I would never play Maicon, kolorov or Nastic (sp?) against any of the top teams.....Maicon and Kolorov are both defensively weak and inferior to other options (Zaba, Richards and Cliche)
Nastic..hard to judge from the Real game as obvioulsy they are a top top team and will trouble any team...however baisc are is that he is slow and lumbering.....positives...looks reasonably comfortable on the ball (though takes too many chances) and seems quite physically strong
I think dejong offered more defensive cover than his replacement (though Garcia offers a lot more going forward)
For me, what kolorov offers going forward is NOT worth what he takes away from the defense
And Kompnay an dLescott should stiull be the numer one pairing for the considerable part of this season
Cannt wait for richards to be back as think we miss his attacking abilities and overall quality defensively.....though I thought the intro of Zabba the other night really helped chang the game and we looked a lot more solid with him on (even though Madrid scored once he was introduced ...but that was more due to a change of system)
I think this timkering with formation could cosdt us dearly...immnot sure why we are changing something that worked so well for us last season....Its nice to have attacking full backs as a back up when all else fails but maicon especially should only be used as a tatical substitute....defensively he is poor...but most of us knew that before he came
