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 14/05/2008, 10:12 AM
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Mook
Joined on 20/08/2003
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Re: Ashton to United? (Manchester, that is)
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 Shack Attack wrote: |
| Fellas wrote: |
No it's fine to ask, everyone has opinions. I generally think Man U really need an actual striker/forward to lead the line. Currently Man U are superb on the break and in one-on-one situations but they lack height for crosses and direct style play. Ashton would add another dimension to their game. Not only can he act as the striker and target they need up front but he is superb on the floor with his distrobution and being able to play direct to him with his ability to place the ball to the likes of tevez, rooney and ronaldo would make them very formiable. To be honest I though wenger might have bought him at the start of the season (if he wasn't injured) but in adebayor they have found a player of the same type and pedigree.
Currently I think ashton is a bit unfit, a bit overweight and slow but mr. furgeson has a great knack of getting players to reach the 100% (ala carrick and hardgreaves this season). I really think Ashton is a special player, and the most talented player I've seen at this club in my 11 or so years of going to matches.
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Cheers Fellas, I see your point but not having a traditional centre forward to lead the line doesn't seem to have done them too much harm this season!
The thing with Uniteds latest system is that they have three forwards who can play anywhere in the final third and are continually rotating. So sometimes you get Ronaldo up front with Rooney and Tevez on the wings and the next minute Rooney has moved into the centre and the other two are providing the width. I guess that the thinking behind such a system is that it makes it difficult to assign a man marker to Uniteds most dangerous players as you never know where they are going to pop up next. As good a player as Ashton is, and I rate him very highly, I can't see him fitting that system as he prefers to play straight through the middle. I think Fabio Capello was trying a similar system in the recent friendly with France with Gerrard, Joe Cole and Rooney as the front three. Unfortunately Gerrard isn't as good as Ronaldo and Joe Cole doesn't have the work rate of Tevez so it didn't really work.
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Agree with everything you say here, Shack, except I don't think it's Cole's work rate that separates him from Tevez.
I think it's more that, once Cole has controlled the ball with his knee, taken it three paces down the line and performed 3 stepovers plus a dragback, he ends up playing the same pass that Tevez would have done, but just 20 seconds later! Thus the counter attack is ended...
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19/05/2008, 7:01 PM
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Duffman
 
Joined on 02/03/2006
Duff Land ooh yeah
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Re: Ashton to United? (Manchester, that is)
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Dean Ashton could be on his way across London with Tottenham the latest
club to be linked with the £15m-rated West Ham striker. (Daily Mail,
1022 BST)
I like the sound of this much better.
15% of 7.75million is a tidy figure. Go on Deano, you know you dont wanna sign a new contract.
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19/05/2008, 8:04 PM
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Lappin = Ronaldinho
Joined on 20/07/2005
Norwich - Eaton
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Re: Ashton to United? (Manchester, that is)
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| Big Yellow wrote: |
| BigFish wrote: | | Can't see him getting in the team, myseslf. |
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I could, did you see the goal he scored against United? It was an amazing overhead kick.
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i could aswell not just because of that goal but he is man u quality. on many occations this season he has saved west ham, they will probably sell for anything over 15 mill,
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