Originally posted by golden_blunder:
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agree with everything you say here. Im of the opinion that 4-4-1-1 or 4-5-1 will just not work for United with the current personel. for it to work Ruuds touch needs to improve a lot as it comes back at us to quickly. the 2nd point is for the 'hole' you need someone who can pick the ball up and run at defenders at speed IMO. Dare i say it but McManaman or Jordi Cryuff would suit that role perfectly.
For now however, i fear we're not going to see 4-4-2 much this season whilst we effectively have only Ruud & ole as out and out strikers. Fergie will not play the 2 together because he currently has no other pairing to rotate them with. If we get an injury to Ole or Ruud we're stuffed. Priority for the next transfer window should be a new striker.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I Disagree..... Ruuds touch has been fine thus far. He's holding up the ball reasonably well and his quick feet are actually buying us more time on the ball than we would usually get. As for the hole, I don't believe that someone like Jordi or Macca would work in that position. They posess great pace and can run at defenders, but would usually be picked up by a physically stronger midfielder a lot of the time and lose the ball. I mean, Cantona played in that position for United a lot and he didn't go round players. No, I think someone to play that position must have good strength, and be able to link up the midfield and full backs with some degree of creativity. But our midfielders must make some intelligent runs in the first place, which isn't really happening right now, for United. Which is why I was against the sale of Cole, because he could play alongside Ruud effectively and drop off and use his pace combined with good strength and linking up ability to get others into the game. Give Fergie and Especially Queiroz a chance to work this 4-4-1-1 thing because Carlos is an amazing coach!
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