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My only concern is how often our FB's get caught out which makes our CB's look bad. Its pretty much like RW said, the diamond working is based on having alot of pessesion which has been the case so far. Wigan were the only ones taking advantage of our advancing FB's by pushing their wide men forward and not sitting back. Imo CA has got the tactics right so far, now lets hope he's not a one trick pony like Scolari.

I have always wondered if its his stamina or lazynes, either way its not good. Zlatan is not a clinical finisher, he never has been allthough has improved, he is a creator/dribbler/post player.

We do need backup for ACN, but where does this signing leave Mikel for the rest of the season? Im guessing on the bench and thats worrying.

SWP cant cross too save his life, Young is probably the best crosser of the ball in the prem. I cant believe people dont rate Young, he can shoot, great free kicks, great crosser of the ball, fast and tricky. He would be good on the counter aswell as suplying crosses when teams park the bus.

Skill wise imo he is on of the best in the world right now, he used to be criticized for his finishing but this year he has improved his shooting. The only reason i dont want him here is his workrate(which by the way also has improved) and lazynes, he gets away with it in the serie a but considering the tempo of the PL i dont think he would work out here.

I think Wilkins will be pretty important to, it seems he and Guus have been getting along good. Hopefully he learned a thing or two from Guus so he can pass on to Anceloti.

I only heard the name in relation to Drulovic around WC98, havent seen him.

Then hes worth going after. I havent seen this Arnautovic play, but Ibra is probably the laziest player i have ever seen in my about 15 years of watching football so i wouldnt bet on another one coming along anytime soon.

Very good news if its true. I wouldnt be sad to see Malouda go but it would be a shame losing him now after he finally settled, especially to a premiership side.

I get the Rpl on satellite but i havent been watching regularly. Im not qualified to make judgment on Zhirkov, from what i seen i can say he along with Krasic and Byliandtinov (spelling?) has impressed me.

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The width is coming from Ashley, and Malouda helps link up play with him, also Malouda covers for him when he gets forward. I would enjoy a fb roasting winger too but those are hard to find. It also depends on how our next manager wants us to play Thats a bit harsh dont you think?

We pretty much had to play like that as they were presuring us high up the pitch. I think the big pitch didnt allow lampard Malouda and Essien to get upfield quick enough. Also Maloda and Essien pretty much played as fullbacks. I agree with G4 that we could have used a pacy winger in this one, but Malouda along with Boss helped stifling Messi and Alves down their right. As we probably wont play Essien as a winger next time, whoever plays there Anelka or Kalou will be able to support Drogba better. We will probably have to play the same long balls if they pressure us high, but as i said the smaller pitch should benefit us.

Im not surprised about Chechs misstakes, i mean Bolton had troubles geting out of there own half until their first goal, he was probably dozing off until then. And the fact that Davies is a beast in the air didnt help. I dont think Pool will play long balls like that until they get desperate so i would still stick with Carvalho in there as Tores threat is his speed.

When has JT or Carvalho held the ball for more then 10 seconds, and why would they need to?