Defending as a team has nothing to do with stopping a team from conceding goals. You obviously know that. That fool over there was equating the task of stopping a team from conceding goals, to only the defence and a keeper defending in an 11 man side. Which was never what I did or said even.
His job is to win the ball back and neutralize the opponents attacking midfielders. So that his back four has only striker and winger to deal with and no one else. Which is the shielding that the role is supposed to do. It's that simple.
Excellent point
No it's not. I said that its the sole responsibility of a defence and back four to stop goals being conceded. Simply defining their chief role on a football pitch. Nothing else. You however said that's bollocks because I'm allegedly saying "only the back four and the keeper defend"
. So who's fecking responsibility is it then? And don't you dare come up with the bollocks that it's the job of of the entire team. Because it isn't. Or every outfield player would be called a defender. Yes. In your warped version of reality. In the real world. The keeper and defenders ensure have a job which is to ensure no goals are conceded. While the rest of the team, especially the holding midfielder, simply help out defensively. To make their job easier. But this is all too hard a concept for your brain to grasp.
Because Ferguson has realised that on current form Fletcher is better than Hargreaves. But of course you know better than Fergie.
FFS.
Who is the main line of defence. The team or the defenders and the keeper?FFS.
Irony is beyond his understanding
FFS...that was not even a serious post.
PreciselyI have already stated on the match day thread that Carrick is likely to start against Liverpool
Lizard was just being his spastic self as always. The likes of Essien, Keane, Gerrard and even Makelele have played at right back. Its probably because they arent world class too
No it's not. I said that its the sole responsibility of a defence and back four to stop goals being conceded. Simply defining their chief role on a football pitch. Nothing else. You however said that's bollocks because I'm allegedly saying "only the back four and the keeper defend"
Yes. In your warped version of reality. In the real world. The keeper and defenders ensure have a job which is to ensure no goals are conceded. While the rest of the team, especially the holding midfielder, simply help out defensively. To make their job easier. But this is all too hard a concept for your brain to grasp.
FFS...that was not even a serious post. I have already stated on the match day thread that Carrick is likely to start against Liverpool
Lizard was just being his spastic self as always. The likes of Essien, Keane, Gerrard and even Makelele have played at right back. Its probably because they arent world class too
The moment you said that it is nonsense for the main job of the defence and Keeper to be that of stopping a team from conceding goals, was the moment you claimed it as someone else responsibility. There are no two ways about it.
Which was you being stupid as usual. I have not said only the defence and Keeper should defend. I simply said it was their job to stop goals being
Which is what is said. They have no other responsibilty on the pitch.
Thanks for stating the fecking obvious. No thanks for claiming I suggested that. For I never did. Nor will I ever
Yes. He was pointing out how stupid such comments all were. This was clearly lost on you.But yet it was an excellent point.
They had no injury problems when he played right back against us. Or against Valencia in the champions league
So you want to tell me someone reducing the difficulty of your main job, at work, stops it being your sole responsibility?
Actually he used to play it for tactical reasons. Because he was amazing in the role, giving Chelsea an extra attacking dimension from deep, at the beginning of the second half or just late in games. . . It only became a bit permanent when injuries set in.
I think what happened tonight was hard for them to be honest. They appear to have taken Fergie's decision as a personal insult.
