: Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:29 am
Robbie Rotten wrote:
I don't rate Gago at all, I think he's a disastrous player. Lass is good, but they need a partner for him, Alonso would be perfect but I hope we can hold out. Other than that I'm struggling for names, maybe somebody like de Rossi if he'd move. Maybe even future world player of the year, Darren Fletcher, if they really want to break the bank.
Gago is woeful.
It sort of doesn't matter who Madrid have at the back, they'll still concede bucket loads as the front six aren't arsed about tracking runners etc. First thing that Hiddink did at Chelsea was enforce that whoever was leading the line, Anelka or Drogba defended from the front, harried defenders etc, they set the tone. Barca have just won the CL doing this, and Utd fans love Tevez & Rooney etc for similar. Madrid never have this ethic, and with the signings they've made won't have this ethic next year neither. It just ends up with runners flooding at Diarra and the back four, and it's pointless. They've had Cannavaro and other classy defenders, Walter Samuel was a worldbeater at the time, but they make them look poor as they stretch them to the limits. Gago's tracking back at Anfield was borderline pathetic.
That Garay looks a class act. He won't next year.
Madrid will still be the same, spank some sides backsides, do okay in the CL. Get an English side in the last 16 or last eight, get shown up as the English side can defend, and whoever the English sides frontline is, eg Torres & Gerrard are too good for their back five.
and Marcelinho at left back.
