How will the center/left part of your offense work? I'd roughly expect Charlton & Rivaldo to go to similar zones, with Francescoli somewhere in there as well, but you'll know these players better than me.
It might sound cliched but we do expect Rivaldo and Charlton to be in their ideal roles here. Charlton was pretty much your dynamic all round midfielder who'd be equally at ease, bombing into the box, playmaking from the center of the pitch, dropping deeper to keep things ticking, drifting to the left flank/channels or even the other flank etc. Similar to the role that he played for the Wingless Wonders, doing a brilliant job of dovetailing with Ball & Peters in midfield whilst frequently dropping deep to combine with Moore and keep things ticking or to maintain the structural integrity of the midfield.
He was pretty much an ubiquitous presence who was capable of playing several roles in the same game and not your 'typical' versatile CAM/LAM who was rather predictable in his movement or someone with predominant and telegraphed movement onto the left flank from the LCM position (imo). That would be the case for Van Hanegem, Rivelino, Brady, Lerby, Davids etc. Therein lies the beauty of a player like Charlton imo, he was ridiculously complete and tactically versatile for a match winning talisman of his caliber, and amazingly enough, he was selfless too!
On Enzo I'd say he did have left sided tendencies and could play the LAM role to perfection (which was initially our plan till Rivaldo fell into our laps). That being said he was equally capable of playing the roaming CF role and I'd say he'd link up with Rivaldo the same way as he did with Ruben Sosa, another magical, unpredictable and mercurial left forward.
I'm sure you've all seen Pat's comp of him against Scotland
I'd also recommend this game though. Been ages since I watched it but he plays as the CF here and his movement, hold up play and link up was really top notch. Ruggeri wasn't half too bad on the ball for a limited stopper too!
https://footballia.net/matches/newell-s-old-boys-river-plate-copa-diario-la-capital
What was Walker like as a CB?
Exceptional defender with great pace and reading of the game. A great fit against Vardy
Was in the PFA team of the season 4 times and was top notch in the 90 WC and one of the bright spots for England in the 92 Euros.
Lineker said:
Des wasn't the greatest footballer in the world but he was unbelievably quick and had a brilliant defensive mind.
Brian Clough used to stick him on me when we played – he always put him man-to-man which was quite unusual in those days – and he used to sing that song 'You'll never beat Des Walker!' – he used to drive you mad when you were playing against him
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