Recent content by joemacwalls

I rate Mata highly from a technical perspective. I actually think he has been criminally underused since we signed him, very rarely ever played in his natural number 10 position and so often stuck out wide. Now that we have Bruno I'd say he should be our second choice number 10. DVB looks to me...

I agree with this. In the days of 4-4-2 young strikers would get a chance in their natural position. With one centre forward, they rarely get any game time unless they play wide or go on loan, with those on loan generally becoming better strikers imo. I can see the same thing happening with...

Yeah I think you are right, but I think with the firepower we have and with two creative midfielders behind a front 3, we would have a better chance of outscoring the bigger teams than keeping them out when playing two. But yeah, a top level CDM would be perfect. A peak Carrick or even...

I personally don't think we need both. I'd much rather play with one sitting midfielder and two more advanced behind the front 3, but Ole obviously doesn't trust the defence enough for this. I think ideally Fernandes and VDB would play as forward thinking midfielders with Mctominay, Fred or...