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Faye Downey ‏@FayeDowney 16m @Fighterstrength It's a consultancy don't worry!

Will never ruin the song. But has marred it for a few weeks.

----Anita---Sissoko----- Ober----Marv----Sammy ---------Gouff----------- I quite like that.

This fucking guy... Lee Ryder ‏@lee_ryder: Sissoko picks out Gouffran who composes himself but lashes wide. #nufc should be done and dusted here really.

Makes Ryder's reaction even more hilarious.

3-1! Ryder man, what a goon.

Don't worry, I know better - it'll go up and down by the result(s) like usual.

I'm really excited to hear how we do - glad to see the optimism is well and truly back for some reason (for me). Chuffed that MYM is captain and happy to see Anita, Gouff, and Sissoko out there.

1st friendly and he has come out with that crap?

Yohan dye his hair?

MYM captain, awesome stuff. Really like that.

No doubt can he cover tons of ground and he does have great stamina, I just don't see him performing the same way in a role that would require him to cover a ton of space. The role I've marked him for is literally that deep playmaker's role where he's the first to get the ball out the back and has enough range and ability to get it forward quickly and accurately. I'd rather he be more central sort of pulling strings than be in a more demanding position that requires PACE more than just stamina. If we were to overload 1 side and the defense were to counter, Cabaye's been guilty of niggling or late fouls as he tries to get back into position. Instead, I'd see Anita or Sissoko using their pace and athleticism to cover the ground quicker than Yohan could. More or less, Cabaye in the role of Anita/Sissoko would waste his energy.

I wouldn't call Marv or HBA "wide" in that system, they are free to roam about the attacking side of the pitch finding space naturally and looking to create. Also, I'd probably change Cabaye and Anita and let Cabaye sit and distribute the ball as he pleases. He doesn't have the legs to cover space like Anita and Sissoko can with their pace and athleticism. This doesn't mean one sits as a DM or one plays attacking either, this is a simple 3 man midfield letting the 3 do their best to cover/attack/and defend. -------------------Krul---------------------- Deb-----Yanga---------Colo-------Santon -------Anita----Cabaye----Sissoko------- ---HBA------------------------------Marv--- -------------------Cisse---------------------

Marv looked 100% arsed towards the end of last season, but his frustration with not being selected so many times probably had a ton to do with it. Which you can or can't fault a player for. They should want to be on the pitch at all times. I just point to that Stoke match where he absolutely changed the match, and I still feel with the right tactics, you let him and Ben Arfa roam about the pitch to create havoc. A defender would be shit scared of having to deal with both of them on the pitch for a full match.

Imagine if we finally have a team that's fit to play 90 f***ing minutes of football and not patter out at the 70 minute mark and a team that doesn't get absolutely decimated by niggling muscle injuries every other week.

-------------------Krul---------------------- Deb-----Yanga---------Colo-------Santon -------Cabaye----Anita----Sissoko------- ---HBA------------------------------Marv--- -------------------Cisse--------------------- Ancelotti style system - See Marv thread.

Awesome

Shit did I just describe the Ancelotti system then?

Cool just wondering

Asking for opinions here...but if we were to allow Marv and HBA to drift and roam about behind Cisse with a strong CM(s) partnership of Cabaye, Sissoko and one of Tiote/Anita and then have Santon and Debuchy as backs overlapping wide, could we not be OK with that? This assumes Mapou and Colo at CB allowing Mapou to use his pace to cover some of the space left when one of the backs are far up the pitch. I know a ton of what-ifs here, but to me that seems like one of our better options. I guess the rebuttal is AP wouldn't be able to create or implement a fluid system like this.

I seriously hope this is Sylvain's time to finally prove his fitness, not that he's got anything in his locker to suggest he will be fit this season. His skillset is vital for our creation of chances, and his left foot is fucking brilliant. He's a first 11 player for me until we sign someone better/more reliable to play in attacking CM's role.

He's a real classy player who should be given the ACM role in our team. Give him license to get around the pitch and create at will. He's a lovely dribbler and his decision making with the ball is excellent, and also - get him some chances to get that left peg a chance to strike at goal. He has a great left foot that could be worth 5-8 goals a season if he was on the pitch more. In an ideal world I'd have Sylvain and HBA given free reign to roam about the pitch and create and punish defenses with their dribbling, passing, and deadly left foots.