17 Feb 2015 12:14:05
Last night showed us a couple of things
1 Rooney is a striker.
2 Herrera has to play
3 We are missing a creative midfielder
4 Di Maria is best on the wing
5 433/4411 is the way to go and Mata would do well behind the striker with Di Maria and Januzai or Young on the wings
RvP and Falcao need to stay as far away as possible from the team. Never thought I would say that.
Deeps.
We need a quick striker because Rooney, RvP and Falcao look like they are running on toffee. Wilson is inexperienced, but is the future. We need pace upfront badly and certainly not Fellaini. Fellaini can score from corners whilst playing in midfield. He is not a striker and we are becoming a laughing stock. Last ten minutes needing a goal there's no problem chucking Smalling or Fellaini up top, but what we are doing now is cringeworthy, winning or not winning.
Kind of makes you think Welbeck would have been handy doesn't it?
Yeah, it's an absolute shame that with all our attacking problems we have to watch Welbeck setting the league on fire at Arsenal. It's almost as if Welbeck picked up exactly where he left off for us last season and now Arsenal are reaping the benefits.
17 Feb 2015 14:22:55
Yeh, he's (welbeck) dynamite and can't stop scoring, his finishing is brilliant, something we seriously lack.
I can honestly see Falcao going elsewhere and RVP being sold to accommodate either Cavani or Benzema. They both would lead the line better and have more pace and hold it up better.
Its not his finishing, its his movement we lack. Creating space and pushing defenders back, the job Wilson will no doubt do better in a year or two. I said at the time we should have let RVP go and not Welbeck. Players like ADM, Mata, Rooney, Januzaj, would have far much room to operate and we would score bucket loads more with a Welbeck.
Take away the politics of whether he wanted to play week in week out, we lack a lot of the qualities he would bring to this current team.
17 Feb 2015 15:32:54
Nothing wrong with Rooneys running syd.
So should we sign up my terrier because he runs around a lot too?
You really need to get over the Welbeck boner. The lad wanted to play up front and got stroppy with Moyes (first) and the van Gaal because they didn't feel he was good enough to play there. He moved to Arsenal promising goals and was given an excellent opportunity when Giroud was injured. Instead of grabbing the opportunity, he proved that he is goal shy and goes missing against good teams. Now he has been relegated to the bench and has a bit part role on the wing (exactly what he was whining about at United).
Eventually Welbeck will either resign himself to being a versatile sub for a top team or a starter for a mid table club. The fact that we got over £15m for a bit part player who didn't want to do the job required of him is a good bit of business. RVP was a world class player who has started to decline but is still capable of moments of magic, Welbeck is an average player who thinks too highly of himself.
Say what you like, but you are guilty of picking players on reputation here Danny.
Welbeck would have done far better than RVP this season. RVP had a class 4 months with us when he signed, after that he has been a passenger 90% of games.
I said set aside the politics for a reason, so we don't get bogged down in what he wanted. Maybe all Welbeck wanted was a fair chance and he saw players like RVP being picked ahead of him despite not performing. Wouldn't you be peeved?
I'm not saying Welbeck is quality, he is simply needed more than we needed RVP this season. Fair enough and the evidence performance wise and what we lack makes this point more than credible.
18 Feb 2015 08:58:54
I agree completely Beast. Welbeck would thrive in this system because he would always come deep and go wide to look for the ball. It's a good point mate.
C'mon guys Bambi is Bambi lol, whether here or at arsenal. He is Bench warming now with Ozil and Sanchez and when you see Giroud in that set up, you realise Danny is miles behind in terms of being a good striker.
I predicted he will end up at a mid league team in a few years as a main striker and still believe so. Not good enough for any top club and he wants to play as a central striker so the options are to trade down.