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Too many wingers
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Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:53 pmby matt74
Thinking about the squad, we have Riise, Zenden, Kewell, Garcia (kind of winger) with Gonzales and Simao supposedly coming, i wonder if we will actually have too many wingers.
I know Rafa loves the rotation system and some of them can 'fill in' in different positions but surely 6 or so wingers is too much. should we be offloading anyone, if so who?
Don't get me wrong, i know a right winger is needed, but with this amout of wide players surely some will eventually get frustrated at not playing...
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:56 pmby Garymac
Risse a left back, zenden out for season, garcia is best behind a striker, Simao plays for benfica and Gonzalez hasnt signed yet so that leaves a Kewell still searching for his form.
Your so right we have so many wingers some are surplus to requirements
WHAT THE FU*K?
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:01 pmby welsh wizzard
Well said mac couldn't have put it better!!!!!!!!!
Biggest load of crapppppppp since most of my transfer rumours
have all fallen through.But still 19 days to go alot could happen fingers crossed, for a quality right winger then i think we will all be more than happy................
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:04 pmby stmichael
welsh wizzard wrote:Biggest load of crapppppppp since most of my transfer rumours
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:04 pmby Garymac
welsh wizzard wrote:Well said mac couldn't have put it better!!!!!!!!!
Biggest load of crapppppppp since most of my transfer rumours
have all fallen through.But still 19 days to go alot could happen fingers crossed, for a quality right winger then i think we will all be more than happy................
LMAO, at least you know it and your honest about it 
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:05 pmby matt74
riise plays as a winger as much as a lb. Gonzales looks like coming and Rafa has said he is looking for a right winger (simao?). garcia plays best behind a striker but that's not where he always plays. zenden will be around next season and kewell. that makes approx (assuming transfers happen and they stay injury free) 6-7 players who play (sometimes at least) wide midfield.
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:07 pmby DAV
2 many wingers
R u sure u r watching the same team as me? 
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Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:30 pmby matt74
i think we certainly need new players on the wings, but when we get them there is a danger that we will have a VERY large squad. Not all of them are going to play and some will be unhappy about it. I can just see a 'dead wood' problem next year. Guess i was alone....
ps. i was only talking about numbers, not quality.
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:53 pmby Leonmc0708
matt74 wrote:Thinking about the squad, we have Riise, Zenden, Kewell, Garcia (kind of winger) with Gonzales and Simao supposedly coming, i wonder if we will actually have too many wingers.
1 minute we have too many.
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Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:54 pmby Leonmc0708
matt74 wrote:i think we certainly need new players on the wings, but when we get them there is a danger that we will have a VERY large squad. Not all of them are going to play and some will be unhappy about it. I can just see a 'dead wood' problem next year. Guess i was alone....
ps. i was only talking about numbers, not quality.
The next minute we dont have enough.
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:13 pmby Ola Mr Benitez
Now now boys.. I think your being a little harsh with Matt here!
I see what you mean.. kinda! I think Zendon could welll be shown the door.
Risse is needed as a full back, as I think most people would agree this is his best position, which leaves
Left Wing
Harry Kewell
Mark Gonazales
Right Wing
Luis Garcia
?? Simao
2 players for each position and that probably isn't too many?
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:14 pmby matt74
we WILL have to many, and the ones coming in will mean that not everyone will play. this could lead to a problem. that is the basic message i was trying to get across. I personally think we need wingers of top quality, when you have players of top quality playing most of the games the other players will be unhappy at not playing.
I don't think that what i am saying is completely crazy, but i guess only time will tell. this time next year we could have 3 or 4 players saying they are unhappy at not getting games.
see you all in 12 months.....
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Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:28 pmby tommycockles
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:53 pmby matt74
It's a shame that mockery is the only outlet for some people....
while it may seem rediculous to think that with our lack of a dedicated right winger we can simultaneously have a surplus of players that can play wide, i think that if we have two arrivals for the wide positions then the rotation system may not be able to accomodate everybody and this could lead to disharmony. Ola Mr Benitez says Zenden may go. fair enough, that seems at first glance to solve the problem. My original question was whether it would be necessary to offload anyone to stop this problem arising and if so who.
So please excuse my lack of mangerial experience and inabilty to coherently convey my concerns. I will excuse the lack of thought that i believe resulted in some of the replies.
And thanks go to Ola Mr Benitez, who was sensible.
Posted:
Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:51 pmby red_indian
perhaps the basic point is that as of yet we do not have too many wingers in the mould of what benitez would like - he wants someone who can cross effectively to make use of the height of crouch and the aerial ability (he does have it) of morientes. he also wants someone with genuine pace to beat players, start counter attacks, get to the line etc - we generally lack those kinds of wingers at the minute.
If/once we get them then Matt you may be right we could have too many but lets cross that bridge when we get to it. Also i think some of them, zenden, garcia are better suited to playing off the front and rafa is likely to keep them to retain flexibility in the system we play. If anyone becomes unhappy, well stuff 'em
