http://www.epltalk.com/simply-the-best-manchester-uniteds-2006-07-side/569 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:44:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.epltalk.com/simply-the-best-manchester-uniteds-2006-07-side/569#comment-1368 Smudger Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:22:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2007/02/05/simply-the-best-manchester-uniteds-2006-07-side/#comment-1368 One item that keeps alluding discussion is how valuable Michael Carrick has been in breaking down teams that play a 4-5-1 against United. For the last few years, the final pass and even wider distribution has not necessarily been apart of United's attack. Whether this was because of injury (Giggs, Scholes, Keane had missed significant part of the last few seasons)or departures (P. Neville, Keane), United hadn't always been as lethal in attack. Perhaps finding players of Carrick's ability will enable teams to breakdown the opposition and force teams to re-think their formations. One item that keeps alluding discussion is how valuable Michael Carrick has been in breaking down teams that play a 4-5-1 against United. For the last few years, the final pass and even wider distribution has not necessarily been apart of United’s attack. Whether this was because of injury (Giggs, Scholes, Keane had missed significant part of the last few seasons)or departures (P. Neville, Keane), United hadn’t always been as lethal in attack. Perhaps finding players of Carrick’s ability will enable teams to breakdown the opposition and force teams to re-think their formations.

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