Wut i like to use is this:
-----------------------------------Reina-------------------------------------
---------------------Carragher------------Hypia/Kromkamp--------------------
Finnan-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------Zenden/Riise
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-----------------------Alonso/Hamann---------------------------------------
------------------------------------------Gerrard/Xabi-----------------------
------Luis Garcia/Gerrard-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------Garcia/Zenden/Riise----
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-------------------------------Morientes/ Garcia-------------------------------
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-----------------------------------------Fowler/Morientes---------------------
Players to put in bin/transfer market:
Cisse
Crouch
4-1-3-2
So we have Gerrard in the centre of the park moving(from our view) South-west, having shots and playing wide balls, i really like to play down the wings and then come in with garcia or gerrard. But when you want to showboat or something, u can push Garcia/Gerrard further forward into RWF, and bring the LMF(Garcia/Zenden/Riise/Agger) back so you can play diagonal balls, to the RWF (he will be unmarked if you play him really wide, this usually gives yuo about 5 seconds of time to power a shot with gerrard from the wing or(if you are playing with garcia as winger) bring gerrard realy close to being a forward and push the DMF to an AMF giving you Alonso/Hamann AND Gerrard to take shots with time to put away a shot:
-----------------------------------Reina-------------------------------------
------------------------------------------Hypia/Kromkamp--------------------
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-----------------------Carragher--------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------Garcia/Zenden/Riise
---Finnan-------------------------------------------------------------------
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--------------------Kromkamp/Hamann/Alonso--------------------------------
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-------------------------Xabi/Hamann-----------------------Kewell/Garcia/Zenden
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------------------------------------------Gerrard----------------------------
Garcia/Gerrard----------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------Fowler/Morientes----------------
As you see, I also pushed the defense forward a bit, by taking out Morientes(our SS) we can push Garcia out wide and put in a DMF giving the team an easier way of pasing the ball, around, by using this tactic you will hadly lose the ball because you will have so many options. And Also, now that the LB is trying to get passes to Garcia, if he cn't he always has the option to play a lob/through bal, down HIS wing to the attacking LMF
Now our LB can stay offensive, he will be a long passer, whipping passes out to Garcia. Gerrard will NOT be playing CF or SS, he is an AMF running South West and he will have loads of shots because Garcia(after receiving the long pass from the LB/LMF, or short passes from Alonso/Gerrard/Hamann/Kromkamp will be able to have enough time to pass to Gerrard: Teeing him up for a shot.
So simple.... NOT. If you can understand this u can have a cookie!!
No really, if you like to pass a lot and score some nice long range goals go for the second one. If you like to play attacking through the wings choose the first.