Matt the Giant
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- 25 Dec 2009
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General thoughts:
KEEPERS
- All good there.
DEFENSE
- I think Richards would be an even better centre back than full back, and would start training and playing him in that position primarily.
- All though I think Nastasic looks absolutely amazing, he is still very young and we need one more experienced and world class defender to pair up with Kompany. My pick will be Chiellini.
- I don't think we can get a better back up left back than Kolarov, so he'll stay to complement Clichy
MIDFIELD
- We need a world-class defensive mid with good distribution skills; Busquets or De Rossi being the two best. Both would be very expensive but we would know what we'd get as opposed to getting someone cheaper and potentially good, as Benat for example. Do we have room for yet another failed signing in this position? I think not.
- I really like Milner, but I think we could get a decent amount for him if we put him on the market. The same for Barry who is not getting any better.
- I would love for us to test Arsenal for Wilshire.
- Nasri should always be played in the central midfield, for the rest of his remaining City career. He's class there, as opposed to stuck out on the wing.
- We need an Iniesta or Hazard, and his name is Isco. A definite purchase.
- Zaha looks like a great player for the future.
- Bale and Fabregas would be mindblowing, but both I fear are just too expensive.
- André Schürrle or Marco Reus would be faaaantastic, but I wonder if any of them is attainable.
ATTACK
- Time to cash in on Tevez, and sell Balotelli. If a great offer for Dzeko cam in I'd sell him as well.
- Bring in David Villa to form our main striker pair with Aguero. Guidetti needs one more year out on loan, preferably in the PL or possibly the Championship. With that in mind we need to bring in one more striker, and I would love to see us try to get Giuseppe Rossi from Villarreal here. He'd be cheap, and would most likely accept his third choice status for a year or two.
Full 25-man squad:
GK: Hart, Pants, Wright
RB: Maicon, Zabaleta
CBR: Kompany, Richards
CBL: Chiellini, Nastasic
LB: Clichy, Kolarov
DM: De Rossi, Barry, Garcia
CM: Yaya, Nasri, Wilshire, Milner
AM: Isco, Silva, Zaha, Schürrle
ST: Aguero, Villa, Rossi
I couldn't pick a best XI from that list though... too hard.
KEEPERS
- All good there.
DEFENSE
- I think Richards would be an even better centre back than full back, and would start training and playing him in that position primarily.
- All though I think Nastasic looks absolutely amazing, he is still very young and we need one more experienced and world class defender to pair up with Kompany. My pick will be Chiellini.
- I don't think we can get a better back up left back than Kolarov, so he'll stay to complement Clichy
MIDFIELD
- We need a world-class defensive mid with good distribution skills; Busquets or De Rossi being the two best. Both would be very expensive but we would know what we'd get as opposed to getting someone cheaper and potentially good, as Benat for example. Do we have room for yet another failed signing in this position? I think not.
- I really like Milner, but I think we could get a decent amount for him if we put him on the market. The same for Barry who is not getting any better.
- I would love for us to test Arsenal for Wilshire.
- Nasri should always be played in the central midfield, for the rest of his remaining City career. He's class there, as opposed to stuck out on the wing.
- We need an Iniesta or Hazard, and his name is Isco. A definite purchase.
- Zaha looks like a great player for the future.
- Bale and Fabregas would be mindblowing, but both I fear are just too expensive.
- André Schürrle or Marco Reus would be faaaantastic, but I wonder if any of them is attainable.
ATTACK
- Time to cash in on Tevez, and sell Balotelli. If a great offer for Dzeko cam in I'd sell him as well.
- Bring in David Villa to form our main striker pair with Aguero. Guidetti needs one more year out on loan, preferably in the PL or possibly the Championship. With that in mind we need to bring in one more striker, and I would love to see us try to get Giuseppe Rossi from Villarreal here. He'd be cheap, and would most likely accept his third choice status for a year or two.
Full 25-man squad:
GK: Hart, Pants, Wright
RB: Maicon, Zabaleta
CBR: Kompany, Richards
CBL: Chiellini, Nastasic
LB: Clichy, Kolarov
DM: De Rossi, Barry, Garcia
CM: Yaya, Nasri, Wilshire, Milner
AM: Isco, Silva, Zaha, Schürrle
ST: Aguero, Villa, Rossi
I couldn't pick a best XI from that list though... too hard.