EskWeston 696 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 And if Felipao elects to field two strikers, we could be seeing Sheva completely differently. When he played last season, he didn't do too bad a job of leading the line, but its clear he thrives off having an additional frontman - at Milan, during his peak, he had Inzaghi or another striker who took defenders away to give him space. Hopefully, he and Anelka can emulate the form they showed at their previous clubs respectively. Yup, Sheva, and Anelka and Drogba for that matter. All play better with a striker partner, it will be interesting to see if Scolari does give it a try playing 2 up top. Although like you said Sheva proved at times last season that he CAN play the lone role well enough, just not in the same way that Drogba does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Well, the lone role requires two things; a striker who is suited to that position, ie. tall and strong in the air, but also service from the wingers. Shevchenko's positional sense is not suited for the lone role, and he often drops back in a second-striker-esque fashion, leaving the wingers isolated. He prefers to be in and around the box, which is where he is at his most leathal. It doesn't take a genius to work out Sheva is a class act and with the right combination up front, we could see 20 goals or more, from him next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Well, the lone role requires two things; a striker who is suited to that position, ie. tall and strong in the air, but also service from the wingers. Shevchenko's positional sense is not suited for the lone role, and he often drops back in a second-striker-esque fashion, leaving the wingers isolated. He prefers to be in and around the box, which is where he is at his most leathal. It doesn't take a genius to work out Sheva is a class act and with the right combination up front, we could see 20 goals or more, from him next year. Well lets hope so, there a lot of questions surrounding our squad this season that we are waiting to be answered, one of those is most certainly, what role does Sheva have to play this season. With Drogba not involved hopefully we will get a good idea this pre season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 That's the thing, I don't think this pre-season will hold any answers at all. With a player like Drogba in the squad, you moreorless have to fit the rest of the team around that player. Without him on the tour, I suspect our style in the first PL game of the season will be considerably different to that of the style on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 That's the thing, I don't think this pre-season will hold any answers at all. With a player like Drogba in the squad, you moreorless have to fit the rest of the team around that player. Without him on the tour, I suspect our style in the first PL game of the season will be considerably different to that of the style on Wednesday. Doesn't sound like Drogs will be ready for the start of the Prem either... The 3 strikers we are currently working with have a real chance to put down a marker making it hard for Scolari to not pick them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Why the fuck, 5 users are viewing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 That's one hell of a bump.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Well it appears that both Sheva and Carvalho have left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 .....I don't understand why it was even bumped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,332 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Why the fuck, 5 users are viewing this?Better yet, why was you viewing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo 1,729 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 At first I thought Sheva has returned to solve our striker dilemma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James 5,344 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Was probably just bots crawling the forums, don't bump old topics again. closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 I know Fergy has brought back Scholes, but re-signing Riccy and Sheva is a bit extreme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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