Posted by Rich
on November 5, 2009, 10:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Did you see Arteta play the holding role last year?"
...I still think it would work though
Man U have played Scholes and Giggs in a midfield 4 this season though, the team I listed would be more than a match for all but about 5 or 6 teams in the PL
The point remains that we're doing without our best defender and our two best midfielders, plus our captain, and tonight we had our second best striker out, and our best one still coming back from a season-ending injury suffered a year ago
I thought we were poor tonight and I expected better, but there are obvious reasons why, and it's not because of the coaching, or because we don't have some really good players
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: I don't think Arteta has ever played the
: holding role in a four man midfield though.
: I'm pretty sure it's always been as the deep
: lying one of five.
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: It's a largely academic discussion though, I
: can't see Moyes ever playing that team. He's
: a pragmatist, and while that team would be
: really exciting to see, it's just not his
: kind of line up.
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: He was brilliant, and tackled everything in
: sight
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: Pienaar works his nuts off and helps his
: fullback, Bily is disciplined in doing that
: too, Fellaini can go walkabout but still
: puts his foot in
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: If you don't still don't like that though,
: sling Neville in front of the back four, any
: one of three right backs in instead and
: replace Saha or the Yak with Ossie or
: Cahill.
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: They'd give Benfica a proper game too
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: As much as I'd love it to work, and I agree
: they are probably our best individual
: players, as an 11 it wouldn't work. You do
: need at least one midfielder who can tackle,
: or at they very least be disciplined enough
: to provide protection for the back four.
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: It's a better side than the one that
: finished
: 5th and made a cup final last year
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: We spent a good chunk of last year with
: Cahill and Fellaini up top
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: ...Fellaini just isn't disciplined enough in
: his marking, Rodwell still learning and
: Cahill just runs around with the game
: passing him by
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: If we had everyone available though:
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: Neville.......Jags.........Distin.......Baines
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: Neill
: Yobo
: Ossie
: Jo
: Heitinga
: Gosling
: Hibbert
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: Now they'd give Benfica a proper game
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: Surely the main problem is missing Neville
: for
: his positional sense and leadership and
: Arteta, Pienaar and Osman for their
: creativity.
: We were also playing against a very good
: team tonight. They must be one of the
: favourites for the competion.
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: It's like we play every game with 10 men.
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