What formation is Hughes thinking?

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

----------------------------------GIVEN---------------------------------------


RICHARDS-------------ONUOHA-----------------Dunne----------------BRIDGE


------------------ZABALETTA--------DE JONG---KOMPANY---BARRY------------












--------------------------------- ROBINHO ------------------------------------


Hughes loves his DMs.

Should keep Gelson on the bench too, just in case!!

Thats only 10 in the starting line up, plus I'm not sure Robbie is guaranteed a starting place especially away from home!

 

[Gelsons Dad]

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RICHARDS-------------ONUOHA-----------------Dunne----------------BRIDGE


---------ZABALETTA--------DE JONG------GELSON-----KOMPANY---BARRY------------












--------------------------------- ROBINHO ------------------------------------


Hughes loves his DMs.

Thats only 10 in the starting line up, plus I'm not sure Robbie is guaranteed a starting place especially away from home!

Good spot. FIXED. :-)

 

[bluemoondays]

He'll probably stick with a 4-3-3 mainly but he's now got (decent) options on the bench to change systems. Bringing on SWP and Petrov and going to a 4-4-2 with Robbie pushed up alongside the main striker is now possible.

I think with a few more signings we will see much more rotation of players and even Robbie will be spending some time on the bench just like Rooney/Tranny at the swamp once we get some more class squad players.

I would expect to see some experienced players or players who will dig in and graft when we are away at Stoke, Bolton etc with the flair players not being on so much for those sort of games.

 

[u2fme2]

lets just see who we but first

 

[mcfc1632]

I wonder if he would think about playing SWP as a wingback?

Now that idea as legs - can do everything that Micah is clearly incapable of - cross, get past players, track back, pick out passes, read the game etc

 

[PrestwichPeteMcfc]

If it's gonna be 4-4-2 and we only but 1 striker then I'd play:
........................Given.................
Zabaleta...Kompany...Onouha...Bridge
SWP......De Jong......Barry......Ireland
................Striker...Robinho..............

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

I wonder if he would think about playing SWP as a wingback?

Now that idea as legs - can do everything that Micah is clearly incapable of - cross, get past players, track back, pick out passes, read the game etc

I seem to recall KK played him there a few times very early on in his career.

 

[lee-mcfc]

Barcelona style IMO


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RICHARDS-------------ONUOHA-----------------KOMPANY----------------BRIDGE


--------------------------DE JONG------BARRY-------------------------------


---------------------------------IRELAND------------------------------------


--------TEVEZ----------------------------------------------ROBINHO--------


--------------------------------SANTA CRUZ--------------------------------

if we had a decent manager we would get eto'o in that formation:)

 

[pepsi_dave]

I think it'll be more like this:

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RICHARDS-------------ONUOHA-----------------KOMPANY----------------BRIDGE


---------------------------------DE JONG------------------------------------



--------------------------IRELAND------BARRY-------------------------------


--------TEVEZ----------------------------------------------ROBINHO--------


--------------------------------SANTA CRUZ--------------------------------

 

[JamesTenOne]

It looks to me like we're going to go 4-3-3 (or 4-5-1, it's pretty similar). Hopefully we'll end up with two strong players in each position giving us very healthy competition for places in the starting eleven.

------------01------------ 01. Given / Schmeichel
-------------------------- 02. Johnson? / Richards
--------03------04-------- 03. Kompany / Dunne
--02------------------05-- 04. Toure? / Onuoha
-------------------------- 05. Lescott? / Bridge
------------06------------ 06. De Jong / Zabaleta
--------07------08-------- 07. Ireland / Elano
-------------------------- 08. Barry / Johnson
---09----------------10--- 09. Tevez? / Wright Phillips
------------11------------ 10. Robinho / Petrov
-------------------------- 11. Eto'o? / Bojinov / Bellamy