Originally Posted by
Kev0909
Which is why we need another player like Wij... or dare I say it henderson.
That's exactly what we need, next gen midfielders who have the athleticism, box to box and pressing and counter pressing ability of Hendo or Gini, who also have Henderson's ability to play switches and balls in behind and to find the forwards and full backs in isolation and with overall greater technical ability - Midfielders of that type, with the greater technical ability who are comfortable as No6 or No8 controller or attacking
Steveo should be far more concerned about what a let down and poor signing Thiago has been and pay a little more attention to how our midfield works in terms of pressing and counter pressing, I think he mentioned Brighton, even the Echo did a scathing article on Jones' and Oxlade's absolutely dire contribution to the press and counter press and how far they were off it to let Brighton back in second half in that game
Hendo does miss Gini, it's nothing to do with him bailing anyone out, it is to do with having another player in midfield who understands the press and counter press as well as Hendo does and where to position himself as expertly off Hendo's positioning constantly is and in conjunction with where the other mid and full back is as Gini did as he and Hendo had an incredible understnding with one another and of the collective press and counter press, far FAR in excess of all our other midfielders including Fab
The constant, the player supporting Fab and Thiago bailing them out constantly in the run at the end of last season and expertly positioning himself constantly to make up for their not poor, but not bang on the money positioning was Gini, every game, if you'd put Thiago and Fab together in that midfield without Gini not a fucking chance of that end of season run, not ever, neither of the other 2 are anywhere close to Hendo's or Gini's ability in playing our system
The very bad defeats we have suffered, like Watford, Villa and others have not coincidentally all come in Hendo's absence, Fabinho has improved, he's been taking better positions off Hendo's position, there was a huge difference in his performance today in that respect and the first meeting with Brentford in which he was as culpable as anyone else for them getting a point, Toney and their other lad up top were getting joy against Virgil and Matip, and kept getting in with a runner from midfield into Fab's area, it happened all game and he never ever got to grips with it, an absolute disaster class
Henderson's pressing and counter pressing and constantly taking the right positions to support defence and attack helps the team immensely, he does it in attack too, his positioning and movement between him Mo and Trent has been hugely contributory to a great many of our goals
You can't play the press and counter press effectively on your own in the midfield 3 Steveo, if you're No6 and you're putting yourself constantly in the right positions but the other 2 mids are running around like headless fucking chickens,
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