I am not Korean i just appreciate tactically disciplined players they are the ones who win you championships when it comes to technical ability i agree Park is way below most players at United but the man has heart, is very intelligent and disciplined, that is why the boss has time for Ji Sung Park. No matter the position he is asked to play he will do it and give it his best. If we had one or two more players with that kind of discipline we would have won the league easily. Look at Smalling, Phil Jones, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs all very gifted players pick absolutely nobody as we defended that City Corner that ultimately won them the Championship.
So you just cant ignore what Park brings to the table and look at the qualities of other players as the bench mark of making the team. Why have a team full of flair and no discipline look at the Los Galacticos of a few years ago after they lost their so called water carrier Claude Makelele, even Fc Barcelona have Busquets, Puyol, & Pique to bring some balance to the teams attacking ethos.
That is what Park can give this team especially in years ahead, i can see him being asked to play a deeper lying role much like Giggs does today and be very effective the problem is that with Scholes, Carrick also being part of that trio in midfield then we are out of luck becoz them two(Carrick and Scholes) dont run at all and with Park also losing a yard of pace then we have 3 "walkers" in the middle but if for example we get someone who can carry the ball ala Toure an able athletic midfielder Park and Carrick or Park and Scholes or even the three can sit back and do the mopping up building up play slowing down the game something that will allow Evra or Rafael to overlap as much as they want becoz Park can cover for them but to have him covering Evra or Giggs covering Evra and Park be the carrier of the balls from deep as we did against City with Scholes and Carrick on the pitch too then the team has no legs. I acknowledge his form has deserted him of late but even Giggs in 2003 ,2004 was struggling after the stamina and pace started to wear off but he still found his way around the problem by dropping back the same could be said of Rio over the last 2 calendae years but he has found his way again this year.
Ji Sung Park is an asset we just cant throw away his experience will serve us well sooner than most of you think. He has been slaughtered and to some extent rightly so for what looked abject on the attacking front against City but defensively he was very useful albeit quietly one just has to look at Yaya Toure he was ineffective thro' the middle for the entire 55 minutes Ji Sung Park was on the Pitch City who had been Killing us thro' the flanks started going right thro' the centre with no fuss once Park was subbed, this rendered SAF two strikers Rooney and Welbeck part of the spectator crowd at the Etihad. We went with a 4-5-1 and the most important player in this formation was Rooney yet he had terrible day he took no pressure of his team mates if anything he made things worse by going deep for the ball allowing Kompany and Lescott to hold a high line compare his performance to that of Drogba against Barcelona. Manchester United would have been better served on the day playing 4-4-2 and making it a shout out than playing 4-5-1 with Rooney leading the line we all know he cant play that position effectively coz he is not disciplined enough to stay up and choose his moments he just goes where the ball is Capello tried with England but to no avail yet i dont hear anybody calling for Rooney to leave Old Trafford because he has no tactical discipline.
You all forget Park had a wonderful game in the FA Cup 4th round playing thro' the middle against Liverpool to me that was United's best performance of the season Gerrard couldnt get anything going we only lost after such a commanding performance that day becoz of poor marking in a set piece ala City at the Etihad and Evra same as Everton @ Old Trafford.