There's been alot of abuse directed at our captain recently and to be honest it's sickening. This talk of him not being an attacking midfielder is nothing but sheer ignorance. Barry Ferguson is the best passer in the country no? That kinda makes him the most creative player in the country.
He's the most effective attacking midfielder in the league for fucks sake.....
I'm not having a go at Walter at all - i totally appreciate the way he's set out his stall this season. But watching Pirlo play against us at Hampden last year made me think....what if we gave Barry the Pirlo role? No tackling. No tracking back. No marking. No concern whatsoever except finding space and picking out those superstar passes. Thing is - it's all dependant on Gattusso - the headless chicken (as much as i love him) - running around like a maniac, throwing himself at everything, never going forward, only ever bothering to look up to pass to Pirlo. But we've got Thomson. Surely he's the perfect candidate? He'd need to work on his stamina levels but he's a already better player than Gattusso (technique wise).
Man Utd do pretty much the same with Carrick (you may have noticed him doing fuck all but pass it about recently) and have converted Scholes into a defensive mid as a result.
Makes sense to me but i'm kinda high right now - just found the forum by the way - looks fucking cool....
Amo