to be fair, AVB has played Drogba and Torres upfront in a 2 striker formation with Torres given the freedom to float to the wings, I can see Lukaku rotating with Drogba in that formation and Sturridge will be absolutely perfect in that formation if Torres gets injured....Although Anelka did do well in the hole behind the strikers I rather see Benayoun or Josh there, according to me Anelka does not have a future at this club and whatever our opinions on Kalou, I find him to be a good versatile squad player who can complement us on the wings in a 4-3-3 or in a central striker role and he does bag useful goals, I rather see Anelka leave partly because he is getting on as well
We tried out 3-4 formations in our Pre-Season Games so it will be interesting to see how we go about playing teams of varying difficulties, I am particulalry interested in seeing the Rangers game and how AVB approaches that as to be fair, Rangers will prove far tougher opposition than Villa considering their players are at full fitness since they just played in the Champions League Qualifiers
Hope Torres bags a goal, would do wonders for his confidence just when we need it the most
Yeah, I know and on Kalou I won't be one of the people disagreeing over it, I like him, good player, versatile and good at making an impact from the bench. For in the hole I'd rather Benayoun tbh, I like McEachran as either an advanced player or deep, but I think him as a second striker is slightly to high up, unless we play more a 4-1-2-1-2 where he would be an attacking mid.
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Does anybody know why they aren't showing the game live? Seems silly to me.