What does he do, anyway?
What does he do, anyway?
Midfield footballer for Juventus.Originally Posted by Sir C
What sort of midfield footballer, sw? Holding midfielder? Deep-lying playmaker? No. 10?
I need facts man, not wishy-washy vagueness.
I am not sure why you wish to dumb down your understanding of the game to playground terminology such as “holding”.
One thing MP is not is a player whose focus is on defensive duties within a team structure, yet having played in Italy he is not adverse to the defensive side of the game. Is he a play maker, certainly he can be, is he restricted in his positioning and movement as to be “deep lying”, he is not.
I would say he could fulfil any positon in a midfield in a similar way to Cazorla could, yet you would not dream of labelling SC as a holding player or such like.
He is a very intelligent player on the ball, bought by Juventus to replace Pogba but to see one as a clone of the other would be incorrect and would simply further embarrass you down the pub when you offered the duo as a conversation piece.
What is going on here anyway, is he now being linked with a move from Juventus to Arsenal after but one season?
OOOOOh look at you becoming the knowledge on here
Northern Monkey ... who can't upload a bleeding Avatar
He's certainly developed well in recent years. In his early days at Lyon he sometimes looked like a bit of a flaky number ten. A bit of Italian coaching has done wonders for him though. Last season Allegri used him in CM against Barcelona and he ran the show. Sounds like the end for poor old Santi though?
I understood that players are rigidly compartmentalised in this manner in the modern game, sw. I fear that you and I are dinosaurs, so to speak. In my day a midfield player played in midfield; that is to say, his job was to control the game in the area between the two penalty boxes and to use the ball creatively when the opportunity arose.
Perhaps our man Pjanic is, in effect, an old-fashioned midfielder. I look forward to his arrival, which i am assured is imminent.
I coach and manage a football team on a voluntary basis in my spare time, a side which has done quite well*. This is probably news to you as I don’t tend to mention it, I prefer to avoid the limelight and media attention. For me the glory is passing on my knowledge and experience to the next generation.
Anyhow I am approached often by players who ask me if they can play, and I am quoting here, “CDM” or “RWM” or “LWM”.
Because of silly rules I cannot swear at them so naturally I tell them to play this role and to enjoy and express themselves. Then the game starts and invariably they are not where they asked to play.
You know who is to blame here don’t you?? Computer games. Bill Gates and the likes. Jorge, Red, others.
* Season just ended – P14, W14, D0, L0. Goals for – lost count, Goals against – less than 20.
Would be nice with someone who knows how to take a freekick. It makes sense with Cazorla being dead and all.
Lacazette, Pjanic, Lemar, Mbappe, and MahrezLong gone are the days of Trabelsi, Kalou and Sebastien Frey rumors
And Calhanoglu has gone to Milan
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
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