South East Citizen wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks Edin had a really good first half yesterday? Bearing in mind they were all over us and service was basically non-existant, he held the ball up really well and showed some really good skill. Calling him slow is unfair, he was never going to be the kind of attacker that skins defenders, that's not his game and not what helped him score so many goals in Germany and for his national team. Granted didn't do much second half but he wasn't our worst player by a long way yesterday.
nope, i'd concur with that tbh. as i keep on saying, he didn't have any one close enough to benefit from his hold up play. he chest the ball down to his feet every time really quite well. having balo on the wing is a pointless exercise.
South East Citizen wrote:
What fucked us over was having so many full backs out. I think by Christmas Mancini had lost faith in Kolarov's defensive qualities, and instead wanted to play him further up the pitch. If Zabs had been available and not having to cover RB, I reckon he'd play left back every game. Kolarov and AJ on the wings should by rights provide enough ammunition for Edin to score a hatfull.
one would hope.
Timpblue wrote:
actually like this
leave boyata at right back if richards isn't fit
play zabs lb and kolarov on the left and aj on the right with silva behind who ever
play de jong and milner in centre mid
there you go , a decent team
hmmm promising... who up front?
Timpblue wrote:
aj on the left, silva on the right? ballbag and flipper up front?
silva as the point of a midfield trio of silva, de jong and milner, aj switching wings to keep the fuckers off balance, and balo and dzeko up front.
this means you have de jong and milner clattering people and playing the ball forward to any of four attackers, who link up beween themselves. milner can pile forward onto either wing unoccupied by aj to offer the option of flinging the ball over and switching side of attack. silva, aj, balo and dzeko can play the ball amongst themselves on the ground or use aj for crosses. balo can float around dzeko and actually provide an outlet for dzeko when he's bringing down long balls or holding it up.