[William405]

Yeah,Merkel will look 100x better as an AM,and even better as a second striker.El sharaawy is on a different level of potential imo still.

This post has been edited by William405: Jan 20 2012, 03:24 PM

[acid911]

Yup, I think they won't be starting together all the time, but when they have to, both El Shaarawy and Merkel in the attacking part of the midfield, and guys like Boateng and Nocerino covering and guarding them would go a fair bit to solver our creativity problem. As thing stand, we practically play with no one with vision in the center.

Hence all our bad results against top clubs. Muscle can (usually does) work against lower and mid table teams.

[Fillipo Simone]

But problem is, I don't see Allegri putting Merkel as an AM so soon.

[acid911]

But problem is, I don't see Allegri putting Merkel as an AM so soon.

Yup, that's why I said they won't be starting together all the time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) In fact, I'd be surprised seeing El Shaarawy getting that many chances either, seeing as we saw little of him after the first goal he scored a few months back. In fact, if anything, he'd have been a shoe-in for AM instead of the bundle of mediocrity.

Emanuelson should be starting (playing) at the left side, not trying to create chances from the middle.

[han2503]

Again, we have to remember the positions both players play in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) El Shaarawy plays more upfront than Merkel, and hence more chances for him to become part of the attack, score goals. That's not to say Merkel is a better player than the Pharaoh, he is not from what I've seen.

But to get a true idea, the full picture, one has to remember the duties players are assigned to in the match.

It has nothing to do with their positions, that's reducing the argument to a very basic form.

I didn't say I thought Merkel looked average because El Shaa scored and he didn't. I compared their confidence and the way they went about on the pitch. Merkel just didn't do anything bu go to the easy pass back to Ambro, even the way he carried himself on the pitch, you could see that he wasn't confident, and basically looked scared out there.