Latics Fan SJK
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Yeah, OK then. Remind me when Silva & Toure play as your central midfield 2.
Sigurddson & Barkley as the midfield pair with 3 attacking players in front of them is an absolutely laughable suggestion and would be suicide in a match against the CL elite. In fact even in PL games it's pretty daft.
Have another think.
Edit: I can't believe I missed this gem, too:
"I'm just flabbergasted at little knowledge of the game some people have on here"
Excellent.[/quote]
When did I say Silva played as our central midfielder???? I merely stated that Sigurdsson has a lot more assists than him and for people to knock him is a little harsh, You do realize he is of the Toni Kroos mould and if I'm not wrong, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric are the central midfielders for a Real Madrid team who are head and shoulders above us at the moment, If two players of that ilk can anchor their midfield, Why is a player of Sigurdsson's quality and Barkley or Isco's, Not good enough for ours? There's the typical arrogant blue moon footballing snob attitude, Which rears it's head all the time.
Oh and i'll save you the hassle of writing it , 'Yeah, yeah I'm a rag and I hate City and I'm a wum', That's the only response you can get when you remotely question what we're doing on here at the moment.[/quote]
Before I respond, again, to your ridiculous suggestion, I'll start by saying my username should highlight I'm not a blue of the City kind. That also means I'm not for one moment going to call you a "rag" or insinuate that you hate City.
What I will say is that for you to say you find it laughable how poor some people's football knowledge on here is, is extremely laughable in itself.
You brought up the problem of your central midfield when you said you'd rather have 2 of Isco / Barkley / Sigurdsson playing there instead of your current central midfielders. Note I'm saying central midfielders and not attacking midfielders.
You then compared Sigurdsson's assists stats with Yaya, who granted has been disappointing this season, and Silva. Sigurdsson may well have more assists than Silva - so what? Those two are simply incomparable and even more so when were talking central midfielders here, ones who can help out in defensive and attacking situations. (Just bringing assists stats out btw probes absolutely nothing, but lets not get into that now).
Madrid play with Kroos & Modric at CM because they have a system, along with the players, to do that. Whilst they aren't monsters in the art of defending, they're positionally excellent and can retain possession as well as most players in world football. Two key traits in the art of modern central midfielders.
Sigurdsson - Decent player and nothing else. He couldn't cut it at Tottenham and is plying his trade with Swansea for a reason. His assist count may well be impressive, but then again he's their best midfielder amongst a bunch of average ones so he's bound to stand out. When you have the number of world class players that City have, you don't have to have your assists coming from the same player. You have creators all over the pitch. Sigurdsson is never an elite player and never will be.
Barkley has incredible potential but at the moment that is it. Powerful, good with the ball at his feet, excellent shot. Has he ever shown any evidence to suggest he can form one half of a CL winning central midfield off the back of a number of performances for Everton in a more attacking role? Absolutely not.
To merely suggest those two playing in central midfield, behind 3 more attacking midfielders, could propel you to the European elite is absolutely absurd. It really is.
Barkley would be a great signing but as an attacking midfielder. Even the box to box type in a central midfield 3.
But hey, what do we footballing novices know, eh? If you think TB & FS should go all out to ensure you've got a Sigurdsson/Barkley midfield 2 against the likes of Chelsea, Madrid, Bayern, Barca et al next season then good luck to you.