Originally Posted by Rashid
We have four strikers at the club who are not link men but we do have players who can play that role, like Kewell, Le Tallec and Smicer but this would mean that one of the strikers do not play and with such an abundance of talent I believe Benitez will play Owen and Cisse or Baros.
Which leads me to my last point in that I think Owen could well be our very own Raul and play just off the front man. Scoring goals but also creating things, running at players, being a little more deeper and behind the electric pace of Baros or Cisse. It would be a new role for the boy wonder but one I feel could well be the making of him as Owen has far more to his game than just as a striker.
Most interesting of all will the signings Rafael Benitez makes to play a style he believes will have us challenging again.
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Nice piece, Rashid.
But I don't think Owen has the skills to fit that role. He don't have the technique to recieve passes facing "the wrong way". He is not creative enough to feed the strikers, and his shooting from outside the box is terrible. He should be used at what he do (or did?) best, getting passes behind the opponents defenders allowing him to use his pace, and looking for rebounds in the box.
I think Kewell, Smicer or ALT could play that role though.
My lineup would be (subs in brackets):
Kirkland (dudek)
Carra-Hyypia-new CD-Riise (Henchoz)
Gerrard-Hamann-New CM (Murphy)
Kewell (smicer)
Baros-Cisse (Owen)
Whit the mandatory injuries we still have players like ALT, Pongolle, Finnan, Welsh and others ready to step in.