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Originally Posted by rahl

Bentley was a major disappointment but I think our more pressing need is on the left, esp if Babel goes.

I forgot to say in my previous post that our wingbacks have done really well to get forward, not necessarily with pace, but a positive attitude to go forward and some nice triangles.

I believe we should now stick to our system of play, i.e. Torres and Stevie in attack. It's dangerous if we try to replace Stevie with say, David Villa. Tevez would be a plus but he has to be ready to play on the left (or right). The trick is to improve the system without undermining it (case in point, you get Keane to replace Stevie and push our captain into midfield, that is a step back, not forward).

So whoever we buy, consolidation pls, no experiments.

david bently would be quite costly and he's not the ideal player we are looking for. in my opinion i believe we need another striker who can play in our preferred 4-3-2-1 formation and in a 4-4-2, someone like drogba's abilities. we cant always stick to 4-3-2-1 as opponents would sometimes shut us out. barry's almost certain to arrive, i hope that goes the same for silva too so we can sell babel.