Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
1-- There can only ever be one 'Big Ron'
2-- Ive been sending Koeman subliminal messages all season but they seem to be lost somewhere in his fat head
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1-- There can only ever be one 'Big Ron'
2-- Ive been sending Koeman subliminal messages all season but they seem to be lost somewhere in his fat head
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
He's not a 10....
BigDunc'sFod
Player Valuation: £35m
What a legendHe knew his football, God bless him.
I can give you more than 10 reasons why a ‘number 10′ does not work in a 4-3-3 system. It does not make you stronger, but weaker.
During the eighties, when I was manager of Ajax, all of our opponents played the 4-4-2 system with two forwards. In order to get an extra tactical advantage, we decided to field three defenders, changing from 4-3-3 to 3-4-3, where our midfield was set up as a diamond.
We did not actually played 3-4-3, but more a 3-1-2-1-3 system, creating two extra lines which made the execution of the positioning play even better. The ‘number 10′ was the player behind the three forwards. At Ajax I chose John Bosman and later at Barcelona, José Bakero.
The past couple of years the opponents have figured out this little trick and decided to once again field three forwards. This often entailed a striker with two wingers, forcing you to use four defenders yet again. Fielding a ’10′ in this situation is risky.
To preserve the right balance, the centre-midfielder should not be fielded in an attacking, but in a defensive position. Thus, a ‘number 6′ instead of a ‘number 10′.
With a ’10′ you will play 4-2-1-3 and with a ’6′ it will be 4-1-2-3. Taking a good look at the two numbers in the middle, you can see that with a ’10′ two players are behind the ball and one is set up offensively, as with a ’6′ three (1+2) players are behind the ball of which two are offensive. This is how you kill two birds with one stone: both defensively as offensively you will have an extra player.
By choosing the ’10′ anyway, you will get yourself in trouble as soon as the opponents are pushing forward. In this case, there will be only two midfielders behind the ball, who are also required to give 60 metre passes. This is impossible to do.
BiggyRat
Player Valuation: £35m
Would you say the good list is the shorter one?
Maybe they just never left your fat head ?
BiggyRat
Player Valuation: £35m
Fair enough.
Harryflashman
Player Valuation: £60m
Are we gonna do that thing, only in reverse , like the kopites did with Dalglish and comoli where Kenny gets all the good ones and comoli the Andy Carroll's ?
He's nothing like Ross mate.
He's a second-striker type of player who is adept at linking the play and holding the ball up, but was always at his best working off a main striker.
If he came in, he'd be a decent foil for Lukaku, and would work well with him in that role that Valencia is currently occupying.
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
I'd rather see us go and buy a genuine second striekr mate and go two up top, OR buy someone who is a natural wider player who will provide support.
Seems to me Gabbiadini is fully neither just a half way measure.
But those players are much harder to find (especially in the middle of the season) and much harder to get in.
We can't just go and get a 'second striker' as they won't come in and sit on our bench.
So while I agree with the principle, having watched Gabbiadini a few times this season I can see why he's the type of player Koeman/Walsh would want.
Versatile, with a bit of pace about him but also a bit of skill as well. Can hold the ball up and link the play - but by no means a great goalscorer. But we have a goalscorer, but he needs the space and time and most importantly support to do the damage.
I'm not saying he'd be the greatest signing, but considering it's January and there's not gonna be many strikers available who would actually improve us, Gabbiadini isn't going to be a bad start (should it come off).
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
Agree in part mate, thing i'm concerned about though, is whilst we are bringing in load s of new faces and pushing out olde ones, to improve the team, come this summer we are gonna be looking at some of them as not good enough and will end up with either no money to replace them or alternatively (and just as worrying) a bloated squad full of players brought in by the manager who he has replaced within a year.
Would rather for example the manager decides on what formation he wants and bring in 'specialists' (to use a mourinho term) for those roles.
Whilst yeah we do have a great goalscorer, the problem still remains if we bring in this lad - of what happens if Roms off form, injured or in a cba mood, we will ultimately have another striekr who cant score as an option...
Papa Shango
Player Valuation: £70m
Him not being anything like Barkley will be why he is his replacement.
I envision lots of balls coming in to him which he can dink on to Lukaku running into space.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Would much rather have a Dolberg or even an Isak signed to play with Lukaku or rotate with him than getting in a guy who just unbalances the team.
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