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The English Premier League Discussion Thread

Sir Didier Drogba

Head Official
kp40;3577563 said:
Park was very underrated, he played an important role in big games.

Btw, Sunderland management made a right call to sack Di Canio early ... Also I'm surprised by Stoke form thus far ...
Yeah but by replacing him with Poyet they may have made exactly the same mistake..... admittedly a great result this weekend.
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
kp40;3577563 said:
Park was very underrated, he played an important role in big games.

Btw, Sunderland management made a right call to sack Di Canio early ... Also I'm surprised by Stoke form thus far ...

If Park was underrated and played an important role in big games, then what's bad with "turning Kagawa into the next Park"? I don't see your point. Anyway, Park turned out to be a good player I think. He was the best asian player at some point. I don't see Park as a flop or a failure. He played well for someone who was playing in the Erevedisie before and who costed 4 millions. Kagawa is doing a great job in that left midfield job so far, better than players like Young or Nani.
 

ShiftyPowers

Make America Great Again
It's been said here before, but Rooney should be the one out wide. He is better at the role and offers much more defense going back, while in all honesty he isn't better (or at least not much better) than Kagawa in his favored AMC position.
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
Rooney plays more as a second striker these days, not really AMC but he drops back a lot. We are essentially playing mostly 4-4-1-1. Problem with playing Kagawa as AMC is that he can't head the ball and can't shoot from distance. For Man Utd if he is playing behind the striker, he should be able to head the ball and shoot from distance because we play a lot on the wings and score a lot from headers.
 

Sir Didier Drogba

Head Official
To do anything other than play RvP as out and out striker with Rooney as supporting striker is madness, if Kagawa wants to play he has to fit around that.
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
Rooney doesn't like playing as a winger and if he plays out of position, he'll get angry, will want to leave, will get frustrated and will get red cards. He wanted to leave last season because he played 1 or 2 games out of position, in central midfield even though he said that on twitter at some point:

 

Sir Didier Drogba

Head Official
Haha yeah. Honestly, he has the skillset to be a great central midfielder, but it is too late now - a striker and goal scorer/creator is what he is and always will be. It is up to him to make sure he remains fit enough to play this role effectively. if you want a proper CM, sell Kagawa and buy De Rossi rather than trying to change Rooney.
 

Sir Didier Drogba

Head Official
Here is David Moyes' 2014/15 Man Utd first XI in full:

Tim Howard
Phil Neville - Rio Ferdinand - Ryan Shawcross - Leighton Baines
Fellaini - Charlie Adam
Nani - Rooney - Scott Sinclair
Adebayor
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
I hope he or Woodland learns how to sign top players because otherwise, the team may well look like that. Ok I am exaggerating. The next transfer windows may be better because he knows the team better and knows what we are missing. If he was able to purchase players like Arteta, Baines or Fellaini and develop them while he was Everton, there is no reason why he won't be able to continue that at United.
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
In the EPL, its difficult to score from low crosses because there are always big, tall defenders who clear them. EPL is just more physical. Low crosses get blocked time and time again.
 


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