Ryo, my point wasn't if the midfield was going to be overrun. I'm in full agreement of that. If you saw my posts during the season you'd know that I agree with you on that. None of these midfielders are able to play under pressure because they lack technical ability and in most cases the speed of thought. But if you are saying that SES would help that because he tracks back, well then I disagree. He'll track back yes, but he won't help our team play better under the press. There is absolutely NO way that SES will help ball retention more then Ivrahimovic. Ibrahimovic also does NOT wait in the final third to "shoot". As a matter of fact, he's been "criticized" before for dropping TOO deep to pick up the ball. He will without a shadow of a doubt help our build up play more then SES because he'll come back for the ball, hold it, allow the team time to push up, not lose the ball, and also create. The only thing a team has to change with Ibrahimvic is the press.....in other words you can't play a high pressing game because he won't do it. BUT, that doesn't matter for us because we dot do that anyway and we defend in our own half. (Not sure what Sinisa will want, but if he wants Ibra then surely he is aware of this)
Let's just agree to disagree. This is also coming from someone that is NOT ALL set on Ibrahimovic and I already said that I would rather first see a "magician" in midfield...someone that won't lose ther ball when pressed, someone that's able to break the press and pull the strings.
*that midfield is not my preference by the way. I JUST used players currently in te squad to bring up a point. And imo, with those players, Ibrahimovic will be more help than SES without a doubt imo. That's not to say that I want Stephan gone. I want the kid to stay. I love the fact that he loves the colors and fights so hard. But he needs to re-establish his quality first and foremost.
Dev, to answer your question...no, I don't think that second year team would've been better with Ibra. Eto'o + Millito was much better then just Ibra. But not sure how that ties in with our situation. We don't have an Eto'o and a Millito nor are we linked to a player of their quality so that we have to choose (them/or him vs Ibra). Sure I would rather have Suarez + Bacca instead of Ibra + Bacca, but I don't think anything even close to that is on the plate.
Let's just agree to disagree. This is also coming from someone that is NOT ALL set on Ibrahimovic and I already said that I would rather first see a "magician" in midfield...someone that won't lose ther ball when pressed, someone that's able to break the press and pull the strings.
*that midfield is not my preference by the way. I JUST used players currently in te squad to bring up a point. And imo, with those players, Ibrahimovic will be more help than SES without a doubt imo. That's not to say that I want Stephan gone. I want the kid to stay. I love the fact that he loves the colors and fights so hard. But he needs to re-establish his quality first and foremost.
Dev, to answer your question...no, I don't think that second year team would've been better with Ibra. Eto'o + Millito was much better then just Ibra. But not sure how that ties in with our situation. We don't have an Eto'o and a Millito nor are we linked to a player of their quality so that we have to choose (them/or him vs Ibra). Sure I would rather have Suarez + Bacca instead of Ibra + Bacca, but I don't think anything even close to that is on the plate.