Horses for courses. If our main problem is going to be breaking down a team that sits back, then two of Paulinho/Dembele/Bentaleb. If it's going to be keeping a dangerous attacking team from taking us apart, then, as you say, one of those three plus one of Sandro/Capoue.
Sandro Isn't just defensive minded, he's decent at breaking forward and having him gives more confidence to attack so even with breaking teams down I would pick Sandro. I remember the West Ham game, all three goals came from hitting us on the counter, that's where Sandro would have offered protection while the team let their concentration slip. A good example of an attacking team having a DM as one of their most important players was the great Barcelona team. Sergio Busquets was likely the 2nd name on the team sheet behind Messi and that's because you need that player who enjoys stopping the opposition or a safeguard against counter attacks.
"Sandro Isn't just defensive minded" Neither is Capoue. As I said the other day, the "DM" will endeavour to get the attack going immediately after they have stopped their opponents' . If that means taking the ball forward themselves, they will.
I agree its absolute bollocks. I am pretty sure that there are only five or six skills that outfield players can have. Perhaps positioning, passing, tackling, heading, shooting and pace. Categorising them into positions is more about where we are used to seeing them play than anything elsd
Call it whatever you like! It still comes down to having a player who is capable of anticipating opposition attacking play, and breaking it up before our back 4 is left totally exposed - as they were against City. If that involves having two players capable of doing the job - with the understanding between them that, if I go forward, you stay back and mind the shop, then that should work too. It's not what happened on Wednesday night though!..
This is an interesting post for people like me who have no knowledge, or interest, in these football computer games. I begin to understand where all these terms come from and all the confidence of some of our posters. It's no wonder I speak a different language.
We had Carrick - we were good We got - Parker - we were good I think we need defensive (if not holding) midfielders and should definitively keep Capoue
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"你不喜欢足球经理" I dislike those who don't use proper (traditional) written Chinese far more.
"Better?" Nope. I expect ALL characters to be in TRADITIONAL form (it took me long enough to learn to read/write them - so I expect them to be similarly used) .
