Week Thirteen Tactics Hand-In

SubsChalobah, Toulalan, Benat, Luuk De Jong, Forster, Bertrand

Captain: Collocini

Tactics

Defence

Keep a tight line at all times. Look for United to try and attack I think it’s best we soak up pressure and look to counter through the center, so don’t stray too far. Distribute quickly into the midfield but concentrate.

Midfield

Look to control possession. Keep the ball on the deck and open up the space. Use the touchline as much as possible to create space in the channels. Mikel & Lass, look to create space and dictate play. Jack, drop back to pick up the ball and move it forward, find the gaps. Gylfi, roam the centre of the pitch and link with the forwards.

Forwards

Gylfi to support Papiss & Loic going forward. Cisse to trouble the last man and create openings. Remy to use his pace to open. Link with Gylfi and exploit any gaps. Papiss to hang on the CB’s all the time.

Subs:

If losing:

65: Bertrand for Gylfi. Remy out wide with Bertand. Cisse through the centre. Wilshere to move up.

70: De Jong for Cisse.

If winning:

75mins: Toulalan for Wilshere
75: De Jong for Cisse. Fresh presence up front.

Formation: 4-3-1-2
Injuries: Maxi Rodriguez, Jonathan Forte, Dean Hammond
Starting XI:

GK: Kelvin Davis ©
RB: Chris Gunter
CB: Olof Mellberg
CB: Chico
LB: Antonio Lopez
CM: Charlie Adam
CM: Morgan Schneiderlin
CM: Steven Davis
AM: RM: Adam Lallana
ST: Rickie Lambert
ST: Suso

Tactics:

No Pressure on Us, Press them into mistakes straight from the off! Defenders look to drop into a deeper line, Strong/Robust challenges, look to tower & command both boxes aerially! Look to clear our lines anyway possible. RB look to support on the overlap, provide lot’s of width. Lopez, keep your line, look for long balls. Midfield, you’ll need to put a shift in pressing as two flat rows of four. Schneiderlin, play the holding role. Fill in the holes defending with simple passes going forward. Pester their AM. Davis/Adam both play box-to-box roles. Take it in turns supporting attacking play. Adam deadly set-pieces. Look to feed attacking players with through balls into spaces & playing to Lambert’s frame/strength as plan B. Lallana play off the strikers winning knock-downs/second-balls. Use your intelligence linking up attacking play! Exploit the space on the right-hand side. Lambert/Suso chase defenders down. Play to your strengths!

Subs: Brad Jones, Mathew Phillips, Danny Fox, Kieran Richardson, Gareth MaCuley, Kenwyne Jones, Florent Malouda

On 76 Mins: Gareth MaCuley will replace Chico. Fresh pair of legs defensively. Hard, robust challenges. Tower and dominate aerial balls in both boxes!

On 78 Mins: Kieran Richardson will come on for Steven Davis. Morgan Schneiderlin will move into a centre-back role with Richardson coming in at LWB and Gunter at RWB. Both Wing-Backs look to bomb forward offering space out wide. Wipe crosses in at both posts!

--------------------------Robinson---------------------------
-----------------N'Koulou-------------M'Bia------------------
Uchida-----------------------------------------------Cissokho
-----------------------Henry------Noble----------------------
---------------------------Krancjar--------------------------
-----------Walcott-----------------------Sturridge-----------
-----------------------------Long----------------------------

BENCH
Ripley
Wheater
Ferriera
Drenthe
Collison
Olinga
Rodriguez


TACTICS (144 words)
We need to dominate the middle of the park and we will do that by keeping things tight. Henry should sit just in front of the back four, getting stuck in and making tackles, occupying that space just in front of the back four their AM may try to exploit. Noble should go in a box to box role, helping out and watching runs from deep in midfield while Krancjar should look to create. Walcott and Sturridge should get into the middle and use their pace to run at the centre backs, creating 3v2 situations. Cissokho and Uchida should get forward at every oppportunity as we have suitable cover while Long should look to lead the line and exploit their centre back's lack of pace. Defensively M'Bia should dominate everything in the air, man-marking the main striker while N'Koulou should cover using his pace.

Injuries: Zak Whitbread, Sylvain Distin, David Fox, Anthony Pilkington
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Starting XI:
GK - John Ruddy
RB - Kyle Naughton
CB - Ryan Bennett
CB - Russell Martin
LB - Emilio Izaguirre
CM - Lucas Biglia
CM - Jonny Howson
RW - Robert Snodgrass
LW - Chris Burke
CAM - Wes Hoolahan
ST - Grant Holt

Subs:
David Stockdale
Marc Tierney
Craig Dawson
Bradley Johnson
Jacob Butterfield
Steve Morison
Adam Le Fondre


Tactics: Today boys lets go out there and give it a go! I want us to play possession football, so I have placed the extra man in midfield to help us with that. We look to play out from the back, with the full backs and centre backs getting it off Ruddy. The back four need to be narrow in defence, make them go around us, not through. Howson and Biglia, look to get the ball to Hoolahan, or the wingers. Work hard in there, snap at there ankles. Hoolahan, create chances, get in the hole, look to cause havoc. Snodgrass and Burke, stay out wide, and get plenty of crosses into the box. Holt work like a trojan up front, and thrive off the crosses. Lets go out there, attack, keep the ball, and we can win this game!

