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all u need with andy carrol
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Agreed Deakin!
I think the AVB style (as Thundyr rightly pointed out above) would be played with Agger and Skrtel as left and right backs, and with Lucas between them!
Gerrard and Hendo in the middle of the park. Downing to the left and Glen to the right.
Up front: Bellamy, Carroll and Suarez.
José or Coates to fill in for Agger when he gets injured. José as fullback when/if we play with 4 defenders. Kelly stand in for Glen when he's out.
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Downing could play up front as part of the three or even in replace of Enrique. However If his performances don't improve by January he should go, He was the biggest failure out of our signings last year.
Henderson was played on the right most of the season apart from a couple of games so shouldn't be judged on those performances.
When he was in the centre he looked so much more comfortable on the ball
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Agree JayB.
I'd go for Downing over Enrique. He is a good player but his final ball is atrocious. Always found his shooting and crossing wanting. Downing is good at tracking back and isn't a bad tackler for a soft lad!
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All we need is 3 point for each game. It doesn't matter how we use 3-4-3, 4-4-2, or 8-1-1 
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Which part?
It's very doubtful we'll play with a high-line like AVB did. Has Martinez ever played with this ethos before?
His 3-4-3 has always been defensive minded.
I would support that strategy though, Chelsea were found out because of Terry's lack of mobility and Luiz's insistence to gallop forward all the time.
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Indeed. What lines up as a 3-4-3 very quickly reverts to a deep sitting 5-4-1 or 6-3-1 counter attack. Different tactics will be needed to change from "avoiding defeat" to "winning regularly".
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Who gets dropped from the back then? Glen, skittles Agger or jose? Probably Jose unless glen moves up to a winger.
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None of them. We'd use 3 centre backs with johnson and enrique deployed out wide joining attack when in possession and falling back to form a 5 man defense when the opposition has the ball. Essentially it's a wingbacks tactic.
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Put a Diamond on top and make it a Christmas Tree like Terry Venables did in Euro 96 
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