Wingers

[dww]

Borini didn't score a single goal after March. Most of his goals last season came from January onwards I heard. Doesn't fill me with much confidence

Are you saying we should only play him in February?

[RichC]

So he scored all his goals in Jan & Feb?

[baitman]

if we are getting another main front striker, then suarez and borini will not be playing as wide wingers in the true, traditional sense, but more like a front three across the box. no doubt they will interchange, and drift wide, similar to the way tea-hairy henry drifted for the arse.

[Mattshark]

if we are getting another main front striker, then suarez and borini will not be playing as wide wingers in the true, traditional sense, but more like a front three across the box. no doubt they will interchange, and drift wide, similar to the way tea-hairy henry drifted for the arse.

I think that type of player has declined in importance in recent years at the top level anyway.

I don't understand the obsession with wingers that some people have, adding one to our team certainly didn't help us last season.

[JohnDoe]

We don't need "wingers" in the traditional sense, we need quality players out wide who can create. You get nowhere without them.

[baitman]

I think that type of player has declined in importance in recent years at the top level anyway.

I don't understand the obsession with wingers that some people have, adding one to our team certainly didn't help us last season.

the winger out wide, crossing the ball into the box onto the running attacker as in gerrard > carroll > goal, although spectacular when it comes off, will fail most times. this may be good for lower league teams, but will fail against well drilled defensive units. the centre forward will be outnumbered.

the idea of playing with more of an inside forward still allows you to get to the byline to cross, but the cross will be mostly to feet, and be shorter and more direct. if there is no pass on then the ball can be passed back to the supporting midfield players.

[saj]

Are you saying we should only play him in February?

Yes. We should get in Meireles for that month too

[saj]

So he scored all his goals in Jan & Feb?

Apparently he scored the majority of all his goals between Jan and March. That's what the LFC commentators said in yesterdays game. They thought it was a good thing. I thought it was bad thing. He is still unproven and seems a risky signing.

[Mostar]

Borini out wide is a baffling decision. So we're bringing in a goal poacher who excels in the box and not much outside of it, doesn't have great pace or an ability to beat players, isn't a very good passer and we're going to play him out wide.

I wondered the same myself.

If you gona get the best out of him he has to play in middle and allow him to move left or right as he reads the play.

[yamiedo]

We will have inside forwards/strikers I think. I assume Suarez will be deployed on the right but no way will he act as a natural winger. He will be constantly cutting in. The full-backs will surely give us width.

[Chris]

Borini out wide is a baffling decision. So we're bringing in a goal poacher who excels in the box and not much outside of it, doesn't have great pace or an ability to beat players, isn't a very good passer and we're going to play him out wide?

Wonderful.

He played from the left loads for Roma last season with Osvaldo or Totti in the middle.

[saj]

He played from the left loads for Roma last season with Osvaldo or Totti in the middle.

Nice

Explains why he wasn't always a frequent goal scorer then. Maybe in those months where he scored most his goals, he was playing more centrally?

[JohnDoe]

He played from the left loads for Roma last season with Osvaldo or Totti in the middle.

And their fans say he wasn't any good there (I lurked their forums)

[saj]

And their fans say he wasn't any good there (I lurked their forums)

Oh ****

[Mattshark]

Oh ****

Yes, but if you came on here 2 years ago you'd have been convinced that Lucas was about as useful as a one armed leper and did nothing but give the ball away and foul people.