This!!!In a 352 both should start. Dembele for his physicality and ability to keep hold of the ball and Winks for his tenacity, passing and progressive play. They’re a good foil for each other. However, with Dembele being a perma-crock, I’d go 433 and play Dier, Winks and Eriksen in a 3 - holding, passer, creative. With Alli and Son floating and Kane up top.
Agree! Probably why we were looking at Gomes from Barca.It's for this reason that I think he'll be allowed to leave and there's another player or two in that category IMO.
It's for this reason that I think he'll be allowed to leave and there's another player or two in that category IMO.
Right at this moment it appears:
Dembele- Is on the decline,with his lack of goals/assists was he ever really good enough to anchor a team to win the league I doubt it.
Winks- For all his improvement and potential is he currently good enough to anchor a team to win league I doubt it. Could he replace fernandinho for city debatable. As that’s the comparable player in a single pivot CM.
Possibly harsh on both but right now I think we are caught in the middle and neither is quite at right point to be a commanding CM in a title winning team.
Horses for courses. There is a reason why pretty much every player who's played with and against Dembele rates him as one of the best, however Winks offers something completely different and is on the incline in his development.
I agree with the assessment but really think we have played our best when dropping 2 in CM. Playing Winks by himself has been a switch due to injuries IMO. The temporary answer may be to go back to the 4-2-3-1 with Dier alongside Winks, depending on Dembele's fitness.
Not even really a contest now is it?
Dembele has looked truly awful since last injury. Single pivot NLD Leicester our 2 worst games. Sorry to say is now a liability in the most crucial area of the pitch. No idea what’s happened maybe just one to manyinjuries.touches.