4231/451

Kameni
Grygera vlaar ridgewell buttner
Wanyama mulumbu
Odemwinge granero ince
Lukaku

Keeper:
Keep ball, throws to fullbacks long to ince if counterattack on

Defense:
Grygera push sinclair outside he won't do you for pace an has bo left foot. Buttner you are as quick as Lennon, push him inside as he's no left foot, get forward when it's sensible too.

Vlaar mark jelavic - they'll struggle for goals with him marked. Ridgewell sweep

Midfield:
Mulumbu watch for runs into box from am. Granero get on the ball and release it quickly to wide men, they are physical in there but poor on ball so pressure them an they'll give it up. Wanyama match them or muscle, stop Diane if he tries to carry ball.

Forwards
Odemwinge take Enrique on the inside and Feed lukaku, ince do te rb for pace and swing in crosses for lukaku/odemwinge.

Lukaku hold ball up and get on the end of crosses.

Tactics:
They will be physical in midfield, first time passes and 2/3 touch football don't let them dominate you.

Subs:

70 mins fletcher for lukaku, different threat with your clever movement ghost into position and get us the winner!!

Howard
Cuellar-Dann-Williams-Fabio
Rodwell-Ramsey-Perch
Hernandez
Adebayor-Hoilett

Howard: Be vocal, be ready to claim crosses
FBs: Push their wingers wide, don’t get caught upfield.
CBs: Don’t leave the FBs one on one, cover well. Don’t get caught flat footed, hold them up if they get 1 on 1.
Perch: Cover Fabio and the back 4, simple passes from the back
Rodwell: Help break up the play if they get it into the middle, look to find Hernandez/Hoilett in space.
Ramsey: With 3 in the middle you should be able to win possession and make forward runs from deep, look to link up late.
Hernandez: Free role, drift into space and look to pick passes/run at people. Find space out wide if necessary.
Hoilett: Drop off Adebayor, and look to run at their CBs, shoot from distance.
Adebayor: Lead the line, sit on the shoulder of the last man. Make runs into the channel.

Dominate the midfield, put pressure on theirs and attack with pace.

If losing after 60 mins: Go 4-3-3 Hernandez and Hoilett out wide.

------------------------Cech
Ivanovic ---Cahill -------- Yanga-Mbiwa ---- Cole
-------------Essien ----------- Moutinho
Di Maria --------------Lampard------------------ Mata
----------------- Torres

Subs:Courtois/Shaw/Veloso/Gourcuff/Kalou/Piazon/Higuain

Team Talk: Against a stubborn norwich side today expect to defend then just lump it up field. We going to use our pace out on the wings today

Cech i want you to come for crosses release to a full back, Ivanovic and Cole if they play wingers push inside if not then squeeze to make a tight back 4, Both bomb forwards and overlap the wingers.Cahill/Yanga-Mbiwa play a high line and go for knockdown as expected to lump it. Essien to hassle the midfield give them no time, Moutinho to go box to box and link with Lampard. Mata/Di Maria take on the full backs at pace use tricks watch for overlapping wing backs , Lampard link with Torres get on ahead of him also look for wingers getting in behind the full backs , Torres to drift about between defence and midfield and run in behind defence

Subs: Lampard off for Higuain if losing

If drawing Lampard/Torres off for Kalou/Higuain - Mata to become AM

Team: (4-2-3-1)

GK - 01 - Michael Vorm
LB - 03 - Jose Enrique
CB - 05 - Michael Dawson (c)
CB - 23 - Jonny Evans
RB - 21 - Andre Wisdom
DCM - 19 - Mohamed Diamé
DCM - 04 - Scott Parker
LW - 11 - Stewart Downing
CAM - 16 - Scott Sinclar
RW - 08 - Aaron Lennon
CF - 07 - Nikica Jelavić

Subs:
12 - Marcus Hahnemaan
09 - Hugo Rodallega
10 - Landon Donovan
13 - Davide Santon
15 - Reto Ziegler
20 - Steven Naismith
22 - Danijel Pranjic

------------------- Vorm ----------------
Wisdom -- Dawson (c) -- Evans -- Enrique
----------- Diamé --- Parker -------------
Lennon -------- Sinclair --------- Downing
--------------- Jelavić ------------------

Team Talk: We need to get back to winning ways today so lets get the fans behind us. We'll build on a strong foundation as we will dominate the midfield, then release the wingers and Sinclair.

Vorm: Be strong in the air, look for fbs/wingers

Wisdom/Enrique: Wisdom use your pace against Ince, keep him quiet. Enrique make Odemwingie anonymous, force him wide.

