++ [ originally posted by pecker ] ++
An Example that accures like 4 times every game: Zlatan often recives the ball his back towards goal, and immidietly attracs the two central defenders, giving trez an opponent in shape of the right fullback and the left one is stuck marking both Nedved and Zambro togheter with a central midfielder. And camo is most likely stuck with the other central midfielder.
What happens? Nothing. Zlatan is forced to try and dribble throw the defense which usually ends with giving up the ball or a freekick.
An example of what could happen:
Trez and Neddy cut into the penalty area, Camo into the center and Zambro down the left flank. Both Neddy and Trez will most likely attract at least one defender, leaving Zlatan with one and Zambro alone at the left flank. And with Camo behind as a passing target, Zlatan got atleast three great options:
Passing an alone Neddy or Trez, at least one of them will have a good chance, if not they can do some kind of shit in there. :>
Dribbling pass his defender: He's mostly stuck with two/three so one shouldn't be that big a deal, huh?
Passing Zambro: With the height of Trez and Zlatan we'll be great in the air.
Or if he panics he'll always have Camo or Emerson to pass back to.
The longer they play, the more this stuff will work. :>
This is more or like predicting the actual passing in the game...
...which has about 2% chance happening.
I've seen better and well worked moves from the DP-DT Partnership.
All our goals from this season with Zlatan in it seem to always be forced or unattractive.
IMO, there's better understanding between a Striker-Support Striker partnership, than a Dual-Striker partnership.
The only well-worked goals I've seen with Zlatan involved in it was the goal of Del Piero against Roma in where Zlatan laid it off for Camo, to release Del Piero with a shot on the top of the box.
All the other goals, it seems forced or unimaginative.
And if some of you would argue not to be troubled by the Zalatan-Trez partnership because Trez just got back from injury, then why did they not create as much chances? Simply because the characteristics of both are the same and they are not complementary to each other.
Face it, Zlatan and Trez are simply similar to each other. Trez may be a better finisher than Ale, but Zlatan may not. I've seen him miss a couple of chances, and for someone who is 100% fit and is said to be on the top of his game, that is not acceptable.
I seriously see more goals from the DP-DT partnership, than the Zlatan-DP, or Zlatan-DT partnerships.
And as azzurri said, if you guys wanna give the Trez-Zlatan partnership a run-up for a series of games, do you seriously think we can afford to lose more points at this point of the season with Milan hot on our tails!?
Even if Capello wasn't the coach before, he cannot deny the effectiveness of the DP-DT duo even if he was still at Roma.