Originally Posted by
Nineteenx
Time will tell, but Thiago i a CM, so putting your 'Hendo took the armband after Stevie' bias to ne side and takking captain fantastic out of the equation for a minte
Is Thiago a far superior CM to Fabinho?
Will teams try to smother him to prevent him creating?
As Thiago can create from anywhere but will mostly start at CM will he be of the greatest possible benefit to the team playing in a fluid midfield 3 interchanging positions throughout whereby it's almost impossible for opposition managers to detail 1 or 2 players to stop him creating because he's not playing in a fixed position?
Given Thiago is a vastly superior CM to Fab, who pertinently isn't a CM, but is a very good DM, AND that we can't play a fluid midfield 3 with Fab and never have and other midfielders who can play the fluid 3 all offer more creatively and in the press and counter press than Fab, do you honestly expect Fab to start at CM ahead of Thiago in what would be a rigid 3 in fixed positions?
I don't, i think Fab's role this season was going to be largely from the bench or in cup games, coming on for the last 20 minutes in games we were comfortably ahead in as an extra defender or midfielder or to give Trent 20 minutes rest with Gomez moving to RB or one of our first choice mids 20 minutes rest
You need to get something right about the captaincy. A lot of people were slating Henderson both as player and as captain after taking over from Gerrard, even questioning his place in the team. I was NOT one of those, as i said he was the obvious choice, and whoever gets the captaincy next won't get a rough ride as he won't be replacing a legend. I don't need to go back 100s of posts, as i know what i said. And don't be so cock sure that it won't be Henderson who loses his place, he may decide to bring someone else in. Or Fulham may want him again lol
If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just put it in the net, and we'll talk about the other options later... Bob Paisley.
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