The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 20 July 2011

talkshowhost86 said:

I've always faintly clung to my initial belief that Bale would be better at left back. Obviously all the evidence suggests otherwise and most of you will be saying 'but TSH you stupid ringpiece, how can you say that?'

I just like the idea of a midfield 3 (say, Sandro, Modric and Diarra) with Bale bombing on from left back without being shackled which can happen when he's on the wing.

But it's very easy to argue against that because 1) we know Bale can be destructive from left wing, 2) the jury is still out on his defending, and 3) Benny has been quality there for the last two seasons.

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talkshowhost86 said:

I've always faintly clung to my initial belief that Bale would be better at left back. Obviously all the evidence suggests otherwise and most of you will be saying 'but TSH you stupid ringpiece, how can you say that?'

I just like the idea of a midfield 3 (say, Sandro, Modric and Diarra) with Bale bombing on from left back without being shackled which can happen when he's on the wing.

But it's very easy to argue against that because 1) we know Bale can be destructive from left wing, 2) the jury is still out on his defending, and 3) Benny has been quality there for the last two seasons.

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Stoof said:

I don't want a replacement that has to learn the ropes. I want a player that's played with the team that actually knows what's going on.

This isn't Championship Fucking Manager.

Stop selling players for the sake of it! Ridiculousness!

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Blockbuster said:

could we not turn Corluka into a left back, and have Walker at the right. sorted.

or even keep Bassong for left back?

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talkshowhost86 said:

I've always faintly clung to my initial belief that Bale would be better at left back. Obviously all the evidence suggests otherwise and most of you will be saying 'but TSH you stupid ringpiece, how can you say that?'

I just like the idea of a midfield 3 (say, Sandro, Modric and Diarra) with Bale bombing on from left back without being shackled which can happen when he's on the wing.

But it's very easy to argue against that because 1) we know Bale can be destructive from left wing, 2) the jury is still out on his defending, and 3) Benny has been quality there for the last two seasons.

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Stoof said:

I will hunt down and kill you all.

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Sweatybum said:

Danny Rose is being groomed for the left back slot. Whether as back up to Benny or as his replacement only 'arry knows.

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Blockbuster said:

could we not turn Corluka into a left back, and have Walker at the right. sorted.

or even keep Bassong for left back?

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felmani26 said:

I'm in the same camp as you and i'm also struggling to justify my reasoning for pushing Bale back into fullback role but he's still young enough to adapt should that be the route management wants to go down.

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talkshowhost86 said:

I've always faintly clung to my initial belief that Bale would be better at left back. Obviously all the evidence suggests otherwise and most of you will be saying 'but TSH you stupid ringpiece, how can you say that?'

I just like the idea of a midfield 3 (say, Sandro, Modric and Diarra) with Bale bombing on from left back without being shackled which can happen when he's on the wing.

But it's very easy to argue against that because 1) we know Bale can be destructive from left wing, 2) the jury is still out on his defending, and 3) Benny has been quality there for the last two seasons.

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jimbo said:

...and he's now a big enough name to leave if he doesn't like the route management wants to go down. I'd keep him on the wing, and I'm also one of the original 'Bale is a left back' people. I was wrong on that, a rare blip in my record.

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RichSpur58 said:

How accurate is CorlukaModric?

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