If you were a manager

[sean]

You were given the choice to play 12 players v your oppo 11, what position would you utilise the spare player?????????

[Hassony]

Depends on who I'm playing against

 

If its Havant and Waterlooville than it will be a striker

 

If its barca than probably a keeper

 

If its united than its a central midfielder

[smithdown]

and i wuz a ladyyyyy

[johngibo YPC]

You were given the choice to play 12 players v your oppo 11, what position would you utilise the spare player?????????

 

4-4-1-2 probably

[ManxRed]

I'd get him to seriously seriously injure their star player and know that even if he gets sent off its still 11 v 11.

 

Nani, maybe, Or Rooney.

[Jonesy]

I'd get him to seriously seriously injure their star player and know that even if he gets sent off its still 11 v 11.

 

Nani, maybe, Or Rooney.

 

 

cough ahem cough 11 v 10.

[surf]

4-2-3-2

same as 4-2-3-1 but with an extra striker

[John am Rhein]

You were given the choice to play 12 players v your oppo 11, what position would you utilise the spare player?????????

 

extra goalkeeper

[carrafan]

Ferguson had that choice and he chose referee. Smart man.

[Maldini]

Play a tucked in wide midfielder and an out and out winger on the same side.

[schmuckdonald]

5-4-2. Extra centre back who can push into DM and cover space there, then you have two wing backs and two wingers/tucked in attacking midfielders. Would also let you have proper box-to-box midfielders again.

 

Defensive, but not defensive, eh?

Edited July 8, 2011 by schmuckdonald

[goodrobotusses]

4-2-3-2 or 4-3-4.

 

Play two wingers, a playmaker (or three in CM) AND two strikers.

 

5-4-2. Extra centre back who can push into DM and cover space there, then you have two wing backs and two wingers/tucked in attacking midfielders. Would also let you have proper box-to-box midfielders again.

 

Defensive, but not defensive, eh?

Doesn't make any sense really. Certainly not if you're against a team that plays a single central striker (and given the opposition is outnumbered, it's pretty likely that they'll be trying to contain and counter). Why not play an extra midfielder and be done with it?

[schmuckdonald]

4-2-3-2 or 4-3-4.

 

Play two wingers, a playmaker (or three in CM) AND two strikers.

 

 

Doesn't make any sense really. Certainly not if you're against a team that plays a single central striker (and given the opposition is outnumbered, it's pretty likely that they'll be trying to contain and counter). Why not play an extra midfielder and be done with it?

 

Hadn't read the question properly, thought it was just a hypothetical where would you put a 12th man. Would still like the idea of just having a libero-esque player, though.

[Ombudsam]

Ferguson had that choice and he chose referee. Smart man.

 

He actually chose Patrice Evra when it happened in their last friendly.

 

Oh and you deffo have two goalies.

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

4-4-1-2 probably

 

Players who've turned out to be pretty average would have been great in that formation.

Even Cheyrou might have been boss.

[johngibo YPC]

Players who've turned out to be pretty average would have been great in that formation.

Even Cheyrou might have been boss.

 

Made for Vladi that!

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

Made for Vladi that!

 

That's who I thought of first, but didn't want to call him average after Istanbul. But yeah.