MCFC BOB
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That pass from him to Tevez in the first half nearly made me do a sexwee.
awest said:In truth our back 4 are looking pretty flipping solid. Let's keep it that way. Did Arsenal only concede 8 goals in a season a few years back? i know it was something crackers like that.
Scooby Blue said:Once Kolarov is up to speed, I think we can look forward to:
1) a couple of piledrivers a season from outside the box (like Huddlestone)
2) the occasional direct freekick (like Baines for Everton / Garrido for us)
3) good whipped in delivery from freekicks near the touchline (like Pedersen for Blackburn)
4) an overall desire to get forward and support the attack (like Evra / Cole but without the pace)
5) a reasonably solid defender
1) 2) and 3) together should be worth an extra 3-4 goals a season
while 4) will also help create options in attack.
The value of that overlapping run that fullbacks make is often undervalued.
Even if he doesn't get the ball, he will often drag away a defender to leave Silva / Tevez / AJ etc with only one man to beat rather than two.