of course none of the 3 midfielders played on the left hand side

if you have 3 midfielders and two of them play to the sides you only have one left in the middle - the most important area of the pitch. That's an almost sure-fire way to get overrun in midfield. teams that play a 4-3-3 successfully - like Chelsea last season - do so because it switched to a 4-5-1 when the other team has the ball with the wide members of the front 3 dropping back into the midfield to cover the full backs (Duff, Cole and evenb Robben were excellent at this). The fact that Hucks doesn't is what makes our 4-3-3 so sh*t. You need at least 4 PROPER midfielders (unless you have 3 REALLY awesome ones) in the modern game, which is why you really ought to play Hucks up front. But then he drifts wide and doesn't score goals so...

This is the dilemma we have never solved and (unforyunately because I would LOVE there to be one)I've never heard a feasible solution

Posted By: mr carra on November 21st 2006 at 14:09:22

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Anyone else slightly worried that (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 13:40:42
- TBH, Grant must be wondering what all the fuss about Safri is. (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 21, 14:12:21
  - He is (and we are) still far better than any of the other 3 (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 14:16:41
- or might it be... (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 21, 13:51:58
  - Maybe but players like Hucks are (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 13:59:07
    - of course none of the 3 midfielders played on the left hand side (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 21, 14:09:22
      - I always thought the Christmas tree was the best formation for Hucks (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 21, 14:14:19
      - Spot on..........which is unfortunate (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 21, 14:14:15
      - I don't mean wide on the left (and of course hucks has to track back a bit) but (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 14:11:49
    - Absolutely right (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 21, 14:04:08
    - Well, we've seen for 2 and a half seasons now that... (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 21, 14:03:33
- I have fears that Grant is gonna be a Worthy MK2 (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 21, 13:49:39
  - Pfft. Nah, I doubt it. (n/m) (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 21, 13:50:58
- Does anyone have links to Grants comments about Safri? (n/m) (NCFC) - Clare, Nov 21, 13:42:55
  - All he said was... (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 21, 13:51:39
- safri had flu, (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Nov 21, 13:41:32
  - Grant said he had dropped him anyway before he got flu (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 13:56:56
  - Apparently. (n/m) (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 21, 13:42:27
    - conspiracy theories abound! (n/m) (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Nov 21, 13:43:12

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