Modric, Bale, Lennon and Van der Vaart created plenty of chances in fact Modric was 3rd and Bale 4th overall in the premier league last season in the chances created stats, so I'm afraid you can't level that at him. Yes he could score more goals but then you would lose some of the creative element of his game, I'm afraid when its comes down to it his team mates have let him down by not converting the chances he creates !
You quote me as if you are disagreeing with what I have said. But you then go on to say things I agree with. I am not saying that I do not value Modric as a player. Look back over the posts which are critical of modric, and you will see how I look beyond direct assists. stating how he creates the openings for the other players to get the assists from. My criticisms of his play are only things that would see him be an even better player. Without question his finishing is not good enough. I do not expect him to change his role within the team, but at times he does not take the option to shoot when he should and when he does, it can be a pretty weak effort, with no power or craft to beat the keeper. So I stand firm on that and I can level that at him. Quoting stats is not enough for me, I like to judge the player on what I see, not fall into the statistical trap of proving what you are looking for.
As for signing another creative midfielder and saying to Modric Ok leave if you want because we don't need you, only David Silva and Juan Mata have a better record than Modric last season so where the f**k we are going to find someone for £25 million who can do a better job is beyond me ! Oh and Luca Man Ure want you, so do Chelski and Citeh who are all going to pay you three times as much money a week and you get to play Champions League and you won't have all the pressure of the team on you to create all the chances..... oh and one more thing you might just win a trophy or two !
I never said we would find another creative midfielder of that quality for 25 million. But if the team wants to be in control of who plays for us rather than the player having all the power, then we are going to need to change our policy. By making the first move we are saying we still have a vision, we are still aiming high and if Modric does not want to take responsibility for his part in us not being as success as we could have been, then we will try and find someone who will.
If you were Luca Modric what would you do ? I think you know the answer to that it goes without saying, it's a no brainer !!!
I know, that is my point. If we want Modric to think differently, we have to act differently.
Wake and smell what your shovelling, us not finishing 3rd and the fact that we are dragging our feet over 'Arry and players we are trying to sign says it all. Unless theres a major change in our transfer thinking (probably easier to move Everest shovel by shovel load than move Levy!!) then we are not going to be able to fight off the Big boys very long !!!!!!!
I don't need to wake up, I can smell it perfectly well thank you and I do not like it. If we want to be considered a big club we have to make some changes for how we approach things. I do not want us to go crazy and build a side that is not financially strong, too many clubs have suffered with this policy, but that does not mean we should not bring one or two top players to our club each and every season and strengthen the squad with good players as needed.
22 Replies
9651 Views