Parky Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Looking around the clubs in the 2nd tier of the PL and the clubs we are supposedly competing with ie Pompey, Everton, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Man City our midfield currently doesn't look that clever. I'd have swap ours with any one of those sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RodrigoPalacio Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 We haven't got an outstanding play maker, we've got a team full of hard working tanks. I'd say we have a better midfield than most give us credit for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 It is quite shit, tbh. We have a few good squad players, but not many that should really be guranteed a place in our starting midfield 4. Maybe J. Barton and that's about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 It is quite shit, tbh. We have a few good squad players, but not many that should really be guranteed a place in our starting midfield 4. Maybe J. Barton and that's about it. Aye. Even if we look at Villa. Barry Gardner Reo- Coker Petrov Young I honestly would rather have that lot. :-[ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 There's hard workers plus N'Zogbia (who's not even in midfield currently) and maybe Emre. The team and midfield in particular is in need of some pace and ability to keep the ball. The thing is though the midfield's of the sides mentioned aren't that much better than ours, it's just they have played together for longer and have a set way of playing, whereas it seems ours just go out and see what happens. Hopefully the more they play together the better it will work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 We need 1 top class playmaker....Riquelme ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 A midfield of Duff/N'Zogbia, Geremi, Barton and Milner looks pretty strong on paper, I'd like to see those four given a few games in a 4-4-2. When you have a three man midfield and two of them are Butt and Smith it doesn't look anywhere near as good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I think we have a strong midfield on paper, and have done for years. We've got the firewood, we need a lighter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 A midfield of Duff/N'Zogbia, Geremi, Barton and Milner looks pretty strong on paper, I'd like to see those four given a few games in a 4-4-2. When you have a three man midfield and two of them are Butt and Smith it doesn't look anywhere near as good. I'd still rather have any of the others midfields. Look at the power and depth in the Pompey midfield. Kranjcar Muntari Diop Davis Taylor Mendes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 A midfield of Duff/N'Zogbia, Geremi, Barton and Milner looks pretty strong on paper, I'd like to see those four given a few games in a 4-4-2. When you have a three man midfield and two of them are Butt and Smith it doesn't look anywhere near as good. I'd still rather have any of the others midfields. But as Andy gray says....." Games arn't won on paper " Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Our midfield is atrocious, they can't pass, they have no vision, no footballing brain, the list goes on. Barton, Geremi, and Smith make me grimace every time they get the ball. They do work hard though, i'll give them that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Our midfield is atrocious, they can't pass, they have no vision, no footballing brain, the list goes on. Barton, Geremi, and Smith make me grimace every time they get the ball. They do work hard though, i'll give them that. They may work hard but none of them can dominate either wether as a DM or an AM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 A midfield of Duff/N'Zogbia, Geremi, Barton and Milner looks pretty strong on paper, I'd like to see those four given a few games in a 4-4-2. When you have a three man midfield and two of them are Butt and Smith it doesn't look anywhere near as good. I'd still rather have any of the others midfields. Look at the power and depth in the Pompey midfield. Kranjcar Muntari Diop Davis Taylor Mendes From what I've seen Diop and Muntari don't do a lot apart from be big and work hard, Davis just works hard. Still, at least being big is an advantage over our midfield. There's only Mendes and Kranjcar with any semblence of creativity there imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 A midfield of Duff/N'Zogbia, Geremi, Barton and Milner looks pretty strong on paper, I'd like to see those four given a few games in a 4-4-2. When you have a three man midfield and two of them are Butt and Smith it doesn't look anywhere near as good. I'd still rather have any of the others midfields. But as Andy gray says....." Games arn't won on paper " No. Our bad midfield on paper is even worse in real life. Tragic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 We need 1 top class playmaker....Riquelme ? Is off to Boca. We do need to splash the cash and get a top class creative midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 A midfield of Duff/N'Zogbia, Geremi, Barton and Milner looks pretty strong on paper, I'd like to see those four given a few games in a 4-4-2. When you have a three man midfield and two of them are Butt and Smith it doesn't look anywhere near as good. I'd still rather have any of the others midfields. Look at the power and depth in the Pompey midfield. Kranjcar Muntari Diop Davis Taylor Mendes From what I've seen Diop and Muntari don't do a lot apart from be big and work hard, Davis just works hard. Still, at least being big is an advantage over our midfield. There's only Mendes and Kranjcar with any semblence of creativity there imo. I'd rather have any combo of the above over Butt/Emre Geremi/Emre Smith/Butt etc..It's a no brainer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 There's hard workers plus N'Zogbia (who's not even in midfield currently) and maybe Emre. The team and midfield in particular is in need of some pace and ability to keep the ball. The thing is though the midfield's of the sides mentioned aren't that much better than ours, it's just they have played together for longer and have a set way of playing, whereas it seems ours just go out and see what happens. Hopefully the more they play together the better it will work. The way Pompey stroked it around no hurry was depressing watching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Yep our midfield is shite. I'd much rather have Pompeys, as well as their defence and strikeforce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Yep our midfield is shite. I'd much rather have Pompeys, as well as their defence and strikeforce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 It is quite shit, tbh. We have a few good squad players, but not many that should really be guranteed a place in our starting midfield 4. Maybe J. Barton and that's about it. Aye. Even if we look at Villa. Barry Gardner Reo- Coker Petrov Young I honestly would rather have that lot. :-[ You say that as if it is a surprise. England international Barry, former U21 captain NRC and current top form player Young? Gardner is promising. Hardly gets a start, 3 PL goals already this season. Even Petrov is producing the goods at the moment. You also forgot Maloney, who is a quality player who gets - for some reason - hardly a look in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Yep our midfield is s****. I'd much rather have Pompeys, as well as their defence and strikeforce. I was too for a moment but now that I think about it... I would too. In fact, I might even have their keeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 It is quite shit, tbh. We have a few good squad players, but not many that should really be guranteed a place in our starting midfield 4. Maybe J. Barton and that's about it. Aye. Even if we look at Villa. Barry Gardner Reo- Coker Petrov Young I honestly would rather have that lot. :-[ You say that as if it is a surprise. England international Barry, former U21 captain NRC and current top form player Young? Gardner is promising. Hardly gets a start, 3 PL goals already this season. Even Petrov is producing the goods at the moment. You also forgot Maloney, who is a quality player who gets - for some reason - hardly a look in. Came on as sub against arseluck iirc (the little fella?) and looked quite tidy imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elan Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 It is quite s***, tbh. We have a few good squad players, but not many that should really be guranteed a place in our starting midfield 4. Maybe J. Barton and that's about it. Aye. Even if we look at Villa. Barry Gardner Reo- Coker Petrov Young I honestly would rather have that lot. :-[ You say that as if it is a surprise. England international Barry, former U21 captain NRC and current top form player Young? Gardner is promising. Hardly gets a start, 3 PL goals already this season. Even Petrov is producing the goods at the moment. You also forgot Maloney, who is a quality player who gets - for some reason - hardly a look in. Came on as sub against arseluck iirc (the little fella?) and looked quite tidy imo. average player, just like the rest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Good thread Parky. Presumably all the 'Allardyce out' crew think our lot are better than most of the teams in the top 10. Which says all you need to know really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Howay Chez, you used my christmas hat! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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