- Jul 17, 2008
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It struck me yesterday how much our requirements have changed and evolved over the past few seasons in regards to a holding midfielder.
We had been crying out for a "destroyer" for years, not really having one since Freund played for the club.
Then came along Winston Palacious and his brilliant NLD performance which had us all saying "this is the guy". However, his range of passing, or lack of let him down and with the terrible death of his brother he was never the same player, and we let him move on.
Now we have Parker, who as we know won the clubs player of the year last year. His energy and industry driving on Harrys team from deep, breaking up play and playing a simple pass. We have now moved on though and have Sandro, when fit to play the destroyer WITH another deep lying player. The problem is that player will need to be a passer, a creator from deep, who will also have the energy to get up and down the pitch.
This has left Parker doing a job he is not suited to, and it is affecting the teams performance. I would not be surprised to see him shipped out in the summer.
The question is who do you think will be the next midfield general in the next stage of our evolution?
We had been crying out for a "destroyer" for years, not really having one since Freund played for the club.
Then came along Winston Palacious and his brilliant NLD performance which had us all saying "this is the guy". However, his range of passing, or lack of let him down and with the terrible death of his brother he was never the same player, and we let him move on.
Now we have Parker, who as we know won the clubs player of the year last year. His energy and industry driving on Harrys team from deep, breaking up play and playing a simple pass. We have now moved on though and have Sandro, when fit to play the destroyer WITH another deep lying player. The problem is that player will need to be a passer, a creator from deep, who will also have the energy to get up and down the pitch.
This has left Parker doing a job he is not suited to, and it is affecting the teams performance. I would not be surprised to see him shipped out in the summer.
The question is who do you think will be the next midfield general in the next stage of our evolution?