Knee surgery on Tuesday, six weeks out. So the midfield pool currently is: Veron, Butt, Giggs, Beckham, Chadwick, Djordic, Stewart, Pugh. Currently out: Keane, Scholes, Fortune. The 4-5-1 is dead for the time being, unless he uses Ole in the hole.
Veron, Butt, Giggs, and Chadwick are the obvious choices today with all the other players out. Not a bad midfield for having 4 midfielders injured. I won't be sorry to see the 4-5-1 disappear. It seems to me that there are more goal scoring opportunities in the 4-4-2, particularly for Ruud.