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rt9 · 19-11-2006, 21:39

I hear you ACMILAN1983. As for Kaka, he cannot be expected to single-handedly do things by himself all the time. Once in a while he does it, especially in CL games where there is more space, but on a regular basis, my only expectation is that he plays as a classic trequartista and links our midfield to our attack. I thought he did his job quite well yesterday. The only problem is if our midfield is unable to provide him with quality balls, there is only so much he can do. Secondly, if our attackers dont make good runs and dont finish, there is also so much he can do. So overall I'm quite happy with Kaka's contribution this season. What I am worried about is our squad depth because if he gets injured (which he is bound to be) we are in deep trouble. God forbid, if he gets a lengthy time off, what are we going to do? Who in our current side can replace him? Or, do we actually have a replacement?

As for Seedorf, I partially agree with you. His work ethic is horrendous. He tends to be slow and he is lacking in energy. The problem, though, is that Clarence was and still is an attacking midfielder, who we converted to a left sided midfielder. His attributes are his passing, vision, long shot, dribbling skills----all while going forward. He is not the type of player we can expect to run up and down the pitch, put in hard tackles, make runs, etcc.....In short, he is being played out of position, which may have worked well three years ago when he was younger and more fit, and had more to prove. But it's no longer working today. I think we need somebody dynamic for that role, a typical midfield dynamo who can do it all---Gerrard I think would be best, but also someone like Diarra (who as we all know is now at RM), or maybe even a younger Patrick Vieira would do. But I think in the end it all depends on Carlo. I am a big fan of his, but my only criticism of him would be that he has his so-called favourites and they seem to be the players who always play, no matter what. In this case, it's pretty obvious Seedorf is one of his favourites.

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rt9 Registered User Join Date: 05 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Fave Players: marco van basten, rui costa, kaka, pirlo	I hear you ACMILAN1983. As for Kaka, he cannot be expected to single-handedly do things by himself all the time. Once in a while he does it, especially in CL games where there is more space, but on a regular basis, my only expectation is that he plays as a classic trequartista and links our midfield to our attack. I thought he did his job quite well yesterday. The only problem is if our midfield is unable to provide him with quality balls, there is only so much he can do. Secondly, if our attackers dont make good runs and dont finish, there is also so much he can do. So overall I'm quite happy with Kaka's contribution this season. What I am worried about is our squad depth because if he gets injured (which he is bound to be) we are in deep trouble. God forbid, if he gets a lengthy time off, what are we going to do? Who in our current side can replace him? Or, do we actually have a replacement? As for Seedorf, I partially agree with you. His work ethic is horrendous. He tends to be slow and he is lacking in energy. The problem, though, is that Clarence was and still is an attacking midfielder, who we converted to a left sided midfielder. His attributes are his passing, vision, long shot, dribbling skills----all while going forward. He is not the type of player we can expect to run up and down the pitch, put in hard tackles, make runs, etcc.....In short, he is being played out of position, which may have worked well three years ago when he was younger and more fit, and had more to prove. But it's no longer working today. I think we need somebody dynamic for that role, a typical midfield dynamo who can do it all---Gerrard I think would be best, but also someone like Diarra (who as we all know is now at RM), or maybe even a younger Patrick Vieira would do. But I think in the end it all depends on Carlo. I am a big fan of his, but my only criticism of him would be that he has his so-called favourites and they seem to be the players who always play, no matter what. In this case, it's pretty obvious Seedorf is one of his favourites.