Carlos Tevez

Mitch Connor

PHB wrote:

Yeh, but it's still too defensive.
Imagine a midfield of Carrick and Hargreaves, who are broadly similar to say Alonso and Mascherano, if you play those two against a team like Derby next season, it's just not attacking enough to win all of those types of games, in those games, United need to play say Carrick and Scholes, or for Liverpool, Alonso and Gerrard, at which point, a lot less defensive cover is offered, and imo, the Liverpool back four has not been tested there.

well yeah - i agree - but i actually think we will see Carrick and Hargreaves in midfield together a lot next season, with scholes either benched, or playing off the striker.

Against the 'smaller' teams we'll go more attacking, but then so would liverpool i imagine - with Gerrard being moved from out wide to a central position.

zAbbo

so anyway....

Where's Tevez going ?

Mitch Connor

zabbo wrote:

so anyway....

Where's Tevez going ?

United hopefully - we really do need to sign another striker.

Won't know til mid-july anyway, imo, as we'll need to wait for the Copa America to end, or at least Argentina's participation.

KdjaCL

zabbo wrote:

so anyway....

Where's Tevez going ?

Defensive midfielder for Liverpool who can create goals from nothing.


kdjac

Mr Alan

PHB wrote:

Only because it is defensivly balanced, do you think the Defence would have been as good with Carrick and Scholes as the midfield in front of them?

No i don't think it would be a good. Mainly because Uniteds central midfield isn't as good as Liverpools. So any team would suffer if you replaced their central midfield with one that wasn't as good.

The only point i was making is that Liverpool have, IMO, the joint top defense in the league this year. and the best in the league last year.

They have no issues with their defence, only issue is quality in the final third.

Tevez and Torres would certainly rectify that

Average-Ro

Whoops, I'm sorry, I thought this was the Carlos Tevez thread!:p

Mr Alan

pretty sure my thread mentions him the same amount as yours

gosplan

NekkidBibleMan wrote:

Just because United won the league playing attack-minded football, it doesn't mean that it's the only way to do it. For Chelsea's titles, the whole team shielded the defence when not on the ball.

Liverpool can win the league with two deep midfielders. Rafa did it in Spain with Valencia, and that's a much more attack-minded league.

Liverpool could with that formation but not without wingers. In my opinion they still need two.

eirebhoy

PHB wrote:

Yeh, but it's still too defensive.
Imagine a midfield of Carrick and Hargreaves, who are broadly similar to say Alonso and Mascherano, if you play those two against a team like Derby next season, it's just not attacking enough to win all of those types of games, in those games, United need to play say Carrick and Scholes, or for Liverpool, Alonso and Gerrard, at which point, a lot less defensive cover is offered, and imo, the Liverpool back four has not been tested there.

Carrick and Hargreaves will be playing together a lot next season. Ferguson said in a press conference before the Milan match that he wants to model his team on the Milan system.

LegacyUser

Yeah that's true, I remember him saying that...