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I am talking about our sweeper, Helguera!
Easily Helguera's best performance of the year was in the match away to Barca, and in this game his role was 85% of the time as our sweeper.
Actually, he switched that with Hierro alot but still, it was a very impressive game by him.
Now, we all know that its unlikely we will resort to this kind of formation, except in certain tough matches where we need to secure the back first like last night.
so my question is where should we start to position Helguera in the future?
we had many discussions about this before, his Defensive Midfielder vs. Central Defender role (remember me and aurelie going at it?
) anyway, most of that discussion was based on whether Vieira joins or not, which is looking less likely now.
However, my point here is we need to really settle where we need Helguera moving forward regardless of who comes or who doesn't. He is a classy player and we need to utilize him well.
I still think he is a tad too slow to play in an-line defense. The way he got sent off in the Osasuna game was an example of how bad he could be exposed (though it was Hierro's mis-pass that was at fault).
But i also must agree that Makelele has been our most consistent player this year and should Vieira eventually come, Makelele must get his place on the field as well. It would be a shame if he didn't.
Also keep in mind that while Ivan has been shifted around alot this year and has in some cases under-performed, he still put in a blinder of a season last year at DMC and was then possibly our most consistent performer.
What do you think? Vote and comments please.
Easily Helguera's best performance of the year was in the match away to Barca, and in this game his role was 85% of the time as our sweeper.
Actually, he switched that with Hierro alot but still, it was a very impressive game by him.
Now, we all know that its unlikely we will resort to this kind of formation, except in certain tough matches where we need to secure the back first like last night.
so my question is where should we start to position Helguera in the future?
we had many discussions about this before, his Defensive Midfielder vs. Central Defender role (remember me and aurelie going at it?
However, my point here is we need to really settle where we need Helguera moving forward regardless of who comes or who doesn't. He is a classy player and we need to utilize him well.
I still think he is a tad too slow to play in an-line defense. The way he got sent off in the Osasuna game was an example of how bad he could be exposed (though it was Hierro's mis-pass that was at fault).
But i also must agree that Makelele has been our most consistent player this year and should Vieira eventually come, Makelele must get his place on the field as well. It would be a shame if he didn't.
Also keep in mind that while Ivan has been shifted around alot this year and has in some cases under-performed, he still put in a blinder of a season last year at DMC and was then possibly our most consistent performer.
What do you think? Vote and comments please.