Shearer 124 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Having been at every home game and watched every away game this year, i do believe that Barry Ferguson doesnt follow tactics. He is a great player, with so much ability which has been proven with his European performances and his desire in scotland.My problem however with Ferguson, is the fact that he wants to do everything himself. Its been like this ever since he came back from Blackburn. He simply doesnt trust his defence and wont let Clemant play the holding/defensive midfield role he has been asked to play.As much effort as he is putting in, it leaves huge gaps in our team. In the centre of the park we have no link up play with our strikers, this is where Ferguson should be. Instead we have him taking the ball off our center backs and then carrying it forward, which leaves Clement standing next to him. Do we really need two holding midfielders?Whats your thoughts on this? Personally i think it really gives us very few attacking options as we can only use the wings, teams realise this and it means we cant get the ball into the box. We then have our strikers coming out of position so we have any chance to do something wtih the ball, then it gets into the box and there is no one there.We need a defensive midfielder and an attacking midfielder, Ferguson needs to trust his fellow players and push up the park. Too often this season we have lost 2-1 or drawn 1-1 simply due to lack of chances. We should be hammering Saint Mirren and Cally Thistle 4-0!Whats your thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 762 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Well its gonig to be interesting today how we cope with Barry ferguson not in the middle of the park anyway.Its also going to be interesting what PLG says after the game.I dont like the 2 holding midfielder role either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiper 0 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I'd agree with everything you have said. Too many times BF has carried the ball forward from our defenders. Then our strikers are having to go wide to get the ball meaning there's usually only one striker in the box.That's why I have enjoyed seeing Buffel play for us this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 56,378 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 My problem however with Ferguson, is the fact that he wants to do everything himself. Steven Gerrard wants to and tries to do everything for Liverpool and gets praised for it. Wanting to do all you can for the team is no bad thing and IMO Ferguson has a reason to be like that, especially when you look at the dross playing at the back for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer 124 Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 My problem however with Ferguson, is the fact that he wants to do everything himself.Steven Gerrard wants to and tries to do everything for Liverpool and gets praised for it. Wanting to do all you can for the team is no bad thing and IMO Ferguson has a reason to be like that, especially when you look at the dross playing at the back for us. The problem though is that we arent playing well because of the way he plays. He is our attacking midfielder and he isnt doing that job, i think he is a great player but the team is suffering because he refuses to play the role he has been asked to.Today we saw alot more of Clement, he had a very good game along side Rae (although Rae did go out the game in the second half) If Ferguson would allow Clement to see more of the ball, it would greatly benefit the team. Instead he plays too deep but doesnt tackle, Rae covered the ride side of the midfield and got forward more.Im in no way saying Rae is a better play, we all know that ferguson is the better player but he isnt playing for the good of the team. He isnt getting forward and when he covers back he doesnt put in tackles, Le Guen has realised this along with the fact Ferguson has been ripping into his team mates. It would be fair enough if he was allowing the other players to see more of the ball and getting into attacking positions but he simply isnt doing that which is part of the reason the rest of the team are playing so badly.Does anyone else think that was one of clements best games for the club? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadaready 9,437 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 If he was ignoring tactics he wouldn't have been on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer 124 Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 If he was ignoring tactics he wouldn't have been on the pitch. Thats why he wasnt on the pitch today! There is no way PLG wants him taking the ball off of our defenders 25 yards from our own goal. PLG has stated Ferguson wasnt doing what he wanted him to do and because of that he has been dropped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davie_bluenose 20 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Barry Ferguson is the only one who takes responsibilty at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,303 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 "We need a defensive midfielder and an attacking midfielder, Ferguson needs to trust his fellow players and push up the park. Too often this season we have lost 2-1 or drawn 1-1 simply due to lack of chances. We should be hammering Saint Mirren and Cally Thistle 4-0"Fergie and Novo have to do the tracking back since Adam and Sionko are not able or willing to do so and results have shown Clement cannot do it on his own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianGer 1 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I know a lot of Scotland fans who think that BF sits much too deep, letting the opposition press too close to the Scotland penalty area, and then is slow at bringing the ball forward and opening up the opposition.Personally, I think it is very hard to get a real sense of what BF can do watching him play in our current team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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