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AJ

i love AJ... his workrate and sense of team is enourmous... but (and there's a but...) playing one up the front against a great defensive unit was a gamble.

He ran his arse off and chased everything, but he needed support and Timmy just doesn't cut the mustard in the good good supportive role. 4-4-2 with Vic, with his strength and good touch would have been the waqy to go.

As the game left our hands, i thought we needed a killer instinct striker. AJ for me just doesnt fit that bill... although as a side note, Cech was awesome. The Yak should get the nod when he returns ? he's the better suited to the 4-5-1 role.
Nathan Round, Port Lincoln, Australia Posted 24/01/2008 at 08:45:41

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Dan McKie
1 Posted 24/01/2008 at 14:19:51

I agree, AJ needs someone to feed off and Cahill isnt that man, however, it doesnt help that all the rest of the team give him is long balls down the channels to chase to the corner flag, I thought he looked good when he got the ball played to his feet!

Paul Clays
2 Posted 24/01/2008 at 15:50:35

I thought Moyes should have started with Anichebe last night purely for the reason that Johnson is at his best when he can run onto a little dink over the defence and get to the ball first because of his pace.
Playing Chelsea last night there wasn’t the space behind them to run into because they played so deep and when the ball was played over the top AJ was pushed out wide or the ball was stopped before it got to him.
Anichebe can hold the ball up alot better than AJ and the ball could have been played to his feet with his back to goal and he could then wait for support from one of our midfielders.
I don’t think we can really complain though as Chelsea were the better team and I think we did our very best to win the game but just fell short becuase we haven’t been able to go out and spend 100’s of millions buying top quality players.
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