- Apr 21, 2005
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Despite the squad being full of very talented individuals, for me our main weakness is the lack of balance in central midfield; a midfield that I'd like to be made up from a DM, a box-to-box busy **** and a more attack-minded CM that will get you around 15 league goals a season
I like this set-up because it's flexible, with the AM dropping back into central midfield, or pushing further forward to support the striker if needs-be, and where the DM can cover the central defenders and forward runs of the full-backs
Anyway....
DM - We currently don't employ a ball-playing defensive midfielder to sit infront of the back 4, from which every attack begins, and where the DM can, as mentioned, cover the full-backs when they rampage forward (which they do very well at Spurs )
Despite his lack of mobility I do wonder if Huddlestone, when fit, should always be one of the first names on the team-sheet as he can fulfill this role, vital for ball-retention.
Box-to-box - Modric is perfectly fine at this, although some might argue that (i) he's not aggressive enough and (ii) his heart isn't at Spurs anymore and we should get rid come the summer.
Possibly, but for the time being he's VERY good at being the guy who likes to keep things ticking over. However, his main weakness is that he rarely threatens to get into the opposition's box or score a goal (4 goals in 22 appearances this season)
Some might say that he's the 'metronome', he's not there to score, which is fine. But if not, thenscoring responsibilities would go to...
Attacking CM - ... who, I guess you could argue is VDV, but who (probably because of injury) hasn't done too well this season in the scoring dept (9 goals from 26 appearances). That's not necessarily a shocking goal return, but it needs to be better if we're going to challenge for the league one day
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Of course there are other weaknesses; Adebayor hasn't scored that many this season (although his assists have been good), we lack back-up for our pacy wide-players, perhaps we haven't been 'mentally' good enough at certain parts of the season
Fair enough
But a central midfield this season (not including Huddlestone) picked from Modric, Sandro, Parker, Livermore and VDV simply hasn't given us the balance that we've needed due to a derth of creativity, attacking flair and, crucially, goals.
Anyway, that's just my humble opinion
What do you guys think?
I like this set-up because it's flexible, with the AM dropping back into central midfield, or pushing further forward to support the striker if needs-be, and where the DM can cover the central defenders and forward runs of the full-backs
Anyway....
DM - We currently don't employ a ball-playing defensive midfielder to sit infront of the back 4, from which every attack begins, and where the DM can, as mentioned, cover the full-backs when they rampage forward (which they do very well at Spurs )
Despite his lack of mobility I do wonder if Huddlestone, when fit, should always be one of the first names on the team-sheet as he can fulfill this role, vital for ball-retention.
Box-to-box - Modric is perfectly fine at this, although some might argue that (i) he's not aggressive enough and (ii) his heart isn't at Spurs anymore and we should get rid come the summer.
Possibly, but for the time being he's VERY good at being the guy who likes to keep things ticking over. However, his main weakness is that he rarely threatens to get into the opposition's box or score a goal (4 goals in 22 appearances this season)
Some might say that he's the 'metronome', he's not there to score, which is fine. But if not, thenscoring responsibilities would go to...
Attacking CM - ... who, I guess you could argue is VDV, but who (probably because of injury) hasn't done too well this season in the scoring dept (9 goals from 26 appearances). That's not necessarily a shocking goal return, but it needs to be better if we're going to challenge for the league one day
----
Of course there are other weaknesses; Adebayor hasn't scored that many this season (although his assists have been good), we lack back-up for our pacy wide-players, perhaps we haven't been 'mentally' good enough at certain parts of the season
Fair enough
But a central midfield this season (not including Huddlestone) picked from Modric, Sandro, Parker, Livermore and VDV simply hasn't given us the balance that we've needed due to a derth of creativity, attacking flair and, crucially, goals.
Anyway, that's just my humble opinion
What do you guys think?