silvester: ownagemt: Rooney is good as the main man and the supporter. Only problem is we don't have a target man. Welbeck's okay for the role some games but he doesn't match up with Rooney all that much anymore. I'd much prefer to see Rooney as the spearhead with Giggs or Young in behind him. Of course it wouldn't be an issue if our manager didn't have a problem with our golden boot winner target man.
Who needs a target man when Hernandez and Welbecak can do a good job there.Do we even play with 1.I mean alongs our strikers score goals it dosnt matter if we havent got a target man.In Hernandez and Owen we have 2 of the best finishers in the game Hernandez can only get better while Owen is a great role model.Welbeck is still young but hes improving all the time so his Macheda who i have high hopes for who can score goals while Roney can linke the play all together score and create goals.No need for another striker right now.
It's not really that simple though is it? How many games have we been out possessed this season compared to last? We're constantly under pressure and do you wanna know why, oh simple one? It's because when we panic and shove long balls up, it's not going anywhere, it's going straight to the opposition. A targetman like Berba is more than just finishing, he's someone who will hold the ball up, Yakubu probably can't finish as well as Hernandez (though I think his finishing is overrated slightly) but Hernandez would never work at Blackburn.
Zamora is widely praised for holding the ball up but who here can do it? Rooney? Sure but he's back defending, bringing me back to the idea he should be the spearhead. Welbeck has the touch and a decent amount of awareness but he's more of a run-behind-the-defence kind of guy, like Hernandez. Which, again, is good enough when we're doing well to satisfy people without a hint of analytical skills like you but when you look further into it, you do see a problem. We can't hold the ball up, we're either playing well or we're being dominated. There needs to be a middle ground and someone to take the pressure off (as I'm sure even the biggest Hernandez supporter will agree, Berbatov does this very well). Otherwise, as I said, we'll defend, the launch the ball up field to nothingness. Hernandez isn't going to win a standing header against a full back, Welbeck is slightly more likely but it's not his game set. Berbatov, Carrol, Yakubu will and all have the ability to keep the ball while the rest of the team shifts from defensive phase to possession phase to attacking phase. It's so simple, it evades me that even veterans of the forum like you can't see it.