QUOTE (Dracoris @ Jan 29 2013, 09:19 PM)

What is the obsession with the AM? We don't use an AM anymore. We play a 4-3-3. We're not going to buy an AM. Kaka will play in the midfield 3 if he arrives. He'd be a political buy more than a techincal buy either way so position is a mute point.
Astori might be mediocre but so is the rest of our defense. He'd be a starter for us. And he's better than Mexes.
I like emmanuelson. Good bench player, wish he didn't get phased out. A better coach would have used him more appropriately.
Going by what you say. How will we play now with Balo in the picture?
The 4-3-3 does not work for us, we simply have no one in our current pick of attackers who can actually play well on the wing aside from Robinho who's become inept these days as well, and maybe Bojan and even then it's not a very comfortable position for him
We need an AM so that Allegri will finally go back to the diamond midfield. Which will allow us to get the best of our 2 strikers. Balo plays best as part of a front 2, and anyone can see that El Shaarawy is so far from being a winger it's not even funny.
To play a 4-3-3 effectively you need proper wide players, something we simply do not have. So now what? We force the 20m Balotelli out wide? Keep on playing El Shaa out wide when he would be 100% more effective closer to goal? Keep playing the clumsy Niang out wide? Just does not make anysense to persist with the 4-3-3.