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Why not? I reckon there's a good chance that Hargreaves and Carrick will both start.
I think Fergie will go with Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Hargreaves, Carrick, Ronaldo, Scholes, Park, Rooney. It'll be a 4-2-3-1 formation, although Park will be expected to cover for whichever one of Ronaldo or Rooney goes forward. We will defend deeply against Chelsea and try and get them on the break. It won't be pretty football, but Fergie just wants a win.
On the bench will be Kuszczak, Tevez, Anderson, Nani, Fletcher, O'Shea, Giggs. Tevez will be on the bench as fresh legs. If we've got the lead, expect Fletcher and/or O'Shea to come on. If we need to chase goals, then it'll be Tevez, Anderson, Giggs, or Nani. I don't think Giggs will be used unless we're 2-0 up with a few minutes left.
I think Fergie will go with Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Hargreaves, Carrick, Ronaldo, Scholes, Park, Rooney. It'll be a 4-2-3-1 formation, although Park will be expected to cover for whichever one of Ronaldo or Rooney goes forward. We will defend deeply against Chelsea and try and get them on the break. It won't be pretty football, but Fergie just wants a win.
On the bench will be Kuszczak, Tevez, Anderson, Nani, Fletcher, O'Shea, Giggs. Tevez will be on the bench as fresh legs. If we've got the lead, expect Fletcher and/or O'Shea to come on. If we need to chase goals, then it'll be Tevez, Anderson, Giggs, or Nani. I don't think Giggs will be used unless we're 2-0 up with a few minutes left.
If I had it my way, i'd be going 442 with Hargreaves, Carrick, Park and Ronaldo in midfield and both Rooney and Tevez up front. Both Rooney and Tevez have enough of a defensive mindset that you can afford to play both, and with Park on the left also providing some defensive cover then i think we can get away with playing 442. The worry i would have though is if we'd get run over in the middle of the park. I'd much prefer Anderson to Scholes though, Scholes does have the experience and i guess that carrie some weight, but i worry that sentiment will ensure Scholes plays more than he should.
SAF always goes far too defensive against Chelsea and it really pisses me off. Our record against Chelsea since their revolution has been woeful, the games where we've done well against them are the times when we've taken the game to them. It's a bit of a double edged sword though, since they have the players to destroy you on the counter.

