Swap Anderson for Fletcher and yes we wouldn't really have a midfield but we'd just have so much pace, because Anderson is quicker than he looks
Yes. It'd be very nice to see.
Cheers eric, nice article that....
It always amazes me how often footballers have background stories like this. Of having to overcome more trials and hurdles than most to reach their goals. We seem to see it with a lot of our players, Hernandez who thought about quitting, Valencia who grew up in poverty not often seen in most of the Western world, Nani who was abandoned by his parents and obviously less extreme, but nonetheless restricting, circumstances like Ferdinand.
Are we "well stocked"? We have Nani and Valencia who are out and out wingers. Ji-Sung Park has never been a winger who stays out wide and keeps the width, he also plays in a central midfield role for South Korea and is beginning to have a similar role for us. Giggs is no longer a winger, very rarely deployed out there. Cleverley has returned and does quite well out on the wing but his preferred position is also in the middle.
If you are technically gifted you can move from the wing to the middle. Look at Barcelona all technically gifted players who can interchange positions.
That's the tune some people have been singing the past month. For whatever reason - makes you wonder doesn't it?
The general theme of the thread was Ashley young in general and one comment was that we have a gaping whole in central midfield. IMO young could also play through the middle.
Fletcher does a good job on the right though, he's had some great matches there. Nani, Valencia, Cleverly, Giggs, Park, Fletcher and perhaps even Welbeck is more than enough, in my opinion. With addition of Young, one of Nani, Valencia and Park is gonna have their game time seriously reduced.
To an extent, but you need other qualities like tactical awareness and discipline. I cant really see Nani or Young playing there. The thing with the likes of Nasri is that he's always shown great stamina, drive, discipline etc... all the attributes needed to play in the center and more than capable of playing in a 2 man midfield. I'm not sure Nani has the awareness and discipline.
Don't forget Bebe!
I'd reverse those two figures. I'll be glad if he scores anywhere near 10 goals, but I can see him contributing quite a few assists from corner kicks. Considering we normally get about 30248209285482 corners per game last season without converting any.
Too much expectation maybe ? Ronaldo was fantastic in that season and I don't think Young's best ever season will beat that Ronaldo
