Jim_UK

Jim_UK · 12-08-2006, 17:46

I'm not saying playing 3 strikers is a dream ... i'm saying the personnel we are suggesting is the dream.

There's struggling defensively and there's struggling defensively in midfield, the latter is what i'm pointing too. Too much pressure is put on Gattuso to do all the donkey work as Seedorf & Pirlo (particularly last season) just weren't good enough in putting themselves about with the tackles or tracking back. This puts more pressure on the defence.

If we negotiate this problem by bringing in someone strong like Diarra or YaYa Toure, then we'll lighten the load the defence is under. Too many times last season our midfield were just walked all over. When Kaka is advanced we are short of numbers in the middle and when some people don't do what needs to be done it makes a hard job even harder, particularly when you face an opposition who has 4 or even 5 against our 3.

So i'm not arguing against your point of us conceding the 2nd fewest goals in the league, but something else. Hopefully that's a little clearer now

Although on that point you could deduce some obvious points that (a) our defence was good enough last season to soak up alot of pressure when the midfield wasn't firing on all cylinders (b) that some of the Serie A opposition are poor and that the CL (where we faced more problems, Lyon & Barca spring to mind) opposition caused us more problems.

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Jim_UK Registered User Join Date: 07 2001 Location: England	I'm not saying playing 3 strikers is a dream ... i'm saying the personnel we are suggesting is the dream. There's struggling defensively and there's struggling defensively in midfield, the latter is what i'm pointing too. Too much pressure is put on Gattuso to do all the donkey work as Seedorf & Pirlo (particularly last season) just weren't good enough in putting themselves about with the tackles or tracking back. This puts more pressure on the defence. If we negotiate this problem by bringing in someone strong like Diarra or YaYa Toure, then we'll lighten the load the defence is under. Too many times last season our midfield were just walked all over. When Kaka is advanced we are short of numbers in the middle and when some people don't do what needs to be done it makes a hard job even harder, particularly when you face an opposition who has 4 or even 5 against our 3. So i'm not arguing against your point of us conceding the 2nd fewest goals in the league, but something else. Hopefully that's a little clearer now Although on that point you could deduce some obvious points that (a) our defence was good enough last season to soak up alot of pressure when the midfield wasn't firing on all cylinders (b) that some of the Serie A opposition are poor and that the CL (where we faced more problems, Lyon & Barca spring to mind) opposition caused us more problems. __________________ ... Is watching you ...