okay ONE more post
we fall into the trap over and over again attempting to service our wide areas whilst leaving the fullbacks unchanged we are tackling the symptom(sp) not the cause.
ray houghton wasn't the quickest or the most skillful but he filled his boots because we had superb support from his fullback. kennedy? ljunberg? my number one signing would be daniel alves THE best attacking fullback in world football and then stick a goal scorer in front of him. I know though many people on this forum would buy alves and stick him at right midfield and continue on with our fullbacks who contribute next to nothing going forwards but that's okay 'a defenders job is too defend'. keep telling yourself that whilst manu arsenal and chelsea disappear over the horizon every season leaving us in their wake, well, at least we'll conceeded the least goals...oh, wait