Wayne Rooney: Attack or Midfield?

Over the past few seasons, there has been much talk over the Manchester United player's current, and future position, as to whether the 27 year old is most effective up front, or deeper, as an aggressive midfielder. In my opinion, Rooney is by far the most effective in a supporting role, and probably has had the most success playing just deeper than the main striker, but as he ages and his fitness worsens, might the midfield role be best?

The Effect of Gareth Bale's Central Move

Gareth Bale's new position in the centre has brought him great success in the six matches he has featured there so far, averaging a rating of 8.59. AVB's decision to move the once-winger into a position behind the striker is very similar to Guardiola's over Messi when he took over in 2008, where he made the transition from inside forward to false 9.

Stopping Gareth Bale

Just how do you stop an in form player? When everything just goes right for them, every shot placed perfectly out of the 'keeper's reach, every turn making the defenders looking more and more foolish. Sometimes they make you wonder if it is even possible, when they produce moments of pure brilliance to win the match in the 90th minute.

An Update

As you all will have noticed, the frequency of articles on my blog has dropped significantly since November for a few reasons; but predominantly that I lacked the motivation to write articles. This was due to my quality of content dropping, lacking ideas and also, as it takes me around 3 hours to go through the whole process of writing an article, it is impossible to have any free time due to school and revision for exams.

I'd love to start posting consistently again, but it may need to be less consistent at maybe once a fortnight - a shadow of my previous intensity but it's something.

If you have any requests please tell me through any means of contact, since without any ideas myself, I'm almost certainly going to fulfil them!

Cheers,
Tom