by bigmick » Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:53 am
I must confess I might be in the significant minority on here and I'm setting myself up for a huge fall, but I'm actually yet to be convinced that Villa and Torres actually fit as a partnership. Now I know they've banged in some goals so far in the Euro's, but they don't to me look like a natural partnership. FWIW, I actually agree with whoever it was who said Torres may not be the type of striker which would have a natural partner. If you're not going to go with the "big guy, little guy" partnership which most teams don't these days, then you at least want your two strikers to give you a bit of depth. By that I mean you you ideally want one to drop in readily, to come and play in and around the holding midfielder and intersperse with wide midfielders. I'm not actually sure that either Villa or Torres do that, both seem to me to be more the predator.
For this reason, and against top-class defending I think they'll struggle. I actually think the Italians will put Spain out and neither Villa nor Torres will impress. Least nobody can accuse me of sitting on the fence. I'll even go futher and guess that the Russians will cause Holland as many problems as they can cope with. The difference is that the Russians have a lot of depth in their attack. One of their guys drops in readily. He's only played the one game so far and in it he scored a goal. He also provided the first time incisive pass for the other goal, from the half way line, wide out on the right touchline. If you are going to play a 4-4-2 (which incidently I don't think Rafa is, and I kind of don't blame him either which is a bit of a novelty these days) then this fella is the perfect fit for Torres and Gerrard IMHO. Arshavin.
The bandwagon had already pulled out of the sheds and been around the track a few times before I actually saw him play so he's by no means my spot. I'm happy to climb aboard though as I think he's a wonderful little player. Whoever gets him is getting as bargain for anything less than a huge wedge of cash IMHO.
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bigmick on Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:55 am, edited 1 time in total.
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