QUOTE (bigmacmtl @ Jan 23 2007, 01:45 AM)
I find the major problem this year is we lack speed, we always seem to get stuck in too easily and teams just sit back and defend and it works. first off ambro is always injured so it's hard to include him in the equation. What we really lack is players that can catch teams on the counter. Yess we have Kaka who is great at that but besides him? pippo and gila cant dribble or run (and the two go hand in hand, one isnt very usefull if you dont have the other) and can be very static so we cant rely on them. Oliveira well i dont know whats wrong with him, when he first came i herd he wasnt even a sheva type striker, in other words drop deep in midfield and carry the ball from midfield.So Carlo has been playing him on the right wing as a support striker and i dont feel like he's comfortable there nor effective. Pirlo is pretty slow and never jumps in the counter because he doesnt have the speed so he does his playmaking thing from a deep position.gourcuff is still young and we all know he isnt that fast either. then gattuso and brocchi(even if he was an off. midfielder the reality is he doesnt display much offence and he probably wasnt good enough to be an offensive midfielder at a high level) who run aorund and tackle and when they make a tackle, interception all they do is pass it someone who can lead the attack because they dont have the creativity to do so. seedorf well is old and is slow so even tho he can dribble(well like i said before dribbling doesnt do much when you cant run past your marker) it doesnt amount to much. then we have our fullbacks well we have 2, cafu is terrible and should retire or leave at the end of the season and i think he will and janku my hope is he will improve. Overall even tho we have kaka who is great, there just too much pressure on him and he basically has to carry the attack and is often marked by several players leaving a huge gap between our midfield and the forward line. i think it's time to open up and change our tactics and even resort to use the dirty word "Winger", i would like a change...
Well I agree with you we lack some speed, but we're not a team who plays the counter so it's not not a major problem!
We clearly need is a real replacement for sheva and Oli could be a the one but somehow he's struggling, he's not as accurate as he used to be in when he was in Spain and there is the story about his sister, so may be it makes a little nervous and distracted!
For the RB area things are obvious since Cafu is just done!
Anyway, I'm not a great fan of the 4-3-3 with wingers, actually I think our formation is great plus it suits to Kaka' and Pirlo 2 of our key players, I think if we can manage to get a "Sheva equal" striker we'll shine again and be great (IMG:
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