West Ham New Tactic

West Ham United have indeed failed in attempts to bring in their major transfer targets before the transfer window close, but may have the last laugh when they attempt to deploy their new tactic.
When the European Transfer Window ended on August 31 st, West Ham's squad was finalised and looked something along the lines of this:

----------------------------Green (Wright)
-----------------------------------------------------Walker

Neil(Paintsil)-A.Ferdinand(Collins)-Upson(Gabbidon)-McCartney(Spector)
--------------------------------------------Davenport-----------------------------------Dailly

Faubert(Ljunberg)-Noble(Mullins)-Parker(Quashie)-Ethrington(BoaMorte)
-------------Dyer
------------ Bowyer
------------Solano

-------------------Ashton(Zamora)---Bellamy(Cole)
---------------------------- -Camara

It seemed to me that in the beginning, Curbishley over indulged in right midfield players. Only after tinkering with the squad was then that i realised that Curbs was a 'football genius' according to Craig Foster if he mistook Curbs for Russian Manager Guus Hiddink.

The Reason why Curbs and Eggy have not gone out of their way to sign a solid left-back, left-winger and back-up striker is that they are ready to introduce the American NFL tested and tried Bootleg formation play.

The Bootleg Formation is designed to give the quarter back plenty of time to make a play as he is well blocked by his backmen. He can then make the decision to gain yardage by passing to his right wing runners or take it up himself.

By applying this tactic to west ham's line-up we should have something like this:

With Lucas Neil as captain and a glory hunting Quarter Back, his sole job is to keep supplying the right wingers (Freddie, Faubert and Dyer) while Anton and Collins Sweep up any mistakes made. From there the wingers can either go for glory by taking a shot or assisting the left (Ethrington and Ashton) for goal. This is another breakthrough by Curbishely. This certainly concludes that Alan seems to have his plans for West Ham on the right track and any speculation that he isn't the right man for the job have been put to rest. I hope he continues to have success.