Re: Fabio Coentrao Discussion

by Mr Nick09 Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:39 pm

Oh no please, i dont wanna see that guy here. When we tried to sign him he ignored us, now he has accomplished nothing staying with florentina, serves him right.

we need a RB anyway

by Babun Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:52 pm

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:Oh no please, i dont wanna see that guy here. When we tried to sign him he ignored us, now he has accomplished nothing staying with florentina, serves him right.

we need a RB anyway

Busenessmen don't have so much hard feelings Very Happy

If you want to convert a leftback to rightback then Vargas is a better candidate IMO. He is a lot like Maicon+ two footed Very Happy

by Guest Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:05 pm

As crazy as this may sound... why don't we try Di Maria at RB? He has the work rate and he would be just like Marcelo, but on the other side. I think it could really work well as he has the right skillset.

by Onyx Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:11 pm

He's more of an attacking final third player imo.

by Guest Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:15 pm

The difference between a winger and corner defender is really not that much... it all comes down to work rate. A lot of wingers were former wing defender and vice versa.

There are two things about Di Maria that i do not like in terms of him as a wing midfielder: too much dribbling and bad passing. If he were to become a corner defender, these flaws could be masked a lot better.

by EarlyPrototype Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:17 pm

We can't have two attacking fullbacks like Di Maria. It will never work.

by Guest Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:19 pm

EarlyPrototype wrote:We can't have two attacking fullbacks like Di Maria. It will never work.

Coentrao is pretty much as aggressive as Marcelo. And Di Maria was doing a lot of the defensive work to help out Marcelo in the Classicos.

It won't happen... but i think it would really work well.

by Mr Nick09 Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:20 pm

^^Coentrao at RB is also super attacking.

@Learning out to defend, tackle and where to put yourself isnt that easy, some got it, some dont. I dont think Di Maria does, as opposed to Coentrao, who can virtually play everywhere Di Maria do and more.

by EarlyPrototype Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:21 pm

Coentrao as experience play as a fullback though. Di Maria is too good at attacking to play him RB.

by Yuri Yukuv Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:21 pm

Yeah I think you are a bit off the mark there sportsczy

by Guest Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:22 pm

It's not like Alves, Roberto Carlos, Marcelo, etc. know how to position themselves or tackle when they started. In fact, they were horrific. But they picked it up. It's not that hard if your balance is good and your hips swivel quickly... great dribblers usually have those physical attributes.

by EarlyPrototype Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:23 pm

So you are saying that he will start of like Marcelo did defensively? erm no thanks lol we got some trophies to win no time for experimenting.

by Mr Nick09 Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:24 pm

I think the idea of having Coentrao here is not to go through that phase again. He is already a very good defender as fullback.

by Guest Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:26 pm

EarlyPrototype wrote:So you are saying that he will start of like Marcelo did defensively? erm no thanks lol we got some trophies to win no time for experimenting.

Can he be any worse than Marcelo is my point lol.

I'm just speculating here. Again, usually guys with speed and great dribbling can become very good corner defenders. In fact, winger and corner defenders are very, very close in terms of physical skillset requirements.

by EarlyPrototype Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:26 pm

@Nick I meant Di maria.

by The Madrid One Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:43 pm

ideas of him putting di maria right there are quite ridiculous.

the point to bring coentrao is to have 2 attacking fullbacks.

he wants a maicon type rb, well hes gonna get coentrao.

thats it.

by hrealmadrid Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:02 pm

What about Di Maria's size? That puts him at a huge disadvantage when defending.

by shaven Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:32 pm

hrealmadrid wrote:What about Di Maria's size? That puts him at a huge disadvantage when defending.

dont take everything you read here seriously Smile

next thing you know benz at dm Very Happy

by FilipeFerreira Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:36 pm

Coentrao will not play RB.

Coentrao might not even go to real.

If he does, Marcelo, Coentrao and & di maria are rotating.

by VanDeezNuts Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:42 pm

i highly doubt we would buy coentrao to be a RW, i highly doubt jose would rotate our LB often enough to accommodate both marcelo and coentrao, i highly doubt we would buy fabio for ~20-30m for him to sit on the bench, and i also highly doubt we would either bench marcelo or change his position again.

that being said madrid never ceases to amaze me in the summer months.

if he IS bought, he will be playing RB

by Mr Nick09 Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:49 pm

FilipeFerreira wrote:Coentrao will not play RB.

Coentrao might not even go to real.

If he does, Marcelo, Coentrao and & di maria are rotating.

He will play inverted RB, we arent spending 20+M on a player so he can rotate with two starters we have no problems with.

I might have believe you if we hadnt bought Callejon and Altintop, very unlikely.

by alex mahone Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:24 pm

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:
FilipeFerreira wrote:Coentrao will not play RB.

Coentrao might not even go to real.

If he does, Marcelo, Coentrao and & di maria are rotating.

He will play inverted RB, we arent spending 20+M on a player so he can rotate with two starters we have no problems with.

I might have believe you if we hadnt bought Callejon and Altintop, very unlikely.

i think as much as we have no problem with marcelo and di maria, we also have no problem with some our other starters: alonso, khedira, ozil
but we did bought sahin anyway to rotate with them, so buying coentrao to rotate with marcelo & di maria is just as makes sense as that imo
although we spent way less with buying sahin

by EarlyPrototype Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:29 pm

Coentrao is not going to rotate with Coentrao. 20 million and garay for a poor mans marcelo? no. He is going RB.

by hrealmadrid Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:33 pm

Dude there's a pretty good chance he is coming to Madrid and that he will be playing at RB

by Mr Nick09 Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:33 pm

Sahin is quite different, we can set up a 3 man midfield with Sahin, alonso, and khedira. There is a tactical need here to me. There will be games he will be ale to start with Alonso.

Sahin improves our quality down the middle. Coentrao doesnt improve our defense. Buying a proper CB for that kind of money would have been a Much better thing to do.

by shaven Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:36 pm

alex mahone wrote:

i think as much as we have no problem with marcelo and di maria, we also have no problem with some our other starters: alonso, khedira, ozil
but we did bought sahin anyway to rotate with them, so buying coentrao to rotate with marcelo & di maria is just as makes sense as that imo
although we spent way less with buying sahin

we might loan/sell garay to benfica and havent strengthen our defense yet.
lass and gago might be gone as well and no pure Dm when we really need it.

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