Can people read, firstly, anywhere within 30 yards, as opposed to simply shooting from 6 yards, if you can't tell what I mean you need help. I also said DANGEROUS, not SCORE A GOAL. As people have said give the ball to Ian Wright anywhere in the 30 yards and he looks dangerous and he could score from anywhere, give Messi the ball and he looks dangerous and can score from anywhere in the box, and outside, maybe not often at 30 yards, but again i didn't say specifically 30 yards, nor score.
Adebayor, does not look dangerous at 30 yards, the majority of the time if he's outside the 6 yard box he won't score, nor will he turn and run at defenders, nor will he set up goals. Can you see the difference between what I actually said, and what you decided I said, two completely different things.
As for Van Bommel, I didn't say he doesn't shoot from 30 yards, however he rarely scores, I also didn't say he wasn't a DM, he is however utter crap as a DM, but he liked to get forward and he wasn't a Fabregas style playmaker but he always wanted everything to go through him, he likes being on the ball a lot more than a Makelele who can be great yet almost completely invisible in a game due to his lack of being on the ball. he's very very average, then we got linked with him in those 30yr old + years at which point he was old and useless. Barca jumped on and promptly benched him or played him in mostly completely pointless games, even then he did entirely nothing to show his apparent quality.
Basically people thought he was good because he played for Holland, in the champs league and generally people see highlights of the good stuff, so over the years people see the few odd 30 yarders and think he's brilliant.
As for Xavi, he's a great passer, but he was always the defensive man in the Barca midfield with Iniesta, or one of the other dozen. I have no idea also why he was named man of the tourney, as you said the second Fabregas came on as a sub Spain came alive, the only reason Xavi appeared better in the final is because Fabregas was so feared he was basically triple marked the whole game leaving craploads of space for everyone else. Xavi is very very good though, and personally with Hargreaves out, and Anderson not really a defensive mid, neither Carrick maybe Fergie wants a stronger defensive player to shore up a defense not being run by Quieroz. But then Xavi isn't only a defensive midfielder, which makes him not that much more defensive than Carrick or Anderson.
Maybe he's not encouraged by Carrick's injury proneness, or Hargreaves and see's Anderson as too inexperienced, I really don't know its an odd link for an expensive player who seems unlikely to move from Barca anyway.
EDIT:- Xavi, Carrick, Anderson might be a way Fergie can go, Rooney's neither a striker, nor a winger, nor a midfielder, maybe his only option is to have Berb upfront and stick Rooney high up the pitch but not as an out and out striker, a more Chelsea style 4-3-3 might suit Rooney and Tevev better as both players are really neither wingers nor strikers. Just can't see Xavi leaving, or going for that cheap tbh, which makes buying another out and out striker seem like the better choice.
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