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He's sticking with it for now but All Whites coach Ricki Herbert has signalled he might be about to switch from his favoured 3-4-3 formation to a more conventional 4-4-2 for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in the Solomon Islands.
He will roll out a 3-4-3 against El Salvador tomorrow, handing a debut to Auckland City's Ian Hogg on the left flank in place of Tony Lochhead who is on his honeymoon, but is eyeing a switch to a back four for Sunday's game against Honduras and the qualifiers that start in the Solomon Islands on June 1.
Herbert first plumped for a back three for the first leg of the high-stakes playoff against Bahrain in Manama in 2009 and has largely stuck with it it since because of a dearth of options at right-back. He is still short of a right fullback and would need to employ someone like Ben Sigmund or Michael Boxall to fill in there.
