Lineker's Left Foot Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 I just want to take my hat off and say 'Well done Danny, you rammed the words back down my throat!" I've normally been critical of him, but yesterday's effort was fantastic and he looks more accomplished in the central midfield. One incident I can remember is when we were sitting back and Palace were just passing it around on the edge of our area. Nobody was moving, but straight away Tiatto steamed in, got the ball and set up a good attack !! Well done Danny, you can have more of my support if you play more like that !! Tia, Tia, Tiatto, Tiatto, Tiatto, Tia, Tia, Tiatto, Tia, Tiatto (to the chorus part of 'I am the music man'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 He's been better in the middle than on the left wing, and he's been better in the middle than Mr Useless himself, Johnson. Keep him there for now. Good solution until Weso is match fit. Now... what to do about Hughes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 I thought he was good in the centre against Inter Milan. And he was a lot better than usual yesterday, so I'd play him there from now often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildave3 Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 He played very well in the centre. Picked up everything, ran after everything. Keep him there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 His game is more suited to a cm than it is to a lw. So, let's keep him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 You can't have him and Hughes. There's not enough goals in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wils Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 He looked so much better there,he actually challenges for headers and wins the ball unlike Johnson. I think now that Welsh is here and Porter he will struggle to get in down the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 You can't have him and Hughes. There's not enough goals in it. Porter is the answer. :thumbsup: Keep Welsh on the left, stick Porter in the middle. Pretty miniture midfield, but I'm sure they can do a job. More of one that Hughes anyhoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 You can't have him and Hughes. There's not enough goals in it. That's where the wingers come into play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildave3 Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 Porter is the answer. :thumbsup: Keep Welsh on the left, stick Porter in the middle. Pretty miniture midfield, but I'm sure they can do a job. More of one that Hughes anyhoo. I agree. I'm sure Levi would do ok in middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gist Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 You can't have him and Hughes. There's not enough goals in it. Whoever we play in the middle won't get us goals. I thought Tiatto was good there yesterday but I wouldn't chose him over a fit weso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 yeah he seemed to have that extra urgency to get the ball and is much better in the centre than johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagine that Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 yeah he seemed to have that extra urgency to get the ball and is much better in the centre than johnson Perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 Whoever we play in the middle won't get us goals. I thought Tiatto was good there yesterday but I wouldn't chose him over a fit weso. Of course, Weso is the CM we'd rather have. But for now, Tiatto is fit and Weso is not. Play Tiatto for 70 minutes, then replace him with Weso to help him get some match fitness. Repeat for a few games and see where it leads us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 Of course, Weso is the CM we'd rather have. But for now, Tiatto is fit and Weso is not. Play Tiatto for 70 minutes, then replace him with Weso to help him get some match fitness. Repeat for a few games and see where it leads us. Spot on. Would still rather have them playing alongside Williams than Hughes, but no-one knows how long he'll be out for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 That's where the wingers come into play. And which winger scores goals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefoxtim Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 And which winger scores goals? We don't really have any goalscoring wingers which makes it more important for our wingers to be creative for our front men. Low has good crossing ability but for some reason yesterday all he did was lose the ball when trying to dribble past the whole team. JUST CROSS THE ****ER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 And which winger scores goals? Max Gradel. Andy Welsh scored one for us last season, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 I don't think Levi would be cut out to play centre mid. I like Tiatto playing there and Welsh playing on the left. Once Williams is back we might have a decent central midfield pairing. Does anybody know how long he's out for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 I don't think Levi would be cut out to play centre mid. I like Tiatto playing there and Welsh playing on the left. Once Williams is back we might have a decent central midfield pairing. Does anybody know how long he's out for? Why's that?. If I were a winger or centre-forward at Leicester I cannot imagine anyone I'd sooner have as