A Thought On Ramos

[brasil_spur]

why continue to buy all these "promising" players

Bring in some quality and experience from Europe for less money

here, here, i'll second that, more experience definitley required.

 

[Wellspurs]

Are we sure he speaks English? I have read he does also that he has just started learning?

 

[alfiespurs]

does anyone else think getting a foreign coach will end the policy we've had of buying the best young british players?

be a shame if it did.

I personally hope it does .. so much for our English contingent .. Robbo,Jenas,Dawson ( I will not include the others.. as I think they do have potential).... Sorry forgot the biggest WASTE .. BENT !!!

 

[gibbs131]

Ramos plays a strict 4-4-2, with two strong holding players in central midfield (such as Christian Poulsen, Maresca, Renato, Marti) and two wide players who get down the line and put crosses in.

Now, what's immediately apparent is that we don't currently have the players for Ramos's favoured system. Huddlestone is the only holding CM we have. Jenas and K-P Boateng are box-to-box players, and Zokora and Tainio are a bit of everything but not orthodox holding CMs. As for wide players who go down the line and get crosses in rather than cutting inside, Lennon and Routledge (and young Danny Rose) are all we have. Jol didn't play Malbranque much on the right because he's pretty slow, whereas on the left he can cut inside. I suspect this means Bale will continue playing LM when he's fit again.

I also wouldn't be surprized if Ramos looks at Kaboul and sticks him in at CM. But wherever Kaboul plays, he has to learn some team discipline. He's a very talented player, but he doesn't know how to play any position yet - let's hope whoever our new coach is can change that.

As for signings - we don't need another striker. If Ramos has the power to dictate transfer policy, I would expect to see the likes of Christian Poulsen at the Lane.

Good post.

 

[alfiespurs]

why continue to buy all these "promising" players

Bring in some quality and experience from Europe for less money

Welll said !!! :clap:

 

[brasil_spur]

Are we sure he speaks English? I have read he does also that he has just started learning?

not sure it matters that much, Rafa didn't speak much (if any) english when he came, others were the same. if he only speaks a little english then he'll be able to learn quickly enough, plus if there is someone such as Poyet with him who can translate then it won't matter.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

I've just been on the Sevilla forum and they seem very pissed about Ramos leaving, they are saying we are thieving barbarians

 

[tommyt]

I've just been on the Sevilla forum and they seem very pissed about Ramos leaving, they are saying we are thieving barbarians

Can you post a link?

 

[DEFchenkOE]

http://www.andalunet.es/www0506/foro_nuevo/index.php?topic=14000.3960

I posted a simple question and the fans were quite abusive

 

[DoublePivot]

I've just been on the Sevilla forum and they seem very pissed about Ramos leaving, they are saying we are thieving barbarians

I'd rather be a thieving barbarian than a diving ****

 

[EmperorKabir]

http://www.andalunet.es/www0506/foro_nuevo/index.php?topic=14000.3960

I posted a simple question and the fans were quite abusive

that's continenatls for ya. sorry to generalise.

i also heard that ramos doesn't speak much english.

i saw we get ramos in as assistant to mourinho.

 

[joey55]

Ramos plays a strict 4-4-2, with two strong holding players in central midfield (such as Christian Poulsen, Maresca, Renato, Marti) and two wide players who get down the line and put crosses in.

Now, what's immediately apparent is that we don't currently have the players for Ramos's favoured system. Huddlestone is the only holding CM we have. Jenas and K-P Boateng are box-to-box players, and Zokora and Tainio are a bit of everything but not orthodox holding CMs. As for wide players who go down the line and get crosses in rather than cutting inside, Lennon and Routledge (and young Danny Rose) are all we have. Jol didn't play Malbranque much on the right because he's pretty slow, whereas on the left he can cut inside. I suspect this means Bale will continue playing LM when he's fit again.

I also wouldn't be surprized if Ramos looks at Kaboul and sticks him in at CM. But wherever Kaboul plays, he has to learn some team discipline. He's a very talented player, but he doesn't know how to play any position yet - let's hope whoever our new coach is can change that.

As for signings - we don't need another striker. If Ramos has the power to dictate transfer policy, I would expect to see the likes of Christian Poulsen at the Lane.

Good post and I've actually just said something similar in another thread. Basically we don't have the players to play "Ramos" football, but also that Comolli doesn't have a past that suggests he and Ramos have a great deal in common in terms of types of players. Which raises that question, is Ramos the man Comolli wants? For our system to work effectively i think it is imperative that the coach and Sporting Director have the same vision and looking at the pasts of the two men, i don't really see that with Comolli and Ramos. The whole point of the Director of Football system is that when a new coach comes in it isn't neccessary to make wholesale changes, yet I think Ramos would need to bring in at least 4 or 5 players to play how he wants to.