Dawson/Evans: Dawson to pick up Lukaku. Evans to sweep. Be strong in the air.

Diamé: Pick up Granero, prevent the ball from reaching him.

Parker: Simple passes to the wingers and pick up any runners breaking. Make those tackles.

Sinclair: Keep them guessing, quite free role today. Keep us ticking over, skill your way past their lumbering dcms.

Lennon/Downing: Alternate going outside and driving inside. Lennon to outpace Buttner, Downing to whip in crosses. Look for Jelavić.

Jelavić: One word: INSTINCT. Link up with Sinclair and look to burst away from Vlaar. Overload him, he'll make a mistake.

-----
Corners: Downing - CBs forward, Diamé to stay back with the FBs.
Freekicks: Sinclair
Penalties: Sinclair
-----
Subs:
Regardless or score at 75 minutes: Diamé and Downing off, Pranjic and Donovan on. Same formation.

Formation:

--------------------Foster-----------------
--VDW----------Skrtl------Hangeland------Schmelzer---
--------------Cabaye-------Garcia------------------------
Rakitic----------------Suarez----------------Isco---------
--------------------------------Rossi----------------------

Tactics:

GK:

In today for Reina but your experienced in the PL. Command your area and look to play it to our full backs.

Defence:

-Hangeland, mark their biggest striker. Use your presence to stop them playing
-Skrtl last man, you've got the pace to track runs in behind, close down players cutting inside from the wings
-FB's, get forward whenever possible. You are both superb going forward, let's get at them from the get go

Midifeld:

-Garcia sit and allow Cabaye to dictate play. If they look to neutralise him, don't be afraid to take the ball up yourself, your good enough. Get tight to their creative player and prevent wingers from cutting in for a shot.
-Cabaye, look to get it to the wings and into suarez, we've got too much pace and creativity for them.
-Rakitic/Isco/Suarez I want you interchanging. Your'e all capable of playing LW/RW/CAM, don't give Reading the chance to get on top of you. Look to play Rossi in behind their CB's.

Attack:

-Rossi, stay on the last man. No need to drop deep with Isco/Rakitic/Suarez there. Pull their CB all over the place to create space for our attacking midfielders but make the runs in behind and take your chances.

• GK instruct the back line. Get the ball out early to our FBs
  
• FBs to contain wingers and block crosses, keep them on the flanks, look to link up play with our wingers.
  
• Vertonghen to mark Lambert , Caulker to pick up wingers drifting in or AMs coming forward if no 2nd striker, play a high line to nullify Lambert's height and force him to run for a ball.
  
• Modric to move ball about, create space and look to dictate tempo, Tiote to enforce and nullify threats, stay deep and protect back four.
  
• Dzagoev and Bale to work with FBs to beat man on outside and hit balls across to the height of Llorente. Hazard to have free role linking up play to striker
  
• Fellaini given the remit to move between high midfield and striker role as he currently does at Everton. Use height to dominate.
  
  

Playing a high line today to combat Lambert's physical nature and to maintain pressure in their half as opportunities shall arise.

Subs: Anyukov, Mussachio, Rose, Barkley, Sterling, Suarez, Guidetti

If losing: 65 min: Tiote off, Sterling on, go 4-4-2 with Dzagoev to then act as SS + Sterling & Bale on wings, use speed against tiring FBs
If winning: 80m: Bale off, Mussachio on, go 5-4-1 with Hazard & Dzagoev on wings protecting FBs.

.

Formation: 4-4-2
Injuries: Demba Ba, Stephen Ireland, Olof Melberg
Starting XI:

GK: Shay Given
RB: Nathaniel Clyne
CB: Joris Mathijsen
CB: Richard Dunne
LB: Jonas Olsson
RM: Marko Marin
CM: Alberto Aquilani
CM: Stiliyan Petrov ©
LM: Charles N'Zogbia
ST: Darren Bent
ST: Gabriel Agbonlahor

Subs: Łukasz Fabiański, Ciaran Clark, Louis Saha, Stephen Warnock, Vladimir Weiss, Fabian Delph, Chris Herd

Tactics

Defenders, deeper line, make life difficult today. Give them no breathing-room forcing mistakes. Strong physical challenges, soaking up pressure battling for every aerial & second ball! RB, look to support on the underlap when on counter. Petrov you’ll play holding role. Shackle yourself to their playmaker. Make it difficult getting in their faces. Aquilani box-to-box role. Use your vision playing high balls from deep/on-counter. Look to play in wingers too! Wingers look to run rampant on the wings. Look to take your players on hugging the touch line. Deadly crosses looking at both posts. Don’t be afraid to mix it up coming inside linking-up-play/shooting! Close in the space when defending shielding the back-line. Bent/Gabby, don’t be afraid to run at their centre-backs. You’ll beat them in a foot race & look to draw fouls. Alternatively, peel off markers exploiting their lack of height in FB’s. Play off the shoulders looking for space.