attacking midfielder. And if you saw how he dictated play for the reserves from last Christmas onwards, you might have considered him excellent in that role. Indeed when Hammond, O'Grady and Dodds played they had a field day feeding off Porter's promptings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 My take on it is this: Tiatto's a bit of a Robbie Savage in central midfield - lots of running about but not quite enough solidity to be the holding midfielder and not enough quality on the ball to be the attacking one. So in the MON era we had Lennon holding, Izzet given licence to attack and Savage running around in the middle like a madman harassing the opposition and winning the ball for the likes of Lennon, Izzet and Guppy to create chances from. That's simplifying it but that was the general formula. I'm not sure I'd be convinced by Tiatto in a holding role, I don't think he has the discipline or distribution to do it effectively. Of course, he's replaced Johnson in the middle so for now he looks like a worldbeater. I think he'd be found wanting on a longer-term basis. For now he's fine though and he won't be with us this time next year (as for Johnson, who knows...) so it's hopefully a case of grooming Weso to play in the holding role and in my opinion sign an effective attacking midfielder who we can rely on to stay fit, score goals and put in the effort week in week out (can you guess who I'm having a sly dig at here?) Of course 3-5-2 could solve a lot of problems but there's more chance of finding intelligent life in Coventry. Although they're both a bit on the titchy side, Tiatto and Porter might work fairly well. I don't think it'll ever happen but I still could envisage it working - we look most dangerous going through the middle, setting our strikers running at opposition defenders or playing through balls beyond the last man for them to run on to (this suits Fryatt, Hume and Hammond - they will never attack crosses well enough to suit playing with flying wingers.) If Porter can live up to the hype then his direct attacking style and supposed brilliance at clever passing would be ideal. We are effective enough at the moment but that's just how I think we can play to our strengths a bit more than relying on Welsh and Low to deliver non-existent crosses to non-existent targetmen because Tiatto and Hughes haven't got the quality to support the attack from central midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 My take on it is this: Tiatto's a bit of a Robbie Savage in central midfield - lots of running about but not quite enough solidity to be the holding midfielder and not enough quality on the ball to be the attacking one. So in the MON era we had Lennon holding, Izzet given licence to attack and Savage running around in the middle like a madman harassing the opposition and winning the ball for the likes of Lennon, Izzet and Guppy to create chances from. That's simplifying it but that was the general formula. I'm not sure I'd be convinced by Tiatto in a holding role, I don't think he has the discipline or distribution to do it effectively. Of course, he's replaced Johnson in the middle so for now he looks like a worldbeater. I think he'd be found wanting on a longer-term basis. For now he's fine though and he won't be with us this time next year (as for Johnson, who knows...) so it's hopefully a case of grooming Weso to play in the holding role and in my opinion sign an effective attacking midfielder who we can rely on to stay fit, score goals and put in the effort week in week out (can you guess who I'm having a sly dig at here?) Of course 3-5-2 could solve a lot of problems but there's more chance of finding intelligent life in Coventry. Although they're both a bit on the titchy side, Tiatto and Porter might work fairly well. I don't think it'll ever happen but I still could envisage it working - we look most dangerous going through the middle, setting our strikers running at opposition defenders or playing through balls beyond the last man for them to run on to (this suits Fryatt, Hume and Hammond - they will never attack crosses well enough to suit playing with flying wingers.) If Porter can live up to the hype then his direct attacking style and supposed brilliance at clever passing would be ideal. We are effective enough at the moment but that's just how I think we can play to our strengths a bit more than relying on Welsh and Low to deliver non-existent crosses to non-existent targetmen because Tiatto and Hughes haven't got the quality to support the attack from central midfield. Bremner and Giles were pretty small in Leeds old midfield and that side kept the ball so long sometimes they hypnotised the opposition and were able to walk the ball in. Awesome they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Fox Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 I've said all along that he is good in the middle and it would work for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 Bremner and Giles were pretty small in Leeds old midfield and that side kept the ball so long sometimes they hypnotised the opposition and were able to walk the ball in. Awesome they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_jme Posted 22 October 2006 Share Posted 22 October 2006 Definitely better in the middle for us than out on the left wing. And also better in the middle for us than J*hns*n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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