Mesüt wrote:At work so can't really be bothered right now but disagree again on Vieira, man was heavily involved in our attacking play, completely different to Kante.
Tbh it's fairly pointless comparing players because they may have some similarities but they've all got their own style which is what makes them great. If we could get someone like Vieira again then I wouldn't give a f**k what we call him tbh.
Agreed Vieira was a box to box type who leaned more on power than getting into shooting positions like Gerrard and Kante is a Carrielo/Shuttler more like Makelele who does all of his work inside his own half, Vieira would operate from picking the ball up from whatever ball winning defensive midfielder he was paired with, Petit or Gilberto and power forward but also a great tackler himself.
On topic i think we need a player like Nainggolan or Milinkovic-Savic for that b2b or Roaming Playmaker role, someone with some pace and strong to be paired alongside a Kante style defensive minded player like Ndidi, Kondogbia or Kessie etc, i saw Ndombele mentioned somewhere else here who would also be a good fit.
Jean Michael-Seri is a option but is weak and does not differ much from Ramsey.
If we signed N'Zonzi or William Carvalho we would be in the same position as we are with Xhaka, DLPs don't fit the English game anymore because they are so stationary, i'm not convinced either would be a upgrade.
A DLP however would work if we played 3 in midfield with a DLP behind, in front of the defence, in the centre it does not fit imo.
like this...
--------------------Poacher----------------
Inside Forward---------Advanced Playmaker
---------BWM------------B2B-------------------
--------------------DLP------------------------------
WB--------CD----------CD----------------WB
---------------------GK-----------------------------
DLPs worked alongside Vieira because he was just a machine, good at everything.
We also played with Petit/Gilberto further back, Vieira in the middle and Bergkamp deeper, not isometrical.