Lescott [Merged]

[Dribble]

not a chance, micah is no way near bosingwa yet and even though zab is experienced and a good right back he isnt as good as bosingwa

Anyways we don't really need him at the moment. We need a left footed centre back, and a central midfielder.

TBH I think we need a whole new defence, Bridge, Given & Toure apart and a box to box defensive midfielder in the mould of Essien or Yaya Toure and a creative midfielder like Schneider to create competition for Ireland and as back up for each other.

Ideally I'd love to see a defence comprising of Bosingwa, Kolo Toure, Lescott and Bridge. We've got 2 of this 4 already and with Kompany to come back with Zab, Ned and Richards we'd be well sorted.

Also just imagine a midfield of Barry, Essien/Yaya Toure & Ireland/Schneider with what we've already got as attacking options and considering what we'd have left as strength in depth, wouldn't this potential line-up give Ole Bacon-face of the Swamp something to think about.....

 

[Marvin]

We don't need a central midfielder. Why has this suddenly entered into the equation?

Elano was a bit part player, and had already been replaced as was made clear by the player and manager after he left - he left to get games in the World Cup year

 

[g180aj]

I think we blew a good opportunity to grab Zhirkov. We've got two quality right backs and many complain that Bridge doesn't cut it with Garrido a less than capable understudy, but Zhirkov goes to Chelsea who have the LB and LW spots covered many times over.

why would mh buy bridge a player who i think he likes and rates quite highly in jan then replace him in the summer. IMO bridge is lookin really sharp in pre-season and looks miles better than he did last season and he could be even better with a good solid defence beside him.

 

[bizzbo]

We don't need a central midfielder. Why has this suddenly entered into the equation?

Elano was a bit part player, and had already been replaced as was made clear by the player and manager after he left - he left to get games in the World Cup year

oh I think we do. who covers for ireland? johnson? who covers for him? shaun??? not ideal, by any means. one more versatile midfield pass-master would probably get 15-20 goals just from the games those two miss.

 

[sam221985]

I think we blew a good opportunity to grab Zhirkov. We've got two quality right backs and many complain that Bridge doesn't cut it with Garrido a less than capable understudy, but Zhirkov goes to Chelsea who have the LB and LW spots covered many times over.

why would mh buy bridge a player who i think he likes and rates quite highly in jan then replace him in the summer. IMO bridge is lookin really sharp in pre-season and looks miles better than he did last season and he could be even better with a good solid defence beside him.

This. I wonder if the people slagging off Bridge actually watched any of the SA games.

 

[g180aj]

Anyways we don't really need him at the moment. We need a left footed centre back, and a central midfielder.

TBH I think we need a whole new defence, Bridge, Given & Toure apart and a box to box defensive midfielder in the mould of Essien or Yaya Toure and a creative midfielder like Schneider to create competition for Ireland and as back up for each other.

Ideally I'd love to see a defence comprising of Bosingwa, Kolo Toure, Lescott and Bridge. We've got 2 of this 4 already and with Kompany to come back with Zab, Ned and Richards we'd be well sorted.

Also just imagine a midfield of Barry, Essien/Yaya Toure & Ireland/Schneider with what we've already got as attacking options and considering what we'd have left as strength in depth, wouldn't this potential line-up give Ole Bacon-face of the Swamp something to think about.....

dont get ahead off yourself this is a lescott thread and iff we get lescott we could pottentially challenge for a top 4 finnish

 

[Dribble]

We don't need a central midfielder. Why has this suddenly entered into the equation?

Elano was a bit part player, and had already been replaced as was made clear by the player and manager after he left - he left to get games in the World Cup year

It's all about suspensions, injury and loss-of-form. Ireland & Elano were our two truly creative players but the latter just couldn't keep pace with the Premiership and perform on a regualar basis. If Ireland or Barry were out, we'd be back to fitting square pegs in round holes ie: SWP off the wing into the centre, Kompany away from CB and into central midfield or Zab from RB to central midfield.

De Jong doesn't impose himself on the game enough for my liking and gives the ball away too easily or just plays it back or square and in my eyes has still a lot to prove. Having said that he only arrived in January and may just need time to settle in, but why shouldn't we have a specialist defensive midfielder as competition and back up for him too?

 

[OJ Blue]

Lescott was not present at Evertons training today. Before you ask he wasn't on the treatment table either.

 

[Marvin]

Barry, Ireland are both good passers of the ball. Johnson can go box to box.

SWP, can carry the ball from midfield. Zabeleta, De Jong and Kompany can play the defensive midfield role. We've got options. We haven't got a player in the midfield of the calibre of Gerrard, Fabregas or Essien, but perhaps Ireland can get close.

We've got enough change to be dealing with without a midfielder playmaker coming in. that would be very disruptive in the short term

 

[Irlamblue]

If we sign him ... will jo still be cup tied?