Bales Left Boot
I can see what you are saying but switching formations halfway thru is neve as effective as starting out that way.
Basically Harry his from making big decisions like he always does. The proper move today was to drop VDV or Niko and IMO it should be VDV.
I wont say VDV is not a good player but at times today he looked slower than Charlie for gods sake. He is a good player yes but until we actually get a striker that can hold the ball up and give him time to support then he is a luxury we simply cannot afford particularly at places like OT with a makeshift midfield.
Harry should have gone 4-4-2 and pulled Bale and Lennon in a little bit to tighten the midfield up. You have often heard the saying from lots of experts "two banks of four is hard to break down".
Lennon and Bale would still have had plenty of chance to effect the game but they could have broken wide one at a time with the other one covering Niko as he tried to get cash in on any knockdowns on the dge of the box.
I mean a makeshift CM and we have our two wide players hugging the touchlines for gods sake. That left Niko and Livermore with an unbelievable lot of ground to cover particularly as man u's passing is always so good.
Sorry for me the bottom line is we approached the whole game totally wrongly and Defoe stood about as much chance of getting into the game as I did and I was 200 miles away.
Arry's Tactics
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posted on 23/8/11
Bales Left Boot
I can see what you are saying but switching formations halfway thru is neve as effective as starting out that way.
Basically Harry his from making big decisions like he always does. The proper move today was to drop VDV or Niko and IMO it should be VDV.
I wont say VDV is not a good player but at times today he looked slower than Charlie for gods sake. He is a good player yes but until we actually get a striker that can hold the ball up and give him time to support then he is a luxury we simply cannot afford particularly at places like OT with a makeshift midfield.
Harry should have gone 4-4-2 and pulled Bale and Lennon in a little bit to tighten the midfield up. You have often heard the saying from lots of experts "two banks of four is hard to break down".
Lennon and Bale would still have had plenty of chance to effect the game but they could have broken wide one at a time with the other one covering Niko as he tried to get cash in on any knockdowns on the dge of the box.
I mean a makeshift CM and we have our two wide players hugging the touchlines for gods sake. That left Niko and Livermore with an unbelievable lot of ground to cover particularly as man u's passing is always so good.
Sorry for me the bottom line is we approached the whole game totally wrongly and Defoe stood about as much chance of getting into the game as I did and I was 200 miles away.
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