addicted norwegian wrote:Imo, Hamann is better than Momo in our defencive game, but when it comes to the offencive game we suffer from the loss of Momo`s energy and pace. When pitching Alonso and HAmann I fear that there will be a gap between the central mid and the attackers, which implicates a lack of support for our men up front. There is no point for Crouch/Morientes/Fowler to win in the air, if there are noone to pick up the second ball. In a match like this, where we (hopefully) will hold the ball a lot, I would really like to have someone there to fill the void between the mids and the attackers. There are no players in the world better than our own Stevie G when it comes to that. I would love to see an Alonso - Gerrard pairing on our central mid; with Gerrard taking a big offencive responsibility
Agree about the midfield there... I like the Stevie - Alonso combination in midfield. Hamann is a quality option when Alonso is rested but I also think another option is to play Garcia when we rest gerrard and sit him behind a front 2, while hamann/alonso plays abit deeper. Like my team on the previous page - if you want to rest stevie and alonso for benfica, then Hamann Garcia in the middle i think is a good option