by damjan193 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:36 pm
You know, some of you guys can really go over the top sometimes. Yes, actually, it WAS a genius move by Brendan to put Can in the back three (ok maybe not genius but a good move). Implementing the 3-4-2-1 formation and putting Can and Sakho in that back 3 instead of Lovren and Johnson basically turned our season around! Yes, we all know that Can is a CM/DM, we can all see that, and yes, playing in his natural position would be better for him but it won't be better for THE TEAM. The midfield is good enough as it is at the moment with Lucas and Hendo and Can is doing an excellent job at the back (mind you, Brendan isn't the first manager to put a midfielder in a back three) so why change it? And who would you rather have back there if we move him to midfield? Surely not Lovren?
Look, Brendan is not blameless for the Sh*t that we're in, in fact, he should be probably be blamed the most, but I'm sick of hearing people criticizing him for everything, even for things that he deserves to be given credit for! The Can situation is one of them, playing this guy in the back three considering his strength, calmness and most of all his ability on the ball and capability of bring it out of defense has been a major reason why our defense looks so much better now and a major reason to why our form has changed for the better. I don't think that most of you realize that we NEED Can to play in the back.