Silvestre or Brown?....

[kanchelskis14]

...On Wednesday night i mean, not a general thing.

Personally, o would go for Silvestre. He is error prone, but then so is Brown, so that sort of nullifies it. Because of this, we have to just take both of them at their best...and I would say Silvestre is better on his day.

 

[Dominant]

silvestre preferably. He's error prone but not as bad as brown, Brown is capable of calamity error on a bad day

 

[kanchelskis14]

The thing about Wes is he is always bloody slipping at the wrong moment.

 

[Elessar]

brown has an tendency of watching the ball instead of watching where the players are.

 

[Plechazunga]

Wes Brown's one of the best natural defenders I've ever seen

Mik is a fantastic athlete, and scores the odd goal with his kidney-shaped head

They both make spastic errors every now and again

I'd play Mik cos he's got more European experience.

 

[Alek M]

The thing about Wes is he is always bloody slipping at the wrong moment.

That's the same thing I think of about Wes

 

[Justin]

I'd go for Silvestre

 

[sincher]

Mickey by one puff of his inflatable head.

 

[always red]

Wes Brown's one of the best natural defenders I've ever seen

Mik is a fantastic athlete, and scores the odd goal with his kidney-shaped head

They both make spastic errors every now and again

I'd play Mik cos he's got more European experience.

I will go with this one

 

[redjoe]

Unfortunately both are liabilites, but I think you got to give Silvestre the nod for the sheer fact his pace may bail him out after one of his errors.

On a serious note, both players on their day can be exceptional but at the back of your mind you are always waiting for them to slip up. They don't excude confidence.

 

[terry369]

silverstre rest for several matches already, i think he is ready for wednesday clash

 

[Smash-E]

I like Brown a lot better than Silvestre, but I'd still pick Silvestre, because he is less error prone, and does the job against the big teams.

 

[Reflectorboy]

silvestre,he has more upper body strength than brown and he has pace

 

[MrMarcello]

Chivu

I like Brown, but Micky is a bit more solid.

But now that Brown has re-signed, does anyone think SAF might be willing to sell Micky to fund the purchase of a more reliable, less error prone, no non-sense central defender to partner Rio for the next 6-8 years?

 

[Cal?]

Silvestre, simply because he's faster, less to prone errors & also seem to have more luck when he does.

 

[keano31]

Silvest.. simply because of his pace.

 

[devilish]

Both players play excellently well when Rio is there and are equally crap when he isnt so I cant see much difference between them

 

[MadDogg]

Both players can be excellent. Both players can be utter toss. Both players can be counted on to make at least one big mistake a game.

Silvestre, for two reasons. Firstly, his speed. Secondly, he seems to have a better combination with Rio (possibly just because he's played with him more often).

 

[032Devil]

For this game, I would have to go with Silvestre.

His Italian experience could prove invaluable.

 

[An Extremely Boring Man]

Silvestre for now, Brown in the long run.

 

[WeasteDevil]

Brown

 

[devilish]

With Sheva injured, I believe that Ancelotti will utilize Crespo upfront with Kaka at his back.



Crespo is the typical English type of striker, who rely on physical strength etc, our defenders face these type of forwards week in week out so he shouldn’t be difficult to keep at bay. The problems will come from Kaka as he is fast, very gifted, and his shots from out of the box can do damage. Now Keane should be given the task to mark him but there again Keano isn’t fast, so we will need someone fast to compensate for that. Therefore if I was SAF I would opt for Silvestre



In my opinion the finest strategy against AC Milan is to attack them aggressively for the entire 90 minutes in the home game (similar tactic was utilized by Deportivo). I mean their defense is solid, but its made up of old players and they will not be able to keep with the pace of Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes and Giggs for the entire 90 minutes. Then in the away game (if we win the home game), I would play the 4 – 5 – 1 system with Phil, Keano, Scholes as central midfielders to break AC Milan’s rhythm, Rooney on the left and Giggs on the right with Ruud acting as the lone striker. By doing that we will have a full time marker on Kaka, and we will win their midfield, and therefore keeping them in their own half.

 

[An Extremely Boring Man]

Crespo plays with Kaka on his back?

That must be hard work...

 

[WeasteDevil]

I can just see Sylvestre being put under pressure, doing one of his infamous mistimed attempts at a hoof, giving the ball to an unmarked Kaka on the edge of the box, and Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo coming out of the mouth of some latin cnut of a commentator at very high volume and increasingly annoying pitch.

 

[shyamg22]

start silvestre, but yeah i definately could see saf selling silvestre if it meant he could get his hands on a hard-man cb who has real pace.....dunno what's the chances of that but who knows.

 

[Epic]

Wes deserves the chance, I'd go with him

 

[An Extremely Boring Man]

a hard-man cb who has real pace.....

Wes Brown?

 

[devilish]

Crespo plays with Kaka on his back?

That must be hard work...

Well he isnt that heavy comeon.

Imagine if it was Gazza or Maradona

 

[Bez]

Silvestre.
Definitely, not maybe.

 

[Ern]

Ern is finally here The forum for the big boys
Had to start with that.

Well, as far as Silvestre and Wes Brown are concerned, I think I'd go with Silvestre, purely because he has the extra experience in Europe and has had a few more games with Rio at the back, this season. Both of them make a few silly errors and I can't think of them as being as high on the food chain as Rio, but they're both excellent defenders. To judge them on talent, I'd rate Brown just the slight bit higher, but I do think Silvestre is more composed and more confident, although Brown has improved greatly in that respect.

 

[Smash-E]

Stick Phil on Kaka and give him the reyes treatment.

 

[Retirantmobs]

Am inclined to go with Micky more experience in Europe, plus he is faster the Wesley.

 

[Suresh]

Silvestre- and what Plech said, minus the 'kidney head' comment.

 

[WeasteDevil]

Hoof!

 

[skeeta]

Silvestre

 

[tengy]

crespo as a typical english striker?
that a load of bull, as he proved it himself when he was playing for chelsea.

as for choosing silvestre or brown?
i choose silvestre, there both as good as each other on their day, but there no substiture for experience, especially in big games

 

[Alilaw]

O'Shea

 

[Feedingseagulls]

O'Shea

Even when concussed?

 

[Alilaw]

Even when concussed?

There's not that much of a difference...

In answer to the question, for a European match I'd agree with Micky. Although saying that, Wes has shown many a time that he can deal with the top players in the world (Henry at Highbury sticks in my mind) and I'd have no qualms starting with him either.

 

[John_K]

Wes.