ANC2 Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Tam is listed as only 5'10" he is way to short for a central defender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soju Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 But what if he's got mad hops!??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Keay Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Cannavaro - 5'9" Puyol - 5'10" Gallas - 5'11" Ayala - 5'10" Personally I don't think Tam is cut out for a centre back role, and is best out wide, but there are many world class centre backs around his size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Oranje Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I think we need to at least try him at Centre Back in a friendly. I don't think we can just write it off when most of his Coaches over the past four years have chosen to play him there. If you match him with someone taller like McKenna and his height will not be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Oranje Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I think we need to at least try him at Centre Back in a friendly. I don't think we can just write it off when most of his Coaches over the past four years have chosen to play him there. If you match him with someone taller like McKenna and his height will not be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANC2 Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Ryan Keay Cannavaro - 5'9" Puyol - 5'10" Gallas - 5'11" Ayala - 5'10" Personally I don't think Tam is cut out for a centre back role, and is best out wide, but there are many world class centre backs around his size. yes true but you said it they are World Class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 quote:Originally posted by ANC2 yes true but you said it they are World Class And they all usually work beside someone taller, they come out of the back and challenge the faster but often shorter strikers who receive the ball to their feet, they run with the fast ones on the counter. The taller, usually slower and less physical back plays stopper, holds, or comes out of the back to challenge the taller striker on the high balls, needs to use his positioning to compensate lack of speed, the way the shorter back uses strength and position to compensate lack of height marking a taller striker on a corner, for example. Usually, not sure why, the taller back has a better long pass. So it always works in complementary fashion. We saw Cannavaro with Materrazzi for Italy, right now he teams with Helguera at Madrid. Ayala usually teamed with Marchena, another tall and slimmer type at Valencia, now they have injury problems and it keeps changing. Puyol usually plays beside Márquez, or if not it is Edmilson, same thing, or Thuram, who is a bit of both, tall but also physical. In any case these three cases show you can stick in a shorter more vigorous back but the logical solution is to have him beside a taller one. Now the key question: how fast is Tam, can he run down the most dangerous counter in Concacaf? Could he stay with our fastest strikers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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