On 71 Mins: Stephen Warnock will come on in place of Richard Dunne. Warnock will move out to LB with Olsson moving in as a CB. Be dominating in the air. Preserve your runs going forward.

On 82 Mins: Fabian Delph will replace Stan Petrov. Play the anchor role, hard robust challenges getting into the faces of their attacking players. Break up play filling in the gaps. Fresh pair of legs running the middle of the park!

Fulham
Schwarzer

Riether – Coates – Kaboul – Riise

Montolivo – Lucas – Dembele

Moses – Berbatov – Dempsey


Team Talk:
We’ve got a lot of creativity and prowess on the field tonight. On paper we’re the better team so utilise our creativity and dominate the game.

Attacking Tactics:
* Play flowing football, precise passing to unlock their defence.
* Montolivo you’re out deep lying playmaker and Dembele create from a more advanced position.
* Moses & Dempsey play off Berbatov, run at their fullbacks, put pressure on them.
* Berbatov look to receive the ball in the box. Be a predator in front of goal.

Defending Tactics:
* Drop into a 4-5-1 formation when defending.
* Riether & Riise alternate your runs; don’t leave us light at the back.
* Coates and Kaboul physically dominate their centre forwards.
* Lucas, drop back and help out the defence. Flood the area in front of our goal

vs

West Ham
West Ham
------------------------Robinson-------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---Uchida-------M'Bia------------Wheater------Cissokho---
---------------------------------------------------------
-------------------Diarra------Fyvie---------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
--------Walcott---------Krancjar------Rodriguez----------
---------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------Sturridge-------------------------

BENCH
Ripley
Carragher
Ferriera
Collison
Henry
Fabrice
Chamakh


TACTICS (147 Words)
When we don't have the ball the defense must drop deep. We will form a tight unit and look to play zonally to stop their attacks. Win all the aerial balls so they have to play it on the ground. Do not give them time or space on the ball. The whole midfield needs to drop back and put in a shift, again in zones rather than man-marking. Dempsey and Montolivo must not be given time on the ball and must be tackled quickly.

Going forward, Walcott and Rodriguez should use their pace to get forward and break past their defense. Krancjar and Fyvie are both good passers of the ball and should look to instigate our attacks, Fyvie in the deep-lying role and Krancjar supporting Sturridge, who should look to make runs across the defense, use his pace which Kaboul and Zapata lack and be clinical.

Southampton
Formation: 4-3-1-2
Injuries: Maxi Rodriguez, Jonathan Forte, Dean Hammond
Starting XI:

GK: Kelvin Davis ©
RB: Chris Gunter
CB: Olof Mellberg
CB: Chico
LB: Antonio Lopez
CM: Charlie Adam
CM: Morgan Schneiderlin
CM: Steven Davis
AM: RM: Adam Lallana
ST: Rickie Lambert
ST: Suso

Tactics:

No Pressure on Us, Press them into mistakes straight from the off! Defenders look to drop into a deeper line, Strong/Robust challenges, look to tower & command both boxes aerially! Look to clear our lines anyway possible. RB look to support on the overlap, provide lot’s of width. Lopez, keep your line, look for long balls. Midfield, you’ll need to put a shift in pressing as two flat rows of four. Schneiderlin, play the holding role. Fill in the holes defending with simple passes going forward. Pester their AM. Davis/Adam both play box-to-box roles. Take it in turns supporting attacking play. Adam deadly set-pieces. Look to feed attacking players with through balls into spaces & playing to Lambert’s frame/strength as plan B. Lallana play off the strikers winning knock-downs/second-balls. Use your intelligence linking up attacking play! Exploit the space on the right-hand side. Lambert/Suso chase defenders down. Play to your strengths!

Subs: Brad Jones, Mathew Phillips, Danny Fox, Kieran Richardson, Gareth MaCuley, Kenwyne Jones, Florent Malouda

On 76 Mins: Gareth MaCuley will replace Chico. Fresh pair of legs defensively. Hard, robust challenges. Tower and dominate aerial balls in both boxes!

On 78 Mins: Kieran Richardson will come on for Steven Davis. Morgan Schneiderlin will move into a centre-back role with Richardson coming in at LWB and Gunter at RWB. Both Wing-Backs look to bomb forward offering space out wide. Wipe crosses in at both posts!

vs

Tottenham

Cesar
Walker---Caulker---Vertonghen---Baines
Modric---Tiote
Dzagoev---------Hazard----------------Bale
Fellaini



GK instruct the back line. Get the ball out early to our FBs
FBs to contain wingers and block crosses, keep them on the flanks, look to link up play with our wingers.
Vertonghen to mark Lambert , Caulker to pick up wingers drifting in or AMs coming forward if no 2nd striker, play a high line to nullify Lambert's height and force him to run for a ball.
Modric to move ball about, create space and look to dictate tempo, Tiote to enforce and nullify threats, stay deep and protect back four.
Dzagoev and Bale to work with FBs to beat man on outside and hit balls across to the height of Llorente. Hazard to have free role linking up play to striker
Fellaini given the remit to move between high midfield and striker role as he currently does at Everton. Use height to dominate.



