Transfer Tweets - Summer 2015 | Stop Spamming - Discussion Should Relate to Tweets

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That was in a double pivote under Heynckes. Ever since Pep took over he's been back in CM. On the odd occasion he does play single-pivote, it's because preferred options in that specific role are unavailable.

Even Guardiola said in the recent book following him that he only employed Bastian in DM when he needed a man-marker against an elite player, or else he put Lahm, Alonso, Martinez or even Thiago there because they "see between the lines" better.

Hard for me to respond to this post when you contradict yourself like this. No offence meant, I just find it confusing.

All I can say is that the vast majority of the times I have seen Schweinsteiger play in recent years, for Germany and for Bayern, he has been used as a defensive midfielder similar to how we play Carrick.
 

Laporta is interested bringing in Bernardo Silva or Pogba in January.
 
Who the feck is that? Have you even bothered to look at his account? Completely nobody by the looks of it. Also saying Madrid are getting Lewandowski and Reus.

Have a day off

You're talking about the Luca guy, right?

He has 6,000 followers, hardly believable, if you ask me.
 
Agreed but then he could list his grievance in a more civil manner no?

That's @StanleyCupboard for you, though. Just keep posting, and ignore the nature of his comments. Although I'd be wary of posting garbage like that Ramos tweet, as it's caused a mini meltdown based on some self proclaimed expert's opinion.
 
Yeah agree on that. We must do some quick checking before posting though not always possible
I'm pretty sure it takes a matter of minutes to have a quick glance at his timeline / number of followers etc.
Anyway these kind of tweets were always going to pop up after the Ramos pic from yesterday, it's understandable people get caught out.
 
I'm pretty sure it takes a matter of minutes to have a quick glance at his timeline / number of followers etc.
Anyway these kind of tweets were always going to pop up after the Ramos pic from yesterday, it's understandable people get caught out.
Yeah, but occasional slip-ups happen. That Real Madrid account usually doesn't quote unknown accounts either.
 
Hard for me to respond to this post when you contradict yourself like this. No offence meant, I just find it confusing.

All I can say is that the vast majority of the times I have seen Schweinsteiger play in recent years, for Germany and for Bayern, he has been used as a defensive midfielder similar to how we play Carrick.

Bayern play with a pivote, primarily. That role is one of midfield organisation and reading the game between opposition lines to break the lines with incisive passing.

What I posted was quite simple. Positionally, Pep only employs Bastian as the deepest player when a player like Messi needs to be man-marked out the game. It's not for his organisational abilities, hence why others are preferred in that position ahead of him. (again, see Lahm, Alonso, et al). The single pivote position isn't, by design, a defensive role in itself. It is an organising role, even offensive, since he's the one who circulates the play and picks holes in opposition's midfield.

There's no contradiction to what I said at all. Bastian plays deepest for Pep only when there's a man-marking approach to an opposition player, which is rare. Otherwise, he's more advanced than the aforementioned players.
 


I've read de Telegraaf's article, no quotes at all. They aren't very reliable either, it's a national newspaper compareable to the Daily Mail. I've yet to see them be right about a transfer, however they might know people close to van Persie but that's clutching at straws. No mentions in Voetbal International of this and they are the most credible source in Holland, I'll post anything from there if they also mention it.
 
Silva would be best off staying at Monaco for a while yet.

Agreed, all the young players should stay, Monaco has always been a perfect club for them, the club always wants to win but put little presser on the players.
 
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