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re: Liverpool FC 2011/12 Season Thread
Posted on 4/29/12 at 12:53 am to BobbyGoulet
Posted on 4/29/12 at 12:53 am to BobbyGoulet
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maybe more than a spearing
Spearing's role isn't really to push up. He's a deep lying DM/distributor (ideally). When he is playing quality football, the team is much better. He can have a solid defensive presence and adequately push the ball forward to other mids/forwards. The only problem is that he is super inconsistent and rarely goes a full 90 without making a bonehead mistake. Still, he (and Lucas) bring something to the squad that nobody else can. Our midfield looked a little bit better today, but it was still pretty sloppy and wasteful. I would actually say we played worse today than we did against West Brom last weekend. Only real difference was that we converted our chances today.
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Posted on 4/29/12 at 12:58 am to LSUSOBEAST1
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Spearing's role isn't really to push up. He's a deep lying DM/distributor (ideally).
FWIW I think he's a pure defensive midfielder. His job is to sit deep, read play and make simple hard accurate passes to those on his team whose job is to create. He's a functional player and all teams need these, a team full of playmakers is most likely to never have the ball. The thing is, players who play this position at a high level have to be very consistent and learn when to move forward vs. sit back.
In my opinion Alex Song has become the best at this over the last 2 or 3 years in the EPL but Lucas is more than capable of doing the same.
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