Playing a high line today to combat Lambert's physical nature and to maintain pressure in their half as opportunities shall arise.

Subs: Anyukov, Mussachio, Rose, Barkley, Sterling, Suarez, Guidetti

If losing: 65 min: Tiote off, Sterling on, go 4-4-2 with Dzagoev to then act as SS + Sterling & Bale on wings, use speed against tiring FBs
If winning: 80m: Bale off, Mussachio on, go 5-4-1 with Hazard & Dzagoev on wings protecting FBs.

Everton

Team: (4-2-3-1)

GK - 01 - Michael Vorm
LB - 03 - Jose Enrique
CB - 05 - Michael Dawson (c)
CB - 23 - Jonny Evans
RB - 21 - Andre Wisdom
DCM - 19 - Mohamed Diamé
DCM - 04 - Scott Parker
LW - 11 - Stewart Downing
CAM - 16 - Scott Sinclar
RW - 08 - Aaron Lennon
CF - 07 - Nikica Jelavić

Subs:
12 - Marcus Hahnemaan
09 - Hugo Rodallega
10 - Landon Donovan
13 - Davide Santon
15 - Reto Ziegler
20 - Steven Naismith
22 - Danijel Pranjic

------------------- Vorm ----------------
Wisdom -- Dawson (c) -- Evans -- Enrique
----------- Diamé --- Parker -------------
Lennon -------- Sinclair --------- Downing
--------------- Jelavić ------------------

Team Talk: We need to get back to winning ways today so lets get the fans behind us. We'll build on a strong foundation as we will dominate the midfield, then release the wingers and Sinclair.

Vorm: Be strong in the air, look for fbs/wingers

Wisdom/Enrique: Wisdom use your pace against Ince, keep him quiet. Enrique make Odemwingie anonymous, force him wide.

Dawson/Evans: Dawson to pick up Lukaku. Evans to sweep. Be strong in the air.

Diamé: Pick up Granero, prevent the ball from reaching him.

Parker: Simple passes to the wingers and pick up any runners breaking. Make those tackles.

Sinclair: Keep them guessing, quite free role today. Keep us ticking over, skill your way past their lumbering dcms.

Lennon/Downing: Alternate going outside and driving inside. Lennon to outpace Buttner, Downing to whip in crosses. Look for Jelavić.

Jelavić: One word: INSTINCT. Link up with Sinclair and look to burst away from Vlaar. Overload him, he'll make a mistake.

-----
Corners: Downing - CBs forward, Diamé to stay back with the FBs.
Freekicks: Sinclair
Penalties: Sinclair
-----
Subs:
Regardless or score at 75 minutes: Diamé and Downing off, Pranjic and Donovan on. Same formation.

vs
West Brom

4231/451

Kameni
Grygera vlaar ridgewell buttner
Wanyama mulumbu
Odemwinge granero ince
Lukaku

Keeper:
Keep ball, throws to fullbacks long to ince if counterattack on

Defense:
Grygera push sinclair outside he won't do you for pace an has bo left foot. Buttner you are as quick as Lennon, push him inside as he's no left foot, get forward when it's sensible too.

Vlaar mark jelavic - they'll struggle for goals with him marked. Ridgewell sweep

Midfield:
Mulumbu watch for runs into box from am. Granero get on the ball and release it quickly to wide men, they are physical in there but poor on ball so pressure them an they'll give it up. Wanyama match them or muscle, stop Diane if he tries to carry ball.

Forwards
Odemwinge take Enrique on the inside and Feed lukaku, ince do te rb for pace and swing in crosses for lukaku/odemwinge.

Lukaku hold ball up and get on the end of crosses.

Tactics:
They will be physical in midfield, first time passes and 2/3 touch football don't let them dominate you.

Subs:

70 mins fletcher for lukaku, different threat with your clever movement ghost into position and get us the winner!!

Fulham
Schwarzer

Riether – Coates – Zapata – Hughes – Baird

Montolivo – Lucas – Dembele

Dempsey – Defoe


Team Talk:
We need to face it this week we’re going to struggle holding onto possession. They’re with out Cazorla but have the likes of Oscar that can punish us. If we’re going to get anything out of the game we need to make out possession count and take our chances.

