RedrebelWe all can agree Manchester United has very talented players. But, sometimes it is impossible to align all of them because the max is 11. So, I studied and thought what could be the best formation for Manchester United(present) and it's players. I came to the conclusion of a 4-3-3. A lot of you are going to argue that the 4-4-2 is the best. But, for Manchester I believe this is the best. I have come to the understanding that all English teams need a back 4 so I put a back 4. Now, the question is how am I going to arrange 5 talented offensive minded players? So, what I did was put Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo in their usual position. In the midfield I put Scholes as defensive midfielder to hold the midfield while 5 players attack as they wish. In the final part I put Wayne Rooney as shadow striker(second striker) to feed balls to Carlos Tevez and Berbatov and score himself. Defensively and offensively this formation works for Manchester United and I believe this is the formation that best suits them.
05.10.2008
GeorgieWasTheBestNow that Ronaldo is back, we won't be seeing Berba, Tevez and Rooney on the pitch a lot. Otherwise, as in this line up, we would be too weak defensively. We need at least two for holding midfielders, any combination out of Carrick, Hargreaves, Anderson and Scholes would do. It's a shame that Scholes will be out of action for weeks.
06.10.2008
trbwsDo you really think that this formation might work?, i Dont think because In every Team they dont let the Players far away from another player, That's Wrong , and Manutd dont play a 3 forwards like that, They play it a side 3 not a locked 3, and I think its not good just playing a one center midfield with Ronaldo and Giggs going to far away from Scholes, They have to be sticky to pass the ball, And Manutd have 4 attackers Plus Giggs can play a attacker but , I See Ferguson alot Playing Berbatov,rooney,ronaldo , and then change everymatch i reliezed that, And Brown is Neville place cuz Brown will play a RB this Season.
06.10.2008
Liquefiedtoo many offensive players! at least, Carrick or Hargreaves must be added to this squad.
07.10.2008
RedrebelTrbws you made a mistake. Scholes will not be playing center-midfielder he will be playing defensive midfielder which means he will not attack just defend and hold the midfield. Also you guys say that you need a least 2 holding midfielders, but how come Makalelee with Chelsea in 2006 could hold the midfield all by himself while everybody attacked. This formation would work because it is balanced defensively and offensively.
07.10.2008
RanulfoKnoxwell there's a big difference between makelele and scholes, and mainly it's that makelele is actually a defensive midfielder and scholes is not. i can't think of a lonely scholes against mascherano and xavi winning the midfield possesion or even against any Premier league team...
furthermore, makelele never played alone in chelsea in the content role, he always was in a 2 - 3 central midfielder system most of the time
with this formation manchester united would be relegated to the coca cola championship in the 18 th position...
07.10.2008
Santiago MunezReplace Giggs with Park. Giggs is slow.
Replace Rooney with Carrick.
Carrick protecting the back 4. Scholes as an attacking midfielder and/or centre midfield.
08.10.2008
RedrebelYou say Makalele never played alone and ofcourse he never played alone on defense, but if you understand Chelsea played differently in 2006 than today. Chelsea played with a 4-3-3 we all agree on that. We also agree that Drogba as only striker can be easily isolated and needs helps from midfielders correct? We also agree that Essien and Lampard come in to support Drogba and get in the crosses correct? We also agree that Makalele stayed holding the midfield correct? And my comment to your comment is Makalele did hold midfield by himself when Chelsea was on offense. Also remember that this was in 2006.
08.10.2008
RanulfoKnoxdecent analysis on 2006 chelsea, and you make a very good point in that makelele hold the midfield when lampard and sometimes essien too were on offense, thats because makelele has been one of the top 5 defensive MF of the last 10 years
now back to your formation, there's now way at all that scholes can play that kind of role and he's not the kind of player who can hold a midfield by himself, thats basically because his tackling sucks and hes not fast enough to cover full backs positions when theyre also deployed to attack, a good one-two can kill your team in a counter attack as many time as the opposite team does it
seeing this and some other post of yours i found out you have no clue on defending in football, and what fast ball recovering means, nor what defensive midfielders are
08.10.2008
RedrebelRanulfo you are probably right Scholes is not that kind of the player and I put him because I don't know a defensive midfielder that plays for Man U so I put him as defensive midfielder. So,I agree with that. But, you say I have no clue of defending football. And that I don't know what defensive midfielders are even though I mentioned Makalele. I can name you tons of them from different leagues all around the world, but the point is I do know what defensive football is. If I am going to be defensive I would play with a 5-3-2 or even more defensive to the extreme of a 7-2-1. If I am correct this formations recover the ball very fast just like you like it.
09.10.2008
RanulfoKnoxyou can't recover the ball fast with only 1 midfielder on the center of the pitch, specially if it's someone like scholes who is more like a creative center midfielder
that's my point, put carrick, fletcher or hargreaves along scholes and you get a team capable of winnin the EPL and the UCL the same year (remember last season? prove me wrong now...)
09.10.2008
RedrebelYou say "you can't recover a ball fast with only 1 midfielder". And my response to this is yes you can. But, you need the correct man for the job or simply take out a defender and put another defensive midfielder. I guess you agree with that. But, it is possible to play with 1 defensive midfielder. I have seen many teams do it why can't Manchester do it if they are best team in the world.
10.10.2008
