Modric & Steed offered more protection than Eriksen did. Also, out team had a lot more shape & tactical positioning then than we did under Sherwood. Under AVB, we conceded 1 goal in 4 games with Rose as LB.
Well does have HG status.
WTF??? That is a pathetic response, especially given that earlier I stated even top managers like Fergie make poor signings. By your response should I take it that 1 poor signing and you will want him gone?
Lamela could play on the left. As for the other two - the evidence of last season is that we need to upgrade on them. And I don't want to see Eriksen out wide - he should be central where he can be most effective
I agree to an extent, however, even with a high line, reading the game, positioning yourself etc is far more useful than just having pace. Ideally for a FB in a high line you would want both, but rather have a FB with a bit more intelligence and a bit less pace than vice versa.
The chance might be low but it has happened many times before and to players with more potential than Davies.
Isn't Kyle Walker the embodiment of the counter-argument to that. He gets by because he has the pace to enable to him to recover when he gets in bad positions. (later addition) some of the time
There's more to it than just who was playing LM. As @spurs9 mentioned above we played with some semblance of structure in those days and Eriksen probably provided the least cover of the three. Rose was also asked to play a far more attacking role than, say, Benny ever was. I honestly don't think there's a LB in world football who could have succeeded under Sherwood's setup. Again, that doesn't mean I don't think we should address the LB position this window.
We only have 18 players that don't count as HG in the squad and we are allowed 17. So we have to sell 1 non HG player plus 1 for every HG player we bring in. Benny, Falque and Khumlo will, most likely, be on their way out, which allows us to get a LB & a CB. If we want to sign a CM, we will need to move on either Sandro, Capoue, Paulinho or Dembele anyway, regardless of HG status of the incoming player and I don't believe we need a striker unless Ade or Soldado move on.
He is not the perfect defender by any means and he is at the extreme side of having a lot pace. Walker would be a better defender if he was more intelligent and lost a bit of pace. Ivanovic & Zabaleta are both slower smarter and better right backs.
I dont see that kind of potential in Davies. Plus, we need a good LB now! We cant wait for a few years. Look at our squad! We have very good quality in multiple areas and are only a few pieces from CL, mainly on the left side! We need those upgrades now to ensure we can keep our quality players and continue to improve the squad and be able to field a competitive team as we head toward a new stadium.
