(28-10-2014, 22:45)Slick_Footwork Wrote: Every time I've seen Ideye he seems to just soak up into the atmosphere. Is he on the pitch?
I'd be interested to hear from those who have seen him play before he came to us on what type of player he actually is, because from what I've seen of him so far, either our recruitment team have taken a bung or Irvine is using him incorrectly. Either way, he's completely ineffective.
Brown Ideye is better off as a lone striker with proper attacking players supporting him. At Dynamo Kyiv, he had quick wingers like Yarmolenko, Lens, Gusyev and Kalytvyntsev using their pace to run rings around players before feeding him in and also supplying him with plenty of crosses for him to get his head onto the end of. To go with this was either Belhanda or Bezus playing in the hole behind him. These players are the sort of players that you want on the ball as much as possible because they're very tricky to handle, especially Belhanda. They have very good passing ability and can play pinpoint through passes for the lone striker which Ideye always used to finish off very well.
To get the best out of him, we need guys like Varela, Sessegnon, Blanco in the first team supporting him with the 2 full backs also pushing forward to supply him with good crosses. Essentially that means the 4-2-3-1 with Blanco, Sessegnon and Varela playing behind him.
Irvine playing Ideye in a 4-3-1-2 formation with no wingers and only Blanco giving him support from midfield is completely redundant.
I also want to know why Irvine is suddenly choosing to deploy this awful 4-3-1-2 formation in the cups. He played it against Hull and is now playing it tonight. It is an outdated formation that restricts attacking play and is best left to waver in Italy and South America.