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Originally Posted by Ekeke
Option one : Carrick or Scholes have the ball on the half way line. They float the ball towards a big target man, he battles to try and win it and if he succeeds he can lay the ball off around the box to the likes of Rooney - playing where he is most dangerous on the edge of the box.
Option two : Carrick or Scholes have the ball on the half way line. They put the ball in behind the defence for a pacy striker. If the ball is perfect he runs on and scores. If the ball doesnt quite make it, the defence will just about manage to head the ball back out - to Rooney around the edge of the box once again. Having forced the defence backwards to cover the run of the pacy player, Rooney now has time and space to work his magic.
Both styles have their merits. Louis Saha tended to be Option two rather than Option one and he is the man we need to replace as he is no longer managing to fulfil his role. We also have Manucho who can provide the first option but still nobody who can provide the second.
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You are simplifying the game, overly. There are so many possibilities. One for instance could be that Ronaldo makes the run and Berbatov nods it into the space, or Rooney makes the run, whatever. We have so much and will have even more attacking talent with so many different options.
I cannot see how Villa would mix-it-up or contribute massively to our build up play, we have players that can perform the same role Rooney and Tevez, albeit not totally effectively but still; we have lacked somebody who can win the ball in the air and use the ball well up-top.
Can Villa hack the speed and physicality? I dont know.
Can Berbatov? Yes.