the 370Z.com OFFICIAL football (soccer) thread

[phelan]

ah, the diamond formation, the chelsea of old.

so...i still see a problem

....................szczesny
..sagna.....vertonghendjourou.....vermaelen....clichy (still don't see this guy leaving )
.....................song......................... ..
.......wilshere.................nasri.
...................ramsey.
..............van persie...................
........................benzema..................

1) this assumes fabregas is gone, and i really, really hate to assume that. i still want cesc to be in red and white next season. if not, slot him behind van persie, but then i worry our spacing of our two most creative players is all off. cesc to rvp is like a ball on a string, and playing them that close together will make that very, very difficult.
2) walcott goes where? in fact, wingers go where? you could play theo instead of jack, but then where does jack go? also, our spacing on the wings goes to hell, and id be more concerned that we'd try even more to walk it through the middle of the defense than anything else.
3) people always claim jack wilshere = claude makalele. okay...then suppose he takes song's spot, where does song go???

this is why i'm not a football manager

i wonder if we're still going for eden hazard?

[Red370]

Originally Posted by phelan

ah, the diamond formation, the chelsea of old.

so...i still see a problem

....................szczesny
..sagna.....vertonghendjourou.....vermaelen....clichy (still don't see this guy leaving )
.....................song......................... ..
.......wilshere.................nasri.
...................ramsey.
..............van persie...................
........................benzema..................

1) this assumes fabregas is gone, and i really, really hate to assume that. i still want cesc to be in red and white next season. if not, slot him behind van persie, but then i worry our spacing of our two most creative players is all off. cesc to rvp is like a ball on a string, and playing them that close together will make that very, very difficult.
2) walcott goes where? in fact, wingers go where? you could play theo instead of jack, but then where does jack go? also, our spacing on the wings goes to hell, and id be more concerned that we'd try even more to walk it through the middle of the defense than anything else.
3) people always claim jack wilshere = claude makalele. okay...then suppose he takes song's spot, where does song go???

this is why i'm not a football manager

i wonder if we're still going for eden hazard?

Walcott IMHO is always going to be our super sub, the guy that comes in in the 70th when the opposition is already worn out. I've seen us shift formation to accomodate subs, so I would assume he'd be a replacement for Benz or RvP, and instead of a link formation up top, they'd open up to a LF and RF combo.

I've resolved to Fabs departure, Marca is already claiming his family has met with Pep, and honestly, I think fab has become more a liability to the team than anything, he doesnt play with heart and gusto anymore, he has too much respect for the club to come out publicly and say he wants a transfer, but you can see it in his play, hes made up his mind. If he doesnt go to Barca, he'll be bought by City for whatever Arsenal wants to sell him for.

Not sure about hazard, but I do know we've sent a transfer inquiry to Dortmund for Goetze, according to Laura, his agent is currently in negotiations for a transfer fee. I also hear that we may even try for Tasci to fill a CB position.