Essential tinkering

Caligula · October 1, 2006

I think the vast majority of us know that the current rotation policy is not the path to Premiership glory. Time and again the team looks out of sorts and has a lack of awareness. The midfield and the strikers look like they have never played together before. Yes, sometimes, you need to bring in fresh legs but if players can't do 2 games in a week then our fitness regime is obviously failing.

Stevie is looking more and more disillusioned with every game. He is not a left winger, he is not a right winger. He is the best central midfield player in the country and probably Europe. But can he get a game there? Not a chance while the golden boy, Alonso, or Mr. 10% pass completion keep getting the nod. My prediction is that Stevie will leave at Christmas or next May.

Anyway, the essential tinkering that I was on about is as follows.

Drop Reina to see if he can find some confidence, play Stevie in the middle and drop either Alonso or Sissoko ( neither are doing the job at the moment ), Start with Gonzales on the left and Kuyt and Crouch up front. Bring Robbie back to the bench and let Bellamy taste life in the stiffs for a while.

Stick with the same team for 4 games and see if our form comes back. I have a feeling it probably would.

October 1, 2006

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