Mind, you don't fucking start Harewood and Ameobi if you're just going to hoof it long all game, shocking tactics.
I'd never advocate long ball tactics because we're simply playing to other team's strengths in this league. However, IF we're going to employ such negative tactics, we should just play 4-5-1 with Nolan off Carroll. Playing 4-4-2 with those tactics just isolates the 2 front men from the game.