: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:26 pm
RedTez wrote:
United had the money to buy a centre half for 30 mil. They then spent another £12m on a full and and £10m-ish on Vidic. That has nothing to do with with the fact that they are supposed to cope with Ibrahimovic & Adriano with a 5 foot 6 full back playing in the centre of defence!!
I wouldn't worry about Adriano. He's not that good. As for Ibrahimovich, has he actually had a decent game against an English team? IMO teh most overrated footballer on teh plaent. He doesn't perform in Europe but then he scores a great goal against Lecce and is regarded as the best thing since sliced bread.
You talk about height. How tall is Cordoba?
The point I was making is that you have enough quality in the other players to carry one player playing out of position.
If City were to lose 3 midfielders to injury menaing that SWP and Martin Petrov end up playing in the middle, along with Robinho, they're going to struggle. It doesn't matter how much that midfield costs.
The one player is a pretty vital one mate. It's putting Evra in at centre half. Surely you're not saying because he cos £Xm he should ge able to play anywhere? That's like saying because Robinho cost £30 odd million he should be able to play at right back.
That one player is vital but, like I said, look at other teams. We had SWP playing central midfield. Ireland has played on the wing on several occasions over the last two years. We have had to play Kompany in his second position pretty much all season. Not to mention, Vassell on the wings.
Playing a striker at RB is a totally different scenario to playing CH instead of LB. After all, a lot of full-backs now how to play CH as they often have to cover that position. Both positions are have teh same aim - to defend the goal.
I dream of the day United produce players like Willo Flood, Dickson Etuhu, Lee Croft and Ched Evans. Unfortunatley, not all clubs can develop an amazing youth set up to match City.
Our Academy beat yours again the other day.
Thanks for listing the strongest players we have produced
Mate, two of those lads play in the Prem, one plays for Narrrich and the other plays for one of the biggest clubs in Europe. Not bad, eh?
I quite like Ched Evans. I think he will be a Prem footballer but definitely not as a lone striker.
That's where you went wrong mate. Full back is a position that makes you look better than what you are. Who in their right mind wants to play left back as a kid? The sh*t players, that's who, the ones who aren't good enough to play in midfield or up front. If you you can pass a bit and tackle at left back you're a superstar!
Is that out of Gary Neville's autobiography?
I'd say your description applies to most midfielders in the Prem at the moment
Cloggers out of the PL.
