Re: **Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13**
Yes he tracks back, good. But he mainly plays in a front three with Bale and a striker. So thats three offensive players, if you have him doing the defensive work aswell then you have nothing going forward.
I have been to so many games where all he did was passing the ball back to midfield with no ideas. We need a player capable of taking the ball, coming inside, and taking a shot one. He cant do that.
i really have no idea what your footballing back ground is but you say stuff like you go to alot of games and that lennon does next to nothing defensively, then you say he tracks back 'good' like as thgough all footballers do that as urgently and as frequently as he does, which they do not. He is exceptional on the defensive end for an all out winger
then you display a total lack of appreciation to the formation we play......lennon does NOT play in a front three. he is a right winger in the midfield section of our set up....be it 4411 or 4231. if he played in a front three then he would be more a wing forward, (like your guy sturridge or his partner suarez) and their average starting positions are at least one or two zones higher up the pitch than lennons.....who is consistently seen in the deeper midfield section in comparison to those two.
sturridge and suarez also have the benefit of having an experienced delivery system that has played every single prem game , it goes by the name of gerrard...that allows them ample time to get use their skills at the far end of the attacking third. can you imagine how devastating lennon would be if we were set up like them? with him constantly 1 v 1 with the full back? rhere is no one is the league that can match up with lennon in that situation...NO ONE
and then you come back with more basic descriptions as to why lennon is a class below sturridge..saying that he passes back. If you can name me one time where where sturridge gets the ball DEEP on the midfield flank AND is double teamed but he STILL consistently beats the double team , cuts in and causes havoc then i'll give you what you are saying, until then ..when you next go to games...do me a favour and look out for the kind of supply lennon receives and what the shape of the opposition is like when he finally gets to the ball. i think you'll see a set up thats specifically designed to nullify our wing play...which they know works because we dont have the same supply or delivery system as other teams like united or pool or city.
your complaining about lennon cause he passes back when he gets double teamed after not getting the ball early to isolate him......when he doesnt have a corluka that wont crowd out his space and that can supply an incisive pass behind the full back......you go on to complain that because he doesnt cut in and shoot with his weaker foot from the right side that he is clearly not playing well then use sturridge as an example.......even though sturridge plays on the right side as a wing forward which totally aids him in cutting in and shooting on his STRONG side
honestly, i dont think its actually worth the comparison when the systems are different and the personell of each team is set up to allow certain players to flourish
