SWP out for 5 weeks / Our right wing problem

[mkblue]

Put Zabaleta on the right wing and Micah at Right Back.

Zabaleta looks good going forward and he can cross.

Thats exactly what we should do and it might save micahs season and career here

 

[Keith Lemon]

Put Zabaleta on the right wing and Micah at Right Back.

Zabaleta looks good going forward and he can cross.

Thats exactly what we should do and it might save micahs season and career here

would go along with that yes. We need to get it right at Pompey next week

 

[BimboBob]

Thats exactly what we should do and it might save micahs season and career here

would go along with that yes. We need to get it right at Pompey next week

Zab is down as a wingback on FM2009 and they must know something about the players surely.As the poster before said,put Zab on the wing and let Mr Richards(as he likes to be called) at right back seeing as this is his best position anyway.

 

[*singingtheblues*]

I cannot believe what I am reading on this thread, have any of you ever seen Micah play at right back?

Richards has not got the quality to play right back, full stop. You cannot play someone at rightback who abandons all his defensive duties when on the flank in the hope of getting a goal. Micah is a liability on the flanks, you cannot have a right back with over attacking tendencies, no positional awareness whatsoever, and a plain lack of actual footballing quality. Especially in a team that is frail at the back and has a tendency to leave holes at the back when going forward.


I went through this before, but seeing as many of you haven't bothered reading it here it is again...

Oh, and one more thing;

for Christ's sake do not use a computer simulated game as foundation for your argument, it's ridiculous.



I put Micah in the same category as Etuhu, good athlete poor footballer. Richards hasn't got the quality to play fullback, and at this moment in time (certainly after his 'performance' today) he shouldn't even be starting games. I have lost all patience with Micah, he just doesn't look interested, and looks as much of an England international as Pat Butcher. I don't believe he deserves a place in our starting line up, and I also believe in his current form he would struggle to get into any Premier League starting line up. He has been consistantly shite throughout the entire season, everytime I watch him his lack of composure amazes me, todays game epitomised his entire season;

Off the pace

Out of position

Lack of composure

Lack of awareness

Lack of urgency

Lack of communication

Lack of quality

If I have to watch Micah swipe at the ball completely panic-stricken (whilst under little or no pressure), resulting in the ball hovering vertically above his head for 10 seconds and then landing straight to the opposition's feet once more, I swear I will cry.

He needs to screw his head on and focus on his football rather than his physique.

 

[mikeyboy]

richards has played his best football for city whilst playing right back. he got into the england team by playing right back, and was voted by england fans, their 2nd best player of 2007 behind gerrard whilst playing right back.

 

[simon23]

Unfortunately the only option that is really there is to play vass (PLEASE PLEASE LET THIS BE THE LAST TIME WE EVER HAVE TO SEE HIM PLAY - HE HAS BEEN GARBAGE FOR 3 SEASONS NOW AT LEAST!!!!!)

the only other option is sturridge but i think MH would be worried about sturridges lack of experince when it comes to defensive duties in that position.

vass really is the only option if weiss is not ready

the fact that Vass is the only option just shows exactlly how far we have to go as a squad.........we lost one player and we have to play this complete waste of space...we might as well play with 10 men!!!

 

[Corky]

I doubt he will be out for 5 weeks, it will be 2 or 3 from past experience.

 

[*singingtheblues*]

richards has played his best football for city whilst playing right back. he got into the england team by playing right back, and was voted by england fans, their 2nd best player of 2007 behind gerrard whilst playing right back.

Richards best football was actually last season, when he played center half and actually looked like he could walk to and from the dugout without having a stroke.

The poll you mention was also a complete and utter (excuse my French) bag of shite, the poll in question was started when Micah was a promising, emerging youngster and people were excited about him, it was also at a time when his hype surpassed the equivalent of teenage boy expecting to loose his virginity. Also many people who voted on that poll had only seen snipets of Micah, and that poll was going on two years ago, i.e. things have changed, quite significantly.

Micah is not a right back! I stand by this and always will. Micah is a center half, well... he was. Now Micah is an overweight, out of shape athlete. He needs to focus more on his football rather than his physique, because after all he is a footballer.

Richards, IMO (and many others) will never get into England's first team again playing at right back. He could -possibly- after a few years of hard work and graft get in at center half after the days of Wio and Terry. However as I have said previously, he looks anything but an England International at the moment, and unless he takes and hard look at himself and makes some significant changes to his attitude and his game then he will never get a sniff of International football again.

 

[blue62]

I started a thread suggesting SWP be rested for the Forest game but was called 'barmy', 'idiot' and generally shouted down.
Now we will pay the price in the games where he will be really needed. Let's hope Hughes has a plan.

 

[DAGW]

Vladamir would've been ideal for the schocker yesterday, I even hear he was on the bench. But for premiership games not yet.

Ironic isnt it how sweep was saying only this week that he's immune to the kicks and stuff, and i believe that is verbatum, then goes and gets injured.

Typical City luck, Sod and his law return again with a great big kick in the nether region.