Smirking_Saint

I disagree, for a long time I have said that If we are to play Lambert as a false 9, trequartista, no 10 or whatever incumbent is popular at the time then drop him deeper and play a man infront of him with legs and a desire to get in the box. When he is the lone forward it for me is a negative when he drops back as you lose the focal point of the attack. For me Ramirez is perfect for that deeper role rickie plays ATM, you will have to change slightly as he isnt as good in the air but he will also allow you to keep playing the high pressing game that MP is trying to incorperate, RL hasnt the legs for that. IMO put someone mobile infront of Gaston and those passes will find their targets, its v difficult to play that AM role if the striker infront of you lacks legs (if your used to playing with one) as the instinctive balls through the back four will generally fail.

AVB has already said he wants to put Bale back out on the wing but right now he is playing a free role due to necessity. Still, I thought AVB was a terrible manager ? Huge failure who would never mske it in the English game ? So what does he know ?

As much as I agree with you I really dont know why you bother argueing with Duney boy. He and Alps have long been the most succesful trolls on the forum. Did I really read someone call Maya a disaster signing aswell ? Still goes to show, I said all along that 39 points is safety, and I also said at the time that 5 points at this time of year is a massive task for a bottom 3 team.

Thought this, wonder if he has been planning to retire over say the next three years but Jose is available now ? Makes sense to me, Moyes is decent but not proven himself at the top level. If they can beat Chelski's offer, and get Jose to play good football he will be there.

You know that the more you times you talk crap doesnt make it any more true ?

Fair play Glasgow, before my 4 month exile you were but a young padawan Troll, you read the books, you took note of Sir Alps and you have come out the other side as a full blown member of the trolling fraternity. Your still more annoying then actually comical, but fair play to the effort

Once again though, Ill pop up with that old adage that a striker should be judged in his goalscoring first and foremost. Plus Maloney is a midfielder.

Coupled with your predictions we were going to be relegated for the past four years and obviously Wigan being so dominant for their last 4 games Im going to go ahead and say that out of the two of you I dont think its Gaston that best fits your analogy

Poor ol alps, nothing to talk about now until our god awfull transfer windows forces us it to yet another successful season

Tell me about it Tokes, you never quite get used to the feeling either, horrible going in and often horrible on the way out. They dont always leave the best taste in your mouth either with that thick gravy. Some people like it though, fair play to 'em

Really ? Especially Welbeck

Fair play to the lad, straight out of the Winston Bogard school of contract negotiation

Who at man utd is a top athlete but not trchnically skilled ?

We have enough to beat Sunderland, they dont worry me too much. If Shaw and Clyne play it should be enough to keep Rose and Johnson quiet, Graham doesnt look like doing anything anytime soon (which means he will probably score) my only worry is that Lambert doesnt look like scoring anytime soon either. I reckon we will nick it, a point will do for me though. Personally, I just want next season to hurry up so we can get some decent depth in the squad

Have you suddenly decided to become a one of the new negative trolling elite ? Your not very good at it

Wigan wont win tonight, draw at best. Regardless I think that there are atleast 3 worst teams right now, Sunderland looked hopeless enough last night despite Johnson and Rose playing well and Stoke looking useless. Newcastle are out of form and I cant see where Norwich are going to get any more points. We will be ok

You can cross the ball as much as you want if Rickie isnt making it into the box he still isnt going to score

There was a heavy dose of sarcasm in that post Dunc

Welbeck, cleverley, downing, carroll, jagielka, walker All crap

Personally if we stay up I want a striker that actually plays as a striker, as I said, if Poch insists we are better with Rickie deeper than play him deeper and invest on a proper front man. Personally I dont really like that option as I have a feeling that Gaston will be V effective there next year, plus Gaston tries to help out with the high pressing that we do whereas Rickie hasnt got the legs

I think yesterday shows how lacking our squad depth was, FWIW, we did ok but I like everyone else was worried by a lack of Morgan and Yoshi. Even with Ramirez banned, as much as he wasnt really setting the eorld slight we look woefully short. We need new first choice; Striker CM CB And then need to look at someone who can cover LB and RB (this could always be a player who can be versatile)

Wrote this on the match thread; I was talking about him the other day and that, for me we miss someone like Benteke, Lukaku or Michu. If you really want Lambert to sit as deep as he does then play him in midfield and play someone else upfront to get on the end of things. What exactly is the point of a striker who is rarely in the box ? ---- personally itll be a position that we need to strengthen next year, a real all round striker with quality is needed

As much as its not something I would do myself, it really doesnt bother me what other people are wearing, are you really that precious ? Football wise, reckon we will win, 2-0.

I was talking about him the other day and that, for me we miss someone like Benteke, Lukaku or Michu. If you really want Lambert to sit as deep as he does then play him in midfield and play someone else upfront to get on the end of things. What exactly is the point of a striker who is rarely in the box ?

Hmm, no Morgan or Yoshi, this may be a bit of a struggle today