......playing on the right?
I only watched the first half of the England game last night but it stuck me how much Gerrard roamed about and caused all sorts of problems, with him on the right and hargreaves playing then Lampost should have outshone stevie, but once again he was put in his place by the dynamic ability our captain has...
Im sure at first Stevie hated playing there but as the season went on and Momo came into form he must have twigged what Rafa has seen....With Stevie on the right he has all of a sudden been allowed the free role that he deserves, and this still means we dont leave gaps in midfield when he does roam because Alonso and Momo are there with Finnan behind coveing him so well (and Momo's legs making sure Finnan isnt doubled up on)
now whilst we all scream for us to play Stevie in the middle, I wonder whether in fact he is best on the wing with 2 up top and momo and Xabi in the middle, theres far too much for the opposition to take care of without a winger that roams all over the park and has the ability of gerrard, with one up and the support of gerrard it makes it a lot easier for people to try and get nearer to him as his movement is from inside to out......players are so used to wingers or wide men staying wide that they sometimes pick up on his movement too late....
Pennant is without doubt a great option but one that we can use selectively against certain opposition/in certain situations, it really does give us a dynamic look to our play and lineup that will cause damage...the players have worked hard on this sort of flexiable formation and finally Rafa has the players to fit the system, rather then fitting a system to the players that he has had to do in the past....
I only watched the first half of the England game last night but it stuck me how much Gerrard roamed about and caused all sorts of problems, with him on the right and hargreaves playing then Lampost should have outshone stevie, but once again he was put in his place by the dynamic ability our captain has...
Im sure at first Stevie hated playing there but as the season went on and Momo came into form he must have twigged what Rafa has seen....With Stevie on the right he has all of a sudden been allowed the free role that he deserves, and this still means we dont leave gaps in midfield when he does roam because Alonso and Momo are there with Finnan behind coveing him so well (and Momo's legs making sure Finnan isnt doubled up on)
now whilst we all scream for us to play Stevie in the middle, I wonder whether in fact he is best on the wing with 2 up top and momo and Xabi in the middle, theres far too much for the opposition to take care of without a winger that roams all over the park and has the ability of gerrard, with one up and the support of gerrard it makes it a lot easier for people to try and get nearer to him as his movement is from inside to out......players are so used to wingers or wide men staying wide that they sometimes pick up on his movement too late....
Pennant is without doubt a great option but one that we can use selectively against certain opposition/in certain situations, it really does give us a dynamic look to our play and lineup that will cause damage...the players have worked hard on this sort of flexiable formation and finally Rafa has the players to fit the system, rather then fitting a system to the players that he has had to do in the past....
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