Sir Alex wants to put an end to all his formation worries by adapting a diamond formation. He said "If it turns out we play the diamond consistently it would be revolutionary because it is going against our history." He believes that his squad can adapt to any kind of formation, be it playing wide with wingers or close with a diamond or even a 4-3-3.
Sir Alex added "Teams will have to think if we are going to use two out wide or the diamond because we have players capable of doing both things. Kagawa & Cleverley can play well in the type of game that a diamond offers, while Nani, Young & Valencia are good wide players."
United next take on Chelsea for the League Cup and CFR Cluj for the Champions league with both Rooney and Van Persie in form, United have the most powerful attacking force in Europe.
So far United's 26 goals in all competitions this season have been scored by 15 different players.
A probable diamond formation for United would be
De Gea/Lindagard
Rafael Vidic/Evans Ferdinand/Evans Evra
Carrick/Fletcher
Scholes/Giggs Cleverley/Anderson
Kagawa/Rooney
Rooney/Welback Van Persie/Hernandez
posted on 22 Oct, 2012 by John Paul Komaravalli
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