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DavvaMak wrote:anyone know if he has got the No.7 shirt?
every pic i've seen of him is in a No.10 kit and acording to the official site thats Jovanovic's.

after smicer, kewell and keane. i think we should just retire it before it jinxes anyone else.

Igor Zidane wrote:

DavvaMak wrote:anyone know if he has got the No.7 shirt?
every pic i've seen of him is in a No.10 kit and acording to the official site thats Jovanovic's.

after smicer, kewell and keane. i think we should just retire it before it jinxes anyone else.

He has the No7 shirt mate , they just wear any old numbers in pre season . Means nothing .

Espionage wrote:

bigmick wrote:If Cole does play in behind Torres, and you look at a sensible front 6 which are now available, the whole thing locks together with much more balance than we saw last season.

If you compare this:      Kuyt  Gerrard  Masherano Riera         to this:            Kuyt Lucas Masherano Benayoun

                                                 Cole                                                                       Gerrard

                                                Torres                                                                      Torres

You can see what a huge difference one new player and a new manager could make. To me the first line up has balance (particularly with Johnson playing in behind Kuyt), creativity and goals from midfield. Riera I've put on the left because I think it's vital for balance that you have left footed players in the team. In the first version, the dreaded Lucas/Masherano axis has been broken up, and you only have to look at the stats of how that worked last season to see it was a disaster from start to finish. If Masherano does go (which I think he will, I even hope he does TBH) then Lucas could very ably play alongside Gerrard, or een Aquilani if we really ask Gerrard to sit in (which he definately could, and probably will do before too much longer).

One signing can change the whole complexion of the way the team sets up. Which one of those front sixes above do you reckon Arsenal would rather play against in game one? To me it's an absolute no brainer.

I agree (mostly) with what you said. I too, am excited to see how Cole changes the balance of our team. Basically the arrival of Cole means that Gerrard should be play CM and we are free of the Masch/Lucas partnership. I think that we will be a much better team with Gerrard playing box to box, and supporting our attack by arriving late.

                Reina

           Carra    Agger   
Johnson                   Left-back
           
          Gerrard Masch
                         
                  Cole                               
   Kuyt                     Jovanovic
                 Torres

The thing that excites me is that this formation can easily change to a 4-4-2 by Cole taking over either wing and pushing either Kuyt or Jovanovic to play as a striker. This sort of play will get the best out of Kuyt/Jovanovic.

In fact, this is the first time for as long as I care to remember that we have no players playing out of position.

Balance!

ruskiy playmaker wrote:Why no Aquilani?  Have you guys forgotten how great he was when he was fit?

Err yes, to tell the truth I have 

Scottbot wrote:the only worry i have is that there have been a few signings over the years that I ABSOLUTELY wanted us to make, that i was overjoyed with, convinced they were the last piece of the puzzle everytime.

the list reads:

- Stan Collymore
- Paul Ince
- Harry Kewell
- Robbie Keane
- Joe Cole

AussieKopite wrote:

Igor Zidane wrote:

DavvaMak wrote:anyone know if he has got the No.7 shirt?
every pic i've seen of him is in a No.10 kit and acording to the official site thats Jovanovic's.

after smicer, kewell and keane. i think we should just retire it before it jinxes anyone else.

He has the No7 shirt mate , they just wear any old numbers in pre season . Means nothing .

I posted photos of both wearing number 10...