Comments on: Carlos Tevez’s Best Position

By: Apache X3

Apache X3 — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:32:35 +0000

I’m from Argentina and I think Carlos Tevez is a great player and I love him so GO WEST HAM!!
And other thing, I wear the colors of my team even though we descended (sp?) once and I’m very proud of it.
Besides, Carlitos wont leave WHU coz he declared in a national magazine that he liked the way things were going and that he “wasnt too much sure about doing a brazilian team”. Stay optimistic.

By: wyatt

wyatt — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:50:55 +0000

plz dnt go tevez u may be 1 of the best things to happen to us

By: ricky

ricky — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:32:35 +0000

plez don’t go tevez your our only chance

By: ricky

ricky — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:31:04 +0000

tevez is our best player and is the best player we have got

By: Rapidhammer

Rapidhammer — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:23:26 +0000

The “Don’t let Tevez leave”-petition
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/CTevezJW/
is a much better idea than the “no hammer of the Year”-petition.
Just found an old comment by Russell Brand on Carlos Tevez’ first game at Upton Park – have a look at it:
9/16/2006: ” I saw Tevez march on the to the pitch against Aston Villa and he played with a commitment and dedication of a man who will be there for decades …”
http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1873953,00.html
Best of luck for the petition!!!

By: ny hammer

ny hammer — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:01:33 +0000

it s clear that curbishley is on borrowed time. he s not the man to get the club back up to the premiership from the championship. if by some miracle we don t get relegated ,curbishley will still be fired. magnusson has shown himself to be ruthless,and curbishley s results are worse than pardew s . hia man management skills have also proved to be worse, and given that the supposed breakdown in player/manager relations had something to do with pardew s exit, curbishley deservedly will be binned come May ,wherever we lie in teh table.

By: Warren

Warren — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:52:50 +0000

Did anyone read The Sun today, Eggert Magnusson has admitted that Alan Curbishley is under huge pressure to rescue us. Fast forward five paragraph’s, and this is what he had to say, ” Alan has my 100 per cent backing and always will have. He is the right man for the job and will take us to the next stage”.
Where have we heard this before, I do believe he said that just before sacking Mr Pardew, the writing is clearly on the wall for Curbishley.

By: The Headmaster

The Headmaster — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:49:45 +0000

It’s turning into an olas reunion site here, chaps! keepign the faith, a la dave c, but only just…

By: Johnny B

Johnny B — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:50:45 +0000

Is that my old mate the “Clack” on the dog? How are you mate? You haven’t written for some time now mate! But, It’s good to read you! U’r right about little legs Tevez though… It’s a shame nobody has an appreciation of little legs as you do… They tell me it’s going to go pear shape at the Boleyn, what do yoyu think? Keep drinking loads of that Quilmes, especially in the morning before you go to work..Take care mate!!

By: clack

clack — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:40:20 +0000

“Not even Carlos Tevez knows what his best position is. In the end we realised that the best thing to do was just to put him on the pitch and let him go where he wants”

Carlos BIanchi, Boca Juniors manager, with whom Tevez won the Argentinian Leaguem La Copa de LIbertadores and the World Club Championship (beating Real Madrd in the final).

Personally, I think the problem WHU have with Tevez is that he is not suited to 4 4 2. Certainly I don’t see him as a left midfileder – you would never get him to stay out wide.

Neither do I see him as the creator, playing behind the front two, as he is not a great passer or creator of chances for others.

Tevez is a striker, but a drifting, roaming striker, who likes to pull out to the left wing when he can and beging his runs frim there.

That’s why he’s not suited to 4 4 2 – because ideally you don’t want to have a left midfielder in the team when Tevez is up fron as Tevez likes to take up that position himself (similar in a way Di Canio used to do).

The best way to use Tevez is how Bianchi at BOca, and the Argentinian national team do – with Tevez as the second striker, but with a creative midfileder playing in the hole behind the two strikers, but with no left midfielder.

I do believe WHU could play this way eg. Tevez and Harewood up front, with Benayoun behind them.

It’s sad really, cos playing Tevez as a striker in a 4 4 2, or even getting him to play left midfield as suggested, is restricting a huge talent. In the end, I think he really is a player, who you have to give freedom to and build the team around him.

Providing you have two good holding midfielders and the rest of the team is disciplined then I believe players like Tevez and Benayouin should be allowed to play as they wasnt and gop where they want to get the best out of them.