Xabi Alonso

[Reece]

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[tomasjj]

I've always thought a midfield with xabi (collects the ball and plays the short forward ball) monster (enforcer) and stevie (free role) with two flair players who can do things out wide and "between the lines" behind torres would be the best formation for us and our players.

Looked like rafa was trying that this weekend...injury ruined it again? I'd like to see lucas replace xabi now...momo just can't do it at the mo

Kuyt and voronin can't play out wide off torres...not quick enough and don't have flair...with the players we have got at the mo I would like to see yossi and babel in the roles kuyt and voronin played against the arse.

Yeah, I was well pleased with the formation we put out.

And like you say, Kuyt and Torres were not the wide players for that formation.
Imagine with Babel and Benny we would have looked much better going forward. But I reckon Rafa wanted some steel to track back and batter their midfielders to stop supply to Fabregas.


And as for Alonso, it was easy to see right?
After he went out, we couldn't keep the ball anymore and stopped creating anything.
We were pushed back, and it was so obvious that Arsenal were going to get a goal in the end.