by URZZZZ »
26 Aug 2020 16:00
WestYorksRoyal You may be right about Rice being better off as a big player at West Ham. It's just infuriating; the DM position has been our key weakness for several years and nobody has stepped up to make it their own.
We seem to have an abundance of attacking talents coming through and nothing further back.
Apparently Bellingham has played the role for Birmingham at times, so hopefully Dortmund can build upon that. We don't need another option for the no.10 role.
Edit: final point. I agree harsh on Dunk and Tarkowski, but how do they fit with Southgate's wish for modern defenfers who can play out? And if you wanted more of an "old school" defender who can organise and lead a defence, Chris Smalling has had a great loan season at Roma and is still only 30.
Seem to have a load of RB’s too, Trent, Walker, Trippier, AWB. Agreed that most the other defensive positions are lacking true quality talent
I think Henderson is able to play the DM role against the majority of countries who sit back and defend, as there isn’t as much need for a pure holding midfielder but I think against the big teams, we have lacked a true midfielder to play the role (Fabinho/Fernandinho role). I guess that may have been a contributing factor to why we used a 5 at the back in the World Cup campaign
Haven’t particularly watched football abroad so can’t comment on Smalling, but on Dunk, pretty sure Brighton play a passing game from the back so he may be able to slot in comfortably. Being honest, it’s not as if Michael Keane is particularly good at it yet he finds himself in the squad