Team news vs Bolton
Predicted lineup ...
Almunia
Sagna - Squillaci - Koscielny - Clichy
Song
Fabregas - Diaby
Eboue - Chamakh - Arshavin
Do you still see the formation like that this season?
Although I didn't see last night's game, from what I've seen throughout the course of the other matches, it looks as if we're playing two holding midfielders and then one, normally Fabregas, a little higher up the pitch in a free-role.
So, to me, our shape is more like the following:
Almunia
Sagna - Squillaci - Koscielny - Clichy
Song - Diaby
Fabregas
Eboue - Chamakh - Arshavin
It's quite interesting, though, because Fabregas often drops quite deep into midfield, but then you also find him taking up very advanced positions as well, which is indicative of the creative freedom afforded to him.
Further, I like the way that our players have been switching positions this season. I mean, sometimes you see Cesc drop back into the holding position and one of Song/Diaby moves into the more advanced midfield position, or Chamakh moves out wide and one of the wingers comes in centrally. This makes us a lot more variable in attack and also creates some problems for the opposition players responsible for marking our guys.
Due to the players we possess, in combination with this tactical set-up, I really think it makes us the most dangerous and diverse attacking side in the EPL.