to be interesting to see the line-up, some very tough decisions for SAF regarding personel and system. Avram Grants job is easy in comparison Chelsea's formation is always the same and the team picks itself.
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