This looks like the words of a formerly banned one... (-; You got your two up front against Fulham, together with 2 wide men that essentially made it 4-2-4. Result?
Did we create more chances? That kind of formation is picked off too easily by well-organised 4-5-1 in the Premiership, as we all saw. The Wizard has to take the real reponsibility for leaving out his fulcrum of Keane/P Nev/Scholes, although minor injuries were taken into account. But all three missing in the post Becks/Veron era is too much for the team to shoulder. The selection of Butt and Djemba-Djemba was further compounded by them not having much match-fitness lately. DD has not featured in the first team for a while, whilst Nicky plays more for England than his club these days. They looked off the pace, but the formation was the real problem. Lessons to be learnt: Don't take liberties with team selection. Rotate the squad more so that you don't throw two players in together like that who need games. If you are outnumbered in the middle of the field you will get cut to ribbons. Paul --- l_e_blake_uk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- Was the Rangers match a one-off, or is the team selection getting more and more negative? If you look at the starting line-up yesterday, you could say we started with 6 defenders (although Phil and Quiton can play midfield), plus Keane who's a defensive midfielder. Scoles and Giggs are attack-minded players, but 6 defenders and 1 striker doesn't seem like a Manchester United team philosophy to me. Plenty of times we had time and space on the wing, but didn't bother putting in a cross because only one person was in the box. Two strikers would have given us a good chance of scoring on several occasions. Giggs was poor again up front wasting a two on one which would have sealed the match, and as much as everyone likes to hate Ed, we scored 3 goals in 4 matches with Giggs up front, then 7 in 2 when he went back on the wing. Co-incidence? Lone striker is still not working. We struggled against Leeds until a second striker came on. We struggled against Arsenal until a second striker came on. I missed the last half-hour of the Rangers game but from all accounts Rangers had more possession and shots and were unlucky not the get a draw. Then again we should have had a penalty too, but how many times can we rely on opponents missing chances because we create so few? LEB ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
