It's quite simple, it's blatantly obvious today the problem in the midfield, fernandinho was so far out of position today it was frightening.
Yaya/Fernandinho will never work, you have Yaya who strolls about like he doesn't have to do anything. Then you have Fernandinho, who covers ground but unfortunately can't keep it up after 20 minutes.
The whole point of the two, is one holding and one attacking. Now the problem.. they're both too attack minded. Fernandinho against Newcastle was average. All this garbage about him being brilliant. He got away with murder (first game and allowances made) but in reality he wasn't very good and today he was worse, he made 2 good tackles in that game and that was about it. He lost the ball too many times in the wrong areas and he's ALWAYS takes too many touches (against Hull he did it 6 times inside the first 25 minutes).
You need one tackler, a grafter, a workhorse, a man who can cover the middle left right and centre. Then you need one man who can carry the ball, attack, put in the odd tackle, but makes sure he stays tight and marks. That setup was Yaya Toure and De Jong. It won't work with Fernandinho and Yaya.
Indifference, unbalanced. Yaya pushes on, Fernandinho goes forward aswell at times - wonder why on the counter attack we're so open? intelligence tells you not to go forward, don't need to be a professional footballer to work that one out.
Against United RVP will come short and we'll get fucking steamrolled in the centre, Yaya can't tackle. So that leaves Fernandinho, who also has proved he hasn't quite got the pace of the English game as of yet. He needs time, and i'll tell you now... if we start with Yaya and Fernandinho in the Champions League, we'll get absolutely destroyed.
Barry and De Jong never worked, Fernandinho and Yaya will never work.
James Milner or Jack Rodwell. Or even both with Yaya advanced as another option, i'll give Fernandinho time and he deserves a chance. But it tells you all everything you need to know about a footballer, if he doesn't recognise his own mistakes after a few months.
It's quite simple, we need a player of De Jongs ability who can tackle and win the ball. Who cares if he isn't skilful? that's not their job. Win the ball, clean up. Supply the next man, they do the rest..
