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I'm happier with him rather than Taiwo



You think still 4-4-2 then?

I was going for sarcasm. The strength of Zamora and Cisse is their strength. I assume this will be a similar formation to at Bolton with Taarabt doing what SWP was trying to do, which suits Taarabt better to be fair, but I think our best bet is playing with some width and having a go at their full-backs and getting the ball in the box where you'd fancy the forwards to do something. In theory it can work if Traore and Young get forward and, thinking about it, it could work, but I'd personally have played Mackie instead of one of the three defensive midfielders.
 
We played 4-3-1-2 against Bolton. SWP was the 1 and played poorly. With Taarabt in there, if he is on form and gets the ball out of his feet quickly, he'll cause some damage. But there's certainly no width.