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Ok, bored with the dancing horse comp. Didn't Lampard play most of his career in the centre of a 4-4-2? I'm not trying to split hairs, but it's not the same position as a modern CM.
Don't know if Chelsea really ever played 4-4-2. Most recently he also played at Man City who definitely didn't play a 4-4-2 and he still managed to get into the box from a central midfield position. Like I said, I wouldn't want him playing CM all the time because he is no where near the level of Dembele and Dier is too important to how we play - but when we need something different in attack, he'd be the first I'd drop out of Lamela, Eriksen and Kane to make way for Janssen.
But he spent so much time on that long winded post??
Damn
Totti
, you're getting all
VirginiaSpur
on us with these novels.....
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I kid because I love....
Totti
, you're getting all
VirginiaSpur
on us with these novels.....:dierpochhug:
I kid because I love....
I didn't get that from your posts, and with that I could possibly agree with. The only problem I see though is that I have noticed on occasion when Alli loses possession he's sometimes slow to get up and fight to get the ball back, that could be VERY dangerous if he did that in his CM position.
I just wonder if that's because he's playing higher up and knows he has Wanyama/Dembele and Dier to mop up behind him. It's still lazy from him regardless. He played a number of games in central midfield for us last season and I don't recall any glaring errors in that sense.
Yea I thought about that also. Who knows though.
Dele losing possession is the number one reason I would put Eriksen back there before him.
Though this entire line of thinking is sort of moot, because I don't think Janssen is going to start.
Would be madness to start the same team as the Everton game. It's clear that one of Wanyama or Dier needs to be dropped and based on Poch keeping the former on last time I reckon Dier will be dropped.
You then play Alli or Eriksen beside him and start Janssen up top and we'll be a much greater attacking force.
You then play Alli or Eriksen beside him and start Janssen up top and we'll be a much greater attacking force.
Nope. Knee-jerk reaction is the only justification for this move. Dier was solid during his time and Kane wasn't given anything to work with. If anything, I'd stop playing Kane so far back and give us something to target in the box.
Janssen looked good but 30 good minutes against a few rusty players isn't enough to justify the switch.
Wouldn't you say his impressive performance against both Inter Milan and now Everton shows that it would be justified to actually start Janssen. Inter Milan was pre-season yes but an impressive pre-season was what saw Mason get a chance in the Spurs team a few years back.
Why not?
I'm in the pro camp. Wotcha on about?
It's not so much that I'm saying Janssen should be our leading man after two decent performances but rather that Dier and Wanyama as the double pivot doesn't work.
It was my fear ahead of the season and it's been proven correct - they are just too similar.
You are then left with the choice of which of the two are dropped and who plays alongside them. I think Alli or Eriksen in there would both work well. And it's pretty hard to justify keeping Janssen out of the team after the way he changed the game.
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