I consider only attacking and holding midfielders as midfielders and other two as wingers alone..not as midfielders...As I've already spoken about holding midfielder in defense, I'll only be speaking about the attacking midfielders....
As a matter of fact, I don't like to see holding or attacking midfielders, I'd love to see two box to box midfielders complementing each other but which cannot be done at the top flight football as it has been clearly seen that Gerrard-Lampard(both absolutely brilliant box to box midfielders) cannot work together as they both have the tendancy to attack and leave gaps in the midfield which could prove fatal in terms of results.....
So now, coming to midfielders(box-box again), I'd want a midfielder to run his socks off, defend when there is a need to, give passes, create those runs which terrorize the defenders and ofcourse take a shot on goal whenever not cut down or give that decisive pass which would end up in a goal....Its not that easy as a midfielder to do all these, he should have complete vision in his head as to expect where his other team mates would be at any point of time and then to decide on that whether to pass it or run with it....they need to create spaces for the strikers by making runs which would pull the defenders away from the strikers and which would leave the strikers a clear shot on goal.....As a midfielder, its always important to give inch perfect pass during attack(especially when the team is attacking in numbers!!!!) since a wrong pass or an inappropriately weighed pass would lead to a terrible counter attack which could end up in a goal....I see a midfielders lifetime as just 6-8 years, after which he has to stick to one role, that is either attacking only or defending only since his tired legs would not permit him to go up and down the pitch with the same pace.....
I honestly would love to see more of box-box midfielders, though its hard to see new ones coming in this fast paced time where in you need a holding midfielder...but on the other side, I love that at present, holding midfielders are being brought up since this shows that the quality of attacking has increased and there is a great pressure as always on the defense which would improve the beautiful game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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