bale

[Ted Hughes]

Before we try to get Bale, Hazard, Cavani, Llorente or whomsoever, we first need a top class centre-half.

Need I say it, but the number one priority has to be Neven Subotic.

would we be able to keep 3 quality centre halves happy?
[highlight]they're not as easy to rotate as your silva/nasri/bale of the world[/highlight]

spot on.
that's why I'd continue to prefer to have our 2 excellent first choice CBs, get back young Dedrick after getting rid of Savic and continue his development from inside playing him against lesser opposition and use Yaya and Javi Martinez as first class contingency back-ups if needed to replace VK or JL in big games.

I wouldn't mind seeing us play with three centre-backs, possibly even in a fluid 3-4-3 system which would be very attacking, especially at home, so keeping them all happy and fully employed wouldn't be a problem.

If one of them were injured/suspended, you've still got the option of reverting to a more traditional back-four.

I just don't want to see us getting caught out again like we were this season when VK was out for lengthy periods at a critical stage.

In any event, a combination of Neven Subotic and Vincent Kompany is the stuff of which dreams are made and I couldn't see us conceding too many goals with those two in tandem.

Hehe.

Your 1st name isn't Neven by any chance ?

[Hazy2]

Moses will be a great player when he discovers there are 10 other players in his team. Plays with the head down too much at the moment but will improve with age and maturity.
Another I would give a possible shout to would be James McClean at Sunderland. He's got everything Bale has but is younger, less likely to be an arsehole and would cost a fraction of what Spurs would want for Bale.

Agree with that Munich show how wide players Like Ribery/Robben can and have to be able to come inside to get behind M/F and at Centre halfs McClean did it at our place, in behind De Jong with Sessagon causing us major problems. Even Bedtner looked good with the movement of Wide players, Moses for me is that type. Pinear ripped United apart from coming off the wing, AJ lacks the heart to come inside and yeah get stuck in to win some space which causes probs, I like him but 1 dimensional.