2 seasons ago we played the somfe of the best football we have played in my life time and this was partly due to Modric and Rafa and Scott Parker being the anchor allowing these players to excel.
Looking at it now Sandro can do the same job (if not better) as Parker did. We now have Holtby who can sit in a similar position to what Modric did and be just as effective as he was. We also have Eriksen who is a very similar player to VDV and has the potential to be even better. The only difference between that team and the team we currently have is a player on the Left like Bale. As this was before his one man cameo he did stick to the left and gave us balance whipping in balls from the left wing and this is where either Townsend, Lamela or Chadli can come in. Townsend would be my first choice at the moment as he can take a man and can also cross and what with Lennon coming back that gives us the kind of width we had in what was a very very good season.
This now brings me to the striker. Under Arry we had an in form Adebayor who was getting the service from the wings aswell as both Modric and Rafa where as last season we found it difficult to create anything. I am almost certain that if Ade were in this team now we would see similar form to that of 2 seasons ago. I understand AVB has his way of playing the game and i think his tactics are very good away from home but i feel at home he needs to take a risk and have the old Arry attitude of go out there and do what you do.
If you look at our current crop of players they are very similar to the ones under Arry (some of them being the same players)
Sandro (Parker) Modric (Holtby)
Lennon Eriksen (VDV) Townsend (Bale)
Ade
Avb (Arry)
Imo our best 11 is with Holtby next to Sandro, Eriksen behind the Striker and Lennon and Townsend giving us natural width with Ade upfront.
If Ades head is not in it then i'm sure Soldado can start banging them in with this much creativity on the pitch.
P.S when fit the GK and defence picks itself.
2 seasons ago we played the some of the best football we have played in my life time and this was partly due to Modric and Rafa and Scott Parker being the anchor allowing these players to excel.
Looking at it now Sandro can do the same job (if not better) as Parker did. We now have Holtby who can sit in a similar position to what Modric did and be just as effective as he was. We also have Eriksen who is a very similar player to VDV and has the potential to be even better. The only difference between that team and the team we currently have is a player on the Left like Bale. As this was before his one man cameo he did stick to the left and gave us balance whipping in balls from the left wing and this is where either Townsend, Lamela or Chadli can come in. Townsend would be my first choice at the moment as he can take a man and can also cross and what with Lennon coming back that gives us the kind of width we had in what was a very very good season.
This now brings me to the striker. Under Arry we had an in form Adebayor who was getting the service from the wings aswell as both Modric and Rafa where as last season we found it difficult to create anything. I am almost certain that if Ade were in this team now we would see similar form to that of 2 seasons ago. I understand AVB has his way of playing the game and i think his tactics are very good away from home but i feel at home he needs to take a risk and have the old Arry attitude of go out there and do what you do.
If you look at our current crop of players they are very similar to the ones under Arry (some of them being the same players)
Sandro (Parker) Modric (Holtby)
Lennon Eriksen (VDV) Townsend (Bale)
Ade
Avb (Arry)
Imo our best 11 is with Holtby next to Sandro, Eriksen behind the Striker and Lennon and Townsend giving us natural width with Ade upfront.
If Ades head is not in it then i'm sure Soldado can start banging them in with this much creativity on the pitch.
P.S when fit the GK and defence picks itself.
I don't agree with the bolded bit at all. Has Holtby even played 90 minutes for us in that position let alone surpassed our best place in that position during the Premier League era?
In the future possibly, but he's nowhere near Modric level at the moment.
It's strange that no-one has yet selected our record signing.
Also, not too many fancy Dembele, Chadli or Capoue either.
I doubt this will be the same by the end of the season.
Lloris
Walker Kaboul Vertonghen Rose
Sandro Paulinho
Townsend Eriksen Lamela
Soldado
Sandro and Capoue in the middle against teams like Scum, Chelsea, Emirates Marketing Project etc.
That is a decent shout.Yeah I'd go for that, except Dawson over Kaboul for me.
Then in the toughest ones go 4-3-3, lose a wide player and move Eriksen out, and bring in Capoue as a 3rd CM.