24 Feb 2015 17:06:12
Who is everyone's preferred choice of central midfield? I will start it off mine would be McCarthy and Besic but if Gibson can get back to his best I would play him before Besic as I think he still has a lot to learn. But against weaker teams I would play McCarthy and Barkley.
Broadly agree with you Robbie.
Teams work us out as we usually set up the same way with 2 DM and 2 No 10's. It's not as if we keep many clean sheets.
Think we should just go for it with McCarthy as one DM. You can still have a balanced forward focused midfield.
After all a win and a loss is better than two draws
Thought Gibson looked very good when he came on against Leicester. Different to our other cms as he plays lovely forward balls and gets the team moving forwards rather than sideways. Would like him and either besic or McCarthy. I'm not saying individually he is our best cm just that he provides us with something different to the rest and a bit of creativity I feel we often lack from the midfield.
{Ed025's Note - i agree clarkey..
He certainly offers more than Barkley at the moment
I think the fact we use 2 holding midfielders restricts our full backs from bombing forwards as much as they used to. It is great that we can retain so much possession, but if Coleman and Baines have to hold their runs and be available to have Howards roll outs and then be available to Jags and Stones to pass the ball across the back 4, then they can't be overlapping like they used to.
26 Feb 2015 08:23:22
would like to see McCarthy and Gibson tonight, Besic has great passion and determination but is prone to give possession away frequently.