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Tactics v Chelsea
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After a hard-fought victory over Wigan, we now turn to Wednesday night's second leg against Chelsea.
I'm wondering what sort of formation we will play and how we will approach the match. The obvious one is to crank up the volume, play 4-4-2 and try and blow them away a la Bayern Munich all those years ago. However, it should perhaps be remembered that even then it was a 45-minute demolition job, not a 90-minute one. Can we sustain that sort of pace and power for the entire match against a very strong willed team like Chelsea? I think that might be too much to ask for.
I'm hoping that Moyesie shows a new found maturity in this situation and treats it like a European tie. Remember that 1-0 will be enough to take it to extra time and, if it stayed that way, to clinch the tie. Therefore, I'm hoping he plays it cagey in the first half, we go in at 0-0 and then we turn up the heat after the break and nick a goal. It's worth recalling that on the two occasions when Liverpool beat Chelsea in second leg semi's they did it with a 1-0 and that a gung-ho approach was not employed.
Get to 1-0 and then see what we feel we can do. If it's going well bring on Big Vic and or Vaughany to go for the kill; if they still look dangerous, keep it tight and hit them on the break.
Of course, to do this will need a new found maturity from us fans too ? ie, don't pressure the players into trying to force the game too early. In recent Goodison games against Chelsea we have scored first 3 times in a row, and led at half time, but never held on for the win. You can almost score too early against them!
Karl Masters, Posted 20/01/2008 at 19:04:23
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1 Posted 21/01/2008 at 08:58:31
Doesnt our away goal count double?