All good points Spurs or Sex. I don't really like 4-4-1-1 for exactly those reasons. But if we are playing Sandro and Parker, which I think we should, then we've only got room for four attacking players - I would have Modric, Bale, VdV and Adebayor in a 1-2-1 ahead of the two defensive midfielders. Lennon or GDS could then play in either of the support attacker roles I've assigned to Bale and VdV
Mate I hate playing 4-4-1-1/ 4-5-1 even though it probably worked last year with VDV and Bale having blinders. Agree with the idea on having Sandro and Parker in the centre, would create a fantastic "wall" to get past, both have amazing engines and work rate and I'd have the 4 you mentioned infront of them, with that group of players I feel we could really be a force in the midfield, similar to how City are set out with Barry and Toure with the likes of Silva, Aguero, Nasri and Dzeko up front. Plus with the likes of Huddlestone, Lennon, Defoe etc on the bench, that's great strength to then mix things up if the current formation wasn't working.

