Diamonds are for Sunday?

Don't play silly buggers, VC.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 11 minutes ago
Rooney tends to lose fitness a bit when he isn't playing games and mata had a solid game last week anyway

.................

Macca

He did play two in a week for England during his ban, and he has been able to train because he wasn't injured.


----------------------------------------------------------------------
True VC

Hopefully he will be fine

comment by Darren The King Fletcher (U10026)

posted 23 minutes ago

Don't play silly buggers, VC.

............

Dazza,

I am not playing silly buggers.

The whole point of a diamond formation is that it is shaped like a diamond.

The clue here is in the name.

Now, this is still a diamond formation.

.....................am.....................

......cm.........cm............cm.......

.....................dm..................

One of the cm's naturally drops deeper in the formation. Doesn't have to be a dm if you want to be pedantic about playing three cm's anyway, Pirlo is a central midfielder that drops deep when Italy play a diamond formation.

Point being, wingers aren't often used in the formation, certainly not two.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 43 minutes ago
comment by Shugs (U14253)

posted 18 minutes ago

i fear for us with a diamond at the weekend.... too narrow in midfield

..................

It depends on the set up.

The diamond formation doesn't have to be narrow surely?

Basically you can have a DM LW RW AM and it is still a diamond.

Not my line up by the way, but;

.......................Fellaini.................................

ADM.......................................... Januzaj

...........................Blind........................


----------------------------------------------------------------------

my problem with the 'wide' diamond as such is it leaves us exposed in CM against Yaya (who will undoubtedly up his game) and co.

for me its a 4-5-1 (using the diamond formation you put in your reply to DTKF above with an extra man in the middle) or a 4-4-1-1 with Carrick & Blind holding and the wide players providing the attacking support

even playing those formations i'd rather have Rooney or Falcao up top than RVP if we go with a lone striker

Shugs

-----------------------De Gea----------------------

Rafa------------Smalling----Rojo---------Shaw

---------------------------Blind------------------------

------------------Herrera-------Fellaini--------------

Di Maria---------------RVP/Falcao-------Rooney

I really want to see Falcao start without RVP on the field. It's not likely to happen now though, especially after RVP probably had his best game all season against Chelsea

Why don't you wanna see him play then?

He had a decent game on Sunday, got in a few good goalscoring positions and, most importantly, buried one of them at a vital time.... His confidence will be high again.

RVP, in form, is not something you mess with. If he is hitting form now, then he plays. He is PL proven and has a good record against City.

Comment Deleted by Site Moderator