Defending Tactics:
* Back 5, zonally mark, and watch the runs from their players
* Zapata, drop back and play a sweeper roll.
* Lucas stop Oscar, he’s flying high this week.
* Montolivo & Dembele be there to close down the player on the ball and flood midfield

Attacking Tactics:
* Sit back and soak up pressure, and count with pace.
* Defoe play on the shoulder of their defence and look to break away
* Dempsey Play off Defoe
* Montolivo & Dembele start any counter attacking moves.

vs

Arsenal
------------------------ Lloris ----------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
Sagna ---- Koscielny ---- Vermaelen --- Gibbs
------------------------------------------------------
------------ Alex Song --- Rosicky ---------------
-----------------------------------------------------
- Gervinho --------- Oscar ----------- Podolski -
-----------------------------------------------------
----------------- Robin Van Persie ---------------

Subs:- Szczesny,Jenkinson,Mertesacker,Santos,Chamberlain

LLORIS is a man mountain, he leads the team out today. He is a confident keeper and this has an impact throughout the team. He has a safe pair of hands, whether it be high balls or balls sent through into the box or there striker to chase, very vocal and will keep the back 4 right.
VERMAELEN and KOSCIELNY are quick and powerful and they are handed the task of marking Oppositions forward they must be on to the strikers quick, hard but fair, make them shy away from the game they MUST watch for players coming through or through balls, so he can intercept man or ball, both my are quick and powerful and won’t give them any space to get into the box as they will stay tight.
SAGNA and GIBBS are quick and will keep with the opposing wingers, force them out of play, and don’t let them get a yard...keep tight and stay tight.
SONG and ROSICKY will watch the 2nd dangerous mid coming through, they will shield the opposition away from the danger area, stop them getting onto the ball and passing it about force them into mistakes. They will also make late runs into box and is very dangerous in the air.
OSCAR is the experienced one that will link everything up from mid to att, He is a very gifted player and will create many chances for RVP.
RVP has a clever eye and his vision is brilliant, so give him the ball and let his feet to the work.

Swansea
Howard
Cuellar-Dann-Williams-Fabio
Rodwell-Ramsey-Perch
Hernandez
Adebayor-Hoilett

Howard: Be vocal, be ready to claim crosses
FBs: Push their wingers wide, don’t get caught upfield.
CBs: Don’t leave the FBs one on one, cover well. Don’t get caught flat footed, hold them up if they get 1 on 1.
Perch: Cover Fabio and the back 4, simple passes from the back
Rodwell: Help break up the play if they get it into the middle, look to find Hernandez/Hoilett in space.
Ramsey: With 3 in the middle you should be able to win possession and make forward runs from deep, look to link up late.
Hernandez: Free role, drift into space and look to pick passes/run at people. Find space out wide if necessary.
Hoilett: Drop off Adebayor, and look to run at their CBs, shoot from distance.
Adebayor: Lead the line, sit on the shoulder of the last man. Make runs into the channel.

Dominate the midfield, put pressure on theirs and attack with pace.

If losing after 60 mins: Go 4-3-3 Hernandez and Hoilett out wide.

vs
West Ham

--------------------------Robinson---------------------------
-----------------N'Koulou-------------M'Bia------------------
Uchida-----------------------------------------------Cissokho
-----------------------Henry------Noble----------------------
---------------------------Krancjar--------------------------
-----------Walcott-----------------------Sturridge-----------
-----------------------------Long----------------------------

BENCH
Ripley
Wheater
Ferriera
Drenthe
Collison
Olinga
Rodriguez


TACTICS (144 words)
We need to dominate the middle of the park and we will do that by keeping things tight. Henry should sit just in front of the back four, getting stuck in and making tackles, occupying that space just in front of the back four their AM may try to exploit. Noble should go in a box to box role, helping out and watching runs from deep in midfield while Krancjar should look to create. Walcott and Sturridge should get into the middle and use their pace to run at the centre backs, creating 3v2 situations. Cissokho and Uchida should get forward at every oppportunity as we have suitable cover while Long should look to lead the line and exploit their centre back's lack of pace. Defensively M'Bia should dominate everything in the air, man-marking the main striker while N'Koulou should cover using his pace.

Aston Villa

Formation: 4-4-2
Injuries: Demba Ba, Stephen Ireland, Olof Melberg
Starting XI:

GK: Shay Given
RB: Nathaniel Clyne
CB: Joris Mathijsen
CB: Richard Dunne
LB: Jonas Olsson
RM: Marko Marin
CM: Alberto Aquilani
CM: Stiliyan Petrov ©
LM: Charles N'Zogbia
ST: Darren Bent
ST: Gabriel Agbonlahor

Subs: Łukasz Fabiański, Ciaran Clark, Louis Saha, Stephen Warnock, Vladimir Weiss, Fabian Delph, Chris Herd

Tactics

Defenders, deeper line, make life difficult today. Give them no breathing-room forcing mistakes. Strong physical challenges, soaking up pressure battling for every aerial & second ball! RB, look to support on the underlap when on counter. Petrov you’ll play holding role. Shackle yourself to their playmaker. Make it difficult getting in their faces. Aquilani box-to-box role. Use your vision playing high balls from deep/on-counter. Look to play in wingers too! Wingers look to run rampant on the wings. Look to take your players on hugging the touch line. Deadly crosses looking at both posts. Don’t be afraid to mix it up coming inside linking-up-play/shooting! Close in the space when defending shielding the back-line. Bent/Gabby, don’t be afraid to run at their centre-backs. You’ll beat them in a foot race & look to draw fouls. Alternatively, peel off markers exploiting their lack of height in FB’s. Play off the shoulders looking for space.

On 71 Mins: Stephen Warnock will come on in place of Richard Dunne. Warnock will move out to LB with Olsson moving in as a CB. Be dominating in the air. Preserve your runs going forward.

On 82 Mins: Fabian Delph will replace Stan Petrov. Play the anchor role, hard robust challenges getting into the faces of their attacking players. Break up play filling in the gaps. Fresh pair of legs running the middle of the park!

vs

Stoke
Thomas Sorensen

Alan Hutton - Robert Huth - Ryan Shawcross - Ryan Taylor

Wilson Palacios - Abou Diaby

Ashley Young - Michu - Kevin Mirallas

Peter Crouch


Subs: Ricardo Carvalho, Andy Wilkinson, Maurice Edu, Joey Barton, Matthew Etherington, Michael Kightly, Michael Owen

Sorensen, command your area, be wary of long shots and stake your claim to be number 1. Huth/Shawcross, watch out for Bent making runs in behind, drop deep on occasion to combat him and dominate in the air. Hutton/Taylor, force the wingers outside as they like to cut in, then block the cross at source. Get forward on occasion to support the wingers and get crosses in. Palacios, track Aquilani. He's not an out and out AM so will be deeper than someone who is, keep him deep and limit his impact. Diaby, box to box, be the link between defence and attack. Young/Mirallas, playing on the wings but freedom to swap wings, cut inside and shoot, go outside and cross, look for Crouch. Michu, AM/second striker, shoot on sight, look for Crouch holding up play and try and drag their DM out of position. Crouch, target man, hold up play, look for the AM's in support, shoot on sight.

Subs: 75 mins
If winning: Edu on, Michu off. Go to a 4-3-2-1/4-5-1, Edu more defensive in midfield. Counter attack on the wings with Young/Mirallas.

If losing: Owen on, Diaby off. Go to 4-1-3-2, Owen up top with Crouch.

Chelsea
------------------------Cech
Ivanovic ---Cahill -------- Yanga-Mbiwa ---- Cole
-------------Essien ----------- Moutinho
Di Maria --------------Lampard------------------ Mata
----------------- Torres

Subs:Courtois/Shaw/Veloso/Gourcuff/Kalou/Piazon/Higuain

Team Talk: Against a stubborn norwich side today expect to defend then just lump it up field. We going to use our pace out on the wings today

Cech i want you to come for crosses release to a full back, Ivanovic and Cole if they play wingers push inside if not then squeeze to make a tight back 4, Both bomb forwards and overlap the wingers.Cahill/Yanga-Mbiwa play a high line and go for knockdown as expected to lump it. Essien to hassle the midfield give them no time, Moutinho to go box to box and link with Lampard. Mata/Di Maria take on the full backs at pace use tricks watch for overlapping wing backs , Lampard link with Torres get on ahead of him also look for wingers getting in behind the full backs , Torres to drift about between defence and midfield and run in behind defence

Subs: Lampard off for Higuain if losing

If drawing Lampard/Torres off for Kalou/Higuain - Mata to become AM

vs
Norwich
Injuries: Zak Whitbread, Sylvain Distin, David Fox, Anthony Pilkington
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Starting XI:
GK - John Ruddy
RB - Kyle Naughton
CB - Ryan Bennett
CB - Russell Martin
LB - Emilio Izaguirre
CM - Lucas Biglia
CM - Jonny Howson
RW - Robert Snodgrass
LW - Chris Burke
CAM - Wes Hoolahan
ST - Grant Holt

Subs:
David Stockdale
Marc Tierney
Craig Dawson
Bradley Johnson
Jacob Butterfield
Steve Morison
Adam Le Fondre

--------Ruddy-----------------
Naughton---Martin---Bennett---Izaguirre
-------------Biglia---Howson-----------
Snodgrass-------Hoolahan--------Burke
-----------------Holt------------------


Tactics: Today boys lets go out there and give it a go! I want us to play possession football, so I have placed the extra man in midfield to help us with that. We look to play out from the back, with the full backs and centre backs getting it off Ruddy. The back four need to be narrow in defence, make them go around us, not through. Howson and Biglia, look to get the ball to Hoolahan, or the wingers. Work hard in there, snap at there ankles. Hoolahan, create chances, get in the hole, look to cause havoc. Snodgrass and Burke, stay out wide, and get plenty of crosses into the box. Holt work like a trojan up front, and thrive off the crosses. Lets go out there, attack, keep the ball, and we can win this game!

Reading
GK Adam Federici
RB Angel Rangel
LB Ian Harte (C)
CB Martin Kelly
CB William Gallas
RM Jimmy Kebe
LM Jobi McAnuff
CM Kevin Nolan
CM Jem Karacan
ST Didder Drogba
ST Noel Hunt

Right lads people are saying were the "Hull" of a few seasons ago in the sense that we havant one in a while but will stay up. I think that is a load of rubbish we are good enough to win our remaining games. Keep fighting all the way to the end. Like you have done all season, play 110% and like every game make me proud and the supporters proud.

. Adam boss your area, make sure we play the deep line. Make sure the defense are doing tight marking. They have some cracking lads going forward we cant give them time at all.

. Defense. Keep the deep line. A lot of non nonsense defending. Fight right to the end. Gallas and Kelly mark there strikers out of the game. Full backs attack with the wingers and always go forward when on the break.

Midfield. Drop back at all times. Play defensive for the first half. Go forward on the break with real pace and hit the wingers and full backs. Go for quick pass to the striker if you have to. 2nd half slightly more attacking.

Strikers. Drogba you have Noel upfront with you. Link up well with him. Hold the ball up knock it into him. Both of you cause a nu sense and don't let the defense breath constantly keep them busy.

COME ON LADS

vs

Liverpool

Foster
VDW
Skrtl
Hangeland
Schmelzer
Cabaye
Garcia
Rakitic
Suarez
Isco
Rossi

SPOILER:
Formation:

--------------------Foster-----------------
--VDW----------Skrtl------Hangeland------Schmelzer---
--------------Cabaye-------Garcia------------------------
Rakitic----------------Suarez----------------Isco---------
--------------------------------Rossi----------------------

Tactics:

GK:

In today for Reina but your experienced in the PL. Command your area and look to play it to our full backs.

Defence:

-Hangeland, mark their biggest striker. Use your presence to stop them playing
-Skrtl last man, you've got the pace to track runs in behind, close down players cutting inside from the wings
-FB's, get forward whenever possible. You are both superb going forward, let's get at them from the get go

Midifeld:

-Garcia sit and allow Cabaye to dictate play. If they look to neutralise him, don't be afraid to take the ball up yourself, your good enough. Get tight to their creative player and prevent wingers from cutting in for a shot.
-Cabaye, look to get it to the wings and into suarez, we've got too much pace and creativity for them.
-Rakitic/Isco/Suarez I want you interchanging. Your'e all capable of playing LW/RW/CAM, don't give Reading the chance to get on top of you. Look to play Rossi in behind their CB's.

Attack:

-Rossi, stay on the last man. No need to drop deep with Isco/Rakitic/Suarez there. Pull their CB all over the place to create space for our attacking midfielders but make the runs in behind and take your chances.

Man United

David de Gea

Maicon - Phil Jones - Mats Hummels - Patrice Evra

Kevin Strootman - Paul Scholes

Antonio Valencia - Shinji Kagawa - Andre Schurrle

Danny Welbeck


Subs: Anders Lindegaard, Chris Smalling, Rafael, Steven Gerrard, Ryan Giggs, Tom Cleverley, Javier Hernandez

De Gea, watch for long shots, be confident on crosses, build attacks from the back. Jones/Hummels, you have the pace to deal with Cisse, they will be expecting Rio but Roy Hodgson says he's too old. Maicon/Evra, they don't have the pace wide to trouble you, force the winger wide and block the cross, get forward yourself. Strootman, sit on the AM, likely to be Sigurdsson. Suffocate him. Scholes, dictate play from CM, feed the wingers and Kagawa, be your destructive self. Valencia/Schurrle, get crosses in, link with Kagawa. Kagawa, free role. Link midfield to Welbeck, create chances and get into the box as a second striker. Welbeck, lead the line, run in behind and shoot on sight.

Subs: 70 mins
If winning: Kagawa off, Gerrard on. Gerrard as an AM but can drop back into CM when we're under pressure.

If losing: Scholes off, Hernandez on. Extra striker, go for it.

vs

Newcastle
Krul

Debuchy Collocini Taylor Azpilicueta


------ Arteta Wilshere Diarra -----

Sigurdsson

Cisse---------------Remy


SubsChalobah, Toulalan, Benat, Luuk De Jong, Forster, Bertrand

Captain: Collocini

Tactics

Defence

Keep a tight line at all times. Look for United to try and attack I think it’s best we soak up pressure and look to counter through the center, so don’t stray too far. Distribute quickly into the midfield but concentrate.

Midfield

Look to control possession. Keep the ball on the deck and open up the space. Use the touchline as much as possible to create space in the channels. Mikel & Lass, look to create space and dictate play. Jack, drop back to pick up the ball and move it forward, find the gaps. Gylfi, roam the centre of the pitch and link with the forwards.

Forwards

Gylfi to support Papiss & Loic going forward. Cisse to trouble the last man and create openings. Remy to use his pace to open. Link with Gylfi and exploit any gaps. Papiss to hang on the CB’s all the time.

Subs:

If losing:

65: Bertrand for Gylfi. Remy out wide with Bertand. Cisse through the centre. Wilshere to move up.

70: De Jong for Cisse.

If winning:

75mins: Toulalan for Wilshere
75: De Jong for Cisse. Fresh presence up front.