It's so rare to find a winger with both offensive and defensive quality. I think we should be glad that he can be such a threat going forward rather than lamenting on his defensive failure. He's capable of doing things that no other in our team is capable of so why not just let him do his stuff. As a manager, Moyes must find ways to accommodate his defensive aspect, not ask him to track back at every opportunity when the opposition posses the ball.
Drenthe is pivotal if we are going to adopt a more effective higher tempo game or counter attacking game.
He had a wonderful first half last night, mainly because Swansea only put one defender on him. He can easily beat any defender in a one on one situation creating space for himself to shoot or run towards the byeline and produce a low drag back cross which almost result in goals either way.
The second half is a different story. He was double team constantly, at one point there were 4 defenders trying to crowd him out in the box. That made me chuckle. When was the last time we saw an everton player having so much attention from opposing defenders? They are simply afraid of Drenthe.
We need to learn how to evolve our play so that he won't be nullified as a threat when teams double up on him. More players need to offer him good passing options and always have a target man in the box to anticipate his unpredictable lighting crosses. In short, build a team around him like how ManU did with ronaldo. Fergie allow ronaldo to flourish because he allow him to neglect his defensive duties and concentrate only on causing mayhem at the opposing end.
