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Was great for the counter-attack and relieving pressure. We knew if we were defending deep, give the ball to him and he'd carry us 50 yards up the pitch. He was also one of the only players that maintained his level under Robson, right through Souness and Roeder.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

I'm sure he got booed when he played up here for them. :lol:


Refused to play on the wing for Bobby then played on the wing for England the next week, didn’t he?

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17 minutes ago, Ste said:


Refused to play on the wing for Bobby then played on the wing for England the next week, didn’t he?

Yep.  Vs the Smoggies, when he also didn’t track a runner for their equaliser.

 

So easy to forget just how unpopular much of that team was - albeit talented 

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Interesting to see how that team would line up in today's game. Noone plays 442. 

 

Would Solano play the Trippier role?Robert dropped or would he now invert?

 

Having a front 3 of Dyer, Shearer and Bellamy would be immense.

 

It's crazy everyone played with 2 strikers until Jose brought Drogba in.

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37 minutes ago, TRC said:

Interesting to see how that team would line up in today's game. Noone plays 442. 

 

Would Solano play the Trippier role?Robert dropped or would he now invert?

 

Having a front 3 of Dyer, Shearer and Bellamy would be immense.

 

It's crazy everyone played with 2 strikers until Jose brought Drogba in.

It would probably be something like this

Given

Solano Woodgate Bramble Speed

Jenas Viana

Dyer Bellamy Robert

Shearer

 

4-2-3-1

The midfield would get destroyed, needs a DM, unless Speed goes CM and Bernard comes in

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2 hours ago, kingxlnc said:

It would probably be something like this

Given

Solano Woodgate Bramble Speed

Jenas Viana

Dyer Bellamy Robert

Shearer

 

4-2-3-1

The midfield would get destroyed, needs a DM, unless Speed goes CM and Bernard comes in

Full backs still play full back today - we don’t play CMs and wingers there

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47 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Full backs still play full back today - we don’t play CMs and wingers there

Solano had played RB for country and Boca? Back then we had Aaron Hughes at RB who was a CB even back then and we were linked to a tonne of RBs for years before settling for Carr.

 

Think Speed would play CM, he would be a solid 8 and could rotate the 6.

 

 

 

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38 minutes ago, TRC said:

Solano had played RB for country and Boca? Back then we had Aaron Hughes at RB who was a CB even back then and we were linked to a tonne of RBs for years before settling for Carr.

 

Think Speed would play CM, he would be a solid 8 and could rotate the 6.

 

 

 

Solano joined us as a RB, so he could play there

 

Speed played LW and CM.  He wouldn’t be a LB

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16 minutes ago, NSG said:

 

I’m shit at interviewing, but here’s a chat I had with Kieron about PSC. 
 

Good that.

 

On 19/03/2024 at 21:31, TRC said:

Interesting to see how that team would line up in today's game. Noone plays 442. 

 

Would Solano play the Trippier role?Robert dropped or would he now invert?

 

Having a front 3 of Dyer, Shearer and Bellamy would be immense.

 

It's crazy everyone played with 2 strikers until Jose brought Drogba in.

Hmmm

 

Tricky players are Solano - would play FB or CM not on the wing.

Dyer - would probably play as an 8 in a 433

Bellamy ended his career at LW which makes sense

Robert would play RW mostly

Latter day Speed would be a tidy 6. We could actually do with that profile of player. An older 6 with great experience to fill in when needed.

 

Latter day big Al would struggle as a lone 9 IMO.

 

3-5-2 or 3-4-3 would benefit big Al. 

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