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Originally Posted by Wingers
I'm baffled as to why you'd think that. When his was at athletico, he was valued for his tackling as well as his creative play. If Keane and Scholes made a two in the middle, I can't see Anders and Bastian being any less effect.
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Ander and Bastian could do it effectively if you transported them back in time to 1999, when they would be dealing with a host of other two-man central midfields.
Almost everyone plays with a midfield triangle now, whether a 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, or 3-5-2, and nobody wants to be outnumbered there. Whatever else you might say about wingers, wide player, tracking back, the qualities of our individual players, or LVG's shortcomings, very few managers want to be outnumbered there.