No es mala idea, es buen pasador. Mucho mejor que Torrado y mas tactico. Tambien gana balones por arriba. ---------------------Ochoa------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- -----Rojas-------Galindo/Magallon------Cervantes/Moreno-------Guti------ --------------------------------------------------- ----------------I. Castro--------Marquez---------------- --------------------------------------------------- ------------Giovanni----------------------------Guardado------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- --------------Vela-----------------Nery/Bofo/Mendivil----------- Rojas y Guti son rapidos para que se combinen en la banda con Gio y Guardado. subs Arellano Barrera Pacheco Noriega
I havent watched the Gold Cup matches, but I hear that they are starting to switch to a 4-3-3 Gio, Vela, and some other shit striker up top Rafa with two center mids in front of him and then a back line of 4 Rafa can direct the entire team from the d-mid spot Rafa doesnt need speed when you have the sense of positioning that he has, he always knows where he needs to be so he doesnt need speed to make up for a lack of positioning. I think Mexico needs Rafa as the d-mid in a 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1, however Carillo wants to utilize it. If he is the Kaiser de Michoacan how he is known, they might as well give him the freedom to roam the field where he feels he needs to be or where to dictate the circulation of the ball and so on.
----------------------Ochoa---------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------Magallon--------Galindo-------Cervantes-------Moreno------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------Giovanni--------------Marquez---------------Guardado--------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------Nery--------------(Tronco)--------------Vela------------- Tall ass tronco defense, means they have to stay and defend and can't push up since they are not very fast. But that height would give an advantage in favor for set pieces and in defense since most of concacrap tries to bunker and beat Mexico on headers. A defense of 4 that stays back would also relieve some of the defensive duties Gio and Guardado have to do to help out Marquez. Pick your tronco target forward I. Castro over Magallon if he doesn't get in rythim.
Gives me an idea ..................Corona .?..............?.........?...........? .................Marquez ........I Castro........Guardado Gio/Nery.........................Vela ..................? Gio is a winger, not a central mid, a center mid, gives and goes, he directs the ball where it needs to be, Gio just sorta gets it and thinks he is Messi or Ronaldinho circa 2005. Guardado can play that central spot, he gets the ball and has the capability to play the ball in an effective area, and he aint no punk either and the sidebacks need to be side backs, not central defenders maybe a back line of Osorio, Galindo, Moreno, Salcido (just in theory)
I know this may sound vague but it is not made up. I saw him play in the mid position in some game last year and it wasn't very successful. he seemed too pressured and didn't have enough time to execute his nice long passes. Do not get me wrong I love the guys skills but I don't think he is meant for the mid. He is a defender for a reason right?
I guess by speed I mean response and agility. But maybe I am confusing what a d mid should do with what an attacking mid should do.
A d mid cuts off passing angles from the opposition, it wins loose balls in the mid, tough tackler, enforcer, and a huge plus if he has technique and is able to direct the ball to the entire team.
i think what it comes down to is if rafa plays d-mid, would it be worth it to have someone else play cb.
Yes because we have a lot of options at CB and the mid is what looks like crap with Mexico, Rafa should be able to organize the whole team from the mid. Guardado and Gio are good at defending and are fast they should also be able to help Rafa if he gets passed in speed.
of course, Galindo and Moreno seem to be more then competent to handle the cb spots with Rafa playing d mid Mexico I think would benefit from using a 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1 than a 4-4-2. A 4-4-2 does not benefit Mexico's style of play and in reality it is a waste of space to have 2 center mids who have no sense of distribution and side mids who are not faster than their defenders. Not to mention forwards who freakin suck. A 4-3-3/4-1-4-1 would stretch the opposing team out further and a central midfield with Guardado, I Castro and Rafa would make better use of their passing options than Torrado and Pardo in a 4-4-2 where all our attacking options are usually left isolated up top or at the sidelines.
so then the question is, why hasn´t it been done? i would really like to see rafa at d-mid, since our d-mids have been playing bad. i think rafa would also fit in better destroying and recovering in the midfield than the other options.
Because coaches have not had the time to experiment and implement a system. Sometimes I think BS poster make better formations and have better insight than the coaching staff. Mexico has gone from 5-3-2 3-5-2 to 4-4-2 which Mexico can't play well with.
Because I haven't been appointed Technical Director yet. I dont get why a 4-4-2 has been pushed onto Mexico. Is it the Europeanization of Mexican soccer post 2006. (My best guess) It has backfired so much, its not even funny. We switched to a 4-2-3-1 for the Copa America , worked well I think. Then Sven tried to revert to it, and failed again. But our shortcomings go further than tactics though. Plus I think Galindo and Moreno have been fighting injuries and have never been fit at the same time in the past year or 2.
so then is it worth to have rafa play d-mid instead and have say, magallon, maza, dueñas, lopez(although hes injured as well), etc... play cb?
I think so. I think Rafa would definitely make any 2 cbs job easier by effectively killing or diverting any attacks.