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When people say replacement for Cabaye they don't mean in a positional sense.

 

They mean skillset wise, he'll replace a lot of guile that Cabaye gave the team. In a sense we haven't and won't IMO replace Cabaye in a positional sense but we have replaced his skillset in Cabella and De Jong.

 

That's what people mean by Cabaye replacement, not that he's gonna play CM.

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When people say replacement for Cabaye they don't mean in a positional sense.

 

They mean skillset wise, he'll replace a lot of guile that Cabaye gave the team. In a sense we haven't and won't IMO replace Cabaye in a positional sense but we have replaced his skillset in Cabella and De Jong.

 

That's what people mean by Cabaye replacement, not that he's gonna play CM.

 

Nope, I have had a Mackem and a Arsenal fan say they don't thing he will survive in the 'engine room' as he doesn't have the build for it. They definitely meant CM.

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so i guess next season the plan is

 

                  Riviere

 

  Cabella      De Jong      Sissoko

 

            Tiote        Anita (or Colback?)

 

Haidara    Colo      Wilo      Janmaat

 

                  Krul

 

Tbh looks reasonable, but I dunno about De Jong and Riviere tbh

 

It'll definitely be Colback over Anita.

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When people say replacement for Cabaye they don't mean in a positional sense.

 

They mean skillset wise, he'll replace a lot of guile that Cabaye gave the team. In a sense we haven't and won't IMO replace Cabaye in a positional sense but we have replaced his skillset in Cabella and De Jong.

 

That's what people mean by Cabaye replacement, not that he's gonna play CM.

 

Nope, I have had a Mackem and a Arsenal fan say they don't thing he will survive in the 'engine room' as he doesn't have the build for it. They definitely meant CM.

 

Meh i can't control what someone says, rest assured the large majority know he isn't gonna be playing CM though.

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When people say replacement for Cabaye they don't mean in a positional sense.

 

They mean skillset wise, he'll replace a lot of guile that Cabaye gave the team. In a sense we haven't and won't IMO replace Cabaye in a positional sense but we have replaced his skillset in Cabella and De Jong.

 

That's what people mean by Cabaye replacement, not that he's gonna play CM.

 

Nope, I have had a Mackem and a Arsenal fan say they don't thing he will survive in the 'engine room' as he doesn't have the build for it. They definitely meant CM.

 

Meh i can't control what someone says, rest assured the large majority know he isn't gonna be playing CM though.

 

You say that, but alot of our own fan base will still be behind Pardew come 16th August. Therefore it is hard to rest assured.

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so i guess next season the plan is

 

                  Riviere

 

  Cabella      De Jong      Sissoko

 

            Tiote        Anita (or Colback?)

 

Haidara    Colo      Wilo      Janmaat

 

                  Krul

 

Tbh looks reasonable, but I dunno about De Jong and Riviere tbh

 

Can already see the defensive sub Colback/Anita on and De Jong off. And Riviere or Cisse or whoever is the striker is left totally isolated.

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Thing is our '4-2-3-1' always turns out in practice to be this:

 

                      Riviere

 

                    De Jong     

 

Cabella    Tiote    Anita      Sissoko

 

Haidara    Colo      Wilo      Janmaat

 

                        Krul

 

Which is a flat 4-4-1-1.  We really need to take the brakes off our attacking players this season and let them do their jobs.

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Thing is our '4-2-3-1' always turns out in practice to be this:

 

                      Riviere

 

                    De Jong     

 

Cabella    Tiote    Anita      Sissoko

 

Haidara    Colo      Wilo      Janmaat

 

                        Krul

 

Which is a flat 4-4-1-1.  We really need to take the brakes off our attacking players this season and let them do their jobs.

:thup:

 

Doesn't help that our central midfield is powder puff.

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I think our central midfield can be made to look worse than it is at times by us inviting pressure onto ourselves.  When we drop deep we give the opposition free rein to push players up and they then naturally have more options than they would otherwise.  If we maintained an attacking threat even when not in possession we'd free a bit of space for the midfield to work in and be able to stretch the space more than we do now.

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I think our central midfield can be made to look worse than it is at times by us inviting pressure onto ourselves.  When we drop deep we give the opposition free rein to push players up and they then naturally have more options than they would otherwise.  If we maintained an attacking threat even when not in possession we'd free a bit of space for the midfield to work in and be able to stretch the space more than we do now.

It's just very run of the mill for me personally.

 

The midfield unit doesn't excel at anything which is disappointing to say the least.

 

I like Anita a lot but for me he can't be played as part of a "2"

 

As for Tiote the less said the better.

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Personally I would like to see Cabella and De Jong play centrally next season

 

Would like to see us line up like this next season

 

Juventus 3-5-2 (Cabella in Pirlo type role, Colback and Sissoko in the Pogba/Vidal type roles)

                    Krul

          MYM    Willo  Colo

Janmaat                      Haidara

        Sissoko Cabella Colback

                Riviere  De Jong

 

or a Liverpool 4-4-2  (Cabella in the Sterling/Coutinho role, Sissoko and Colback playing as Henderson/Allen)

 

                    Krul

Janmaat  Willo      Colo  Haidara

                    Tiote

        Sissoko              Colback

                    Cabella

              Riviere      De Jong

 

Not that this would be anywhere near the playbook :p

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Shayno comes out with another gem.

 

We would just negate about every bit of Cabella's strengths if we play him in the Pirlo role.

 

:lol:

 

Like what? Passing?

 

His pace, dribbling, crosses. All of which will not be utilised in a deep-lying Pirlo role. He isn't known for his long-range passing either, thicko.

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It's so bad I doubt even Pardew would try it.

 

He reminds me of Essien, if I am honest, he is that type.  There is so much more to come from him if we can get him out of just popping it off safely.  When he attacks teams and runs at them, he could be as effective for us as Essien is for Chelsea.

 

:tiote:

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