exactly, this is why I believe him and Dembele will work very well together. I think Dembele will prove to be as versatile as Dempsey is known to be. He seems to be a footballer with real intelligence. if i had have put dempsey in, you would have said "taking lennon out the team?! can't just drop people Roo, it'll disrupt the team". - i wasn't going to win with that one! Spurf, how do we talk about Dembele without talking about tactics? or tactics that involve him?
It's funny how you can dictate play if you get the ball and move it forward. It's quite an effective 'tactic'
I am obviously out of touch and lacking in tactical awareness because I don't play fantasy football games. Do these digital players get tired or kicked? Do they have form?
Luke, Luke of course he is not Modric he is Dembele. Modric has gone he is no more, now we have Dembele a player who ran rings round Uniteds midfield. We move on.
Not sure about that actually, Lidls. I think that they might have more similarities to their game than most people would expect. He makes more runs than our former Croatian, but I'm not sure that the midget got enough credit for carrying the ball out at his feet, to be honest. Dembele's passing is probably similarly underrated. Note his recent performance against your mob: please log in to view this image Lots of passes, virtually all successful and mainly forward. He'd be different in that role, but I'm not sure just how different. I guess we'll see.
There's only a handful of players who can pass like Modric but much like the other 99% of teams who don't have one we'll just have to work out a way of playing football without.
I think thats more a wish than an observation! this is where it all falls flat on its arse. During this 'passing it around 'phase is when the oppo's defence all get back in position (if they were ever out of it!) and all too often there's no room to 'slice' anything. Our build up play has been as slow as Dawson these few games! Modric - I missed the game PS, but I am half intereseted how JM uses him. Put him up there first match did he? He might re-think that when he see's some of his shots! In all seriousness when you've got Ronaldo in your side, you don't have to worry too much about other Mfers chipping in with goals.
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Chelsea won the CL and FA Cup without a Modric in their side, there are plenty of ways to win games and major trophies.
The sign of great player is one who can impose himself on a game and turn it around. Modric always worked hard and made things tick but never in my memory did he change the face of a game. Standby!
Depends how you want to look at it. Modric was vital to us because of his ability to keep the game ticking over and opening teams up with his longer range of passes. Dembele can replace some of his accurate passing and whilst he doesn't have Luka's range he can open teams up with his ability on the ball. There's more than one way to cook an egg.
Thank you spurf! This is why I've been banging on about how i think sandro and Dembele will work together well. With Dembele having a free role to get forwards and support, but also helping to defend and finding a pass out of our final 3rd. (I know you're fed up with tactics right now, so sorry!).
Don't apologise Roo it was more team formations I was sick of. I wish this American spellchecker would stop pushing the 'z' We use an 'S' ok! now STFU
that's what i meant mate! i was referring to "you" as "you lot" but failed. I was going to get it wrong regardless of what formation i put down or what players I put in!
