mardytam

Puh, I give up. What a strange system. Apologies for filling your thread with malformed posts.

jb wrote:http://www.thesquareball.net/leeds-united/2011/08/24/the-howson-debate-is-over/ interesting blog post (also interesting are the comments, which mostly seem to disagree with the original article). personally looking forward to seeing him in yellow and green if the transfer comes off. I wrote that piece. The comments below the line seemed to miss the point, which was that Howson is not best employed as part of a midfield 2. Many of the ripostes cited his hat-trick away at Burnley last season, when he was in fact playing in "the hole" in a 4-2-3-1. In that position, he is very good. However, when playing deeper, he often looks lost, thus prompting the "Howson goes missing" complaint often heard from LUFC fans over the last 3--4 years. Then again, Bradley Johnson wasn''t particularly rated either and most were incredulous that you were willing to give him a go in the PL. So, make of that what you will. Now, although Howson is not the "best player in the team" (as some appear to be suggesting), he is one of our better players and we''re basically outraged that Ken fuucking Bates is selling us short again. This: a1canary wrote:ball carrying, powerful, technical midfielder - the Viera type of player. This is him. Safety assured. is well wide of the mark, mind. There is no way on God''s earth that Howson is "the Vieira type of player". Give him a go playing as an attacking midfielder/second striker, though, and he''ll sparkle.

 jb wrote:http://www.thesquareball.net/leeds-united/2011/08/24/the-howson-debate-is-over/ interesting blog post (also interesting are the comments, which mostly seem to disagree with the original article). personally looking forward to seeing him in yellow and green if the transfer comes off. I wrote that piece. The comments below the line seemed to miss the point, which was that Howson is not best employed as part of a midfield 2. Many of the ripostes cited his hat-trick away at Burnley last season, when he was in fact playing in "the hole" in a 4-2-3-1. In that position, he is very good. However, when playing deeper, he often looks lost, thus prompting the "Howson goes missing" complaint often heard from LUFC fans over the last 3--4 years. Then again, Bradley Johnson wasn''t particularly rated either and most were incredulous that you were willing to give him a go in the PL. So, make of that what you will. Now, although Howson is not the "best player in the team" (as some appear to be suggesting), he is one of our better players and we''re basically outraged that Ken * Bates is selling us short again. This:  a1canary wrote:ball carrying, powerful, technical midfielder - the Viera type of player. This is him. Safety assured. is well wide of the mark, however. There is no way on God''s earth that Howson is "the Vieira type of player". Give him a go playing as an attacking midfielder/second striker, though, and he''ll sparkle.

Why hasn''t that worked then? Looked fine on preview...

[quote user="jb"]http://www.thesquareball.net/leeds-united/2011/08/24/the-howson-debate-is-over/ interesting blog post (also interesting are the comments, which mostly seem to disagree with the original article). personally looking forward to seeing him in yellow and green if the transfer comes off. [/quote] I wrote that piece. The comments below the line seemed to miss the point, which was that Howson is not best employed as part of a midfield 2. Many of the ripostes cited his hat-trick away at Burnley last season, when he was in fact playing in "the hole" in a 4-2-3-1. In that position, he is very good. However, when playing deeper, he often looks lost, thus prompting the "Howson goes missing" complaint often heard from LUFC fans over the last 3--4 years. Then again, Bradley Johnson wasn''t particularly rated either and most were incredulous that you were willing to give him a go in the PL. So, make of that what you will. Now, although Howson is not the "best player in the team" (as some appear to be suggesting), he is one of our better players and we''re basically outraged that Ken fucking Bates is selling us short again. This: [quote user="a1canary"]ball carrying, powerful, technical midfielder - the Viera type of player. This is him. Safety assured.[/quote] is well wide of the mark, however. There is no way on God''s earth that Howson is "the Vieira type of player". Give him a go playing as an attacking midfielder/second striker, though, and he''ll sparkle.