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Team selection and tactics

Is there anybody who saw the 'Boro game who would have even contemplated playing Jags in centre midfield? He was absolutely appaling, so Moyes decides to leave him there for one of our most crucial games. I spent yesterday praying Moyes wouldn't play him there fearing we would be exposed in the middle a la Bucharest.

There really was no justification or reason for Jags to play there unless Moyes has fallen out with Carsley (Couldn't believe he didn't even come on at 2-2). Look back at Moyes's time in charge and more often than not when we lose Carsley hasn't played. He's by far our best holding midfielder & in fact the only one is is geniunely a midfielder.

In terms of Yakubu we must play to his strengths, we cannot keep buying strikers make them work hard & chase all day long at the expense of what they do best. We destroyed Beattie both his style of play and his confidence, Johnson is going the same way & now the same with Yakubu. That's £25m worth of strikers whose scoring records decrease when they join us and will probaly increase greatly again when we they leave.

In terms of style of play we still play (In all games) to avoid defeat, hoof ball. Try & nick a goal from a set piece or on the break. My misses has never watched a game with me & has no interest in football however she watched the game last night and even she said why do they keep booting it in the air and why is there so much space for the opposition to run at Everton's goal.

It's time for us to step up, play the ball on the ground which will create more chances (Attack is the best form of defence) & suit Ossie, Arteta, Pinear, Faddy, The Yak and so on. Our style of play at the moment invites pressure, we hoof it out lose possesion then hoof out again. Italso means the strikers are left scrapping over high balls they'll never win.

We can all see this so why can't Moyes?
Steve Jones, Lytham Posted 05/10/2007 at 12:26:22

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