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or bench VDV. [braces himself for abuse]
Yeah, I usggested VDV should not be undroppable a while back...and sure as night follows day, the abuse did follow :grin:
or bench VDV. [braces himself for abuse]
I so agree that playing Modric out of position is the wrong thing to do.
He is the perfect midfield link man and putting him on the wing is ridiculous. He is the pivot and anchor of the team.
Yeah we played the famed 4-2-3-1 tonight. Worked very well.Loving the 4-2-3-1 tonight. It's a shame to go back to 4-4-1-1 when Lennon's fit, but I like this for away matches.
Yeah we played the famed 4-2-3-1 tonight. Worked very well.
Although, it looked like 4-3-3 at times!
Like most, liked how we lined up, took a little while to introduce the urgency into the game but as Bale roamed more we looked more threatening.
Sandro dealt with Holt and Morrison very well - he got in front of them to stop easy balls getting to their feet, helped deal with the aerial balls as well as covering the full backs. I don't think its a case of Parker or Sandro, and tonight showed they can play together. Personally I think Parker was more box to box than a holding midfielder.
The team is looking excellent, Harry learnt from the issues against Chelsea and Sunderland without Lennon, and I think that lineup would cause any teams problems while also being defensively solid. Be interesting if Harry goes with something like that away to City next month
Are you serious or just stupidScott Parker should not be the first name on the sheet....
LUKA MODRIC
CENTRE MIDFIELD
It's no coincidence that our poorest performances, which have lacked any rhythm, have been with Luka out of the side, or shunted all around the midfield except for the centre.
So please, Harry, stop this 2 defensive midfielders bollocks, and put our Luka where he needs to be.
No issue with Sandro, but it's one or the other, and to be frank, whilst he is a destroyer in the tackle, he doesn't bring enough all round game to our midfield at the moment.
Harry is really showing that without his first 11, he has no idea what to do with the side, and the organisation of Chelsea's midfield, whilst pedestrian, won them a point and should have won them the game.
I loved the Parker/Sandro partnership. With those two we're able to completely boss possession and free up Modric and Bale to roam. Sandro was clearly asked to sit, while parker was box to box driving and I loved every second.
This was a truly commanding away performance at a ground where only two other teams have managed to take wins this season. Completely unlike the performances against West Brom and Fulham where we stuttered a bit.
I loved the Parker/Sandro partnership. With those two we're able to completely boss possession and free up Modric and Bale to roam. Sandro was clearly asked to sit, while parker was box to box driving and I loved every second.
This was a truly commanding away performance at a ground where only two other teams have managed to take wins this season. Completely unlike the performances against West Brom and Fulham where we stuttered a bit.
Agree with this whole post but I was thinking exactly the same thing regarding the City game after tonight...maybe King in for Gallas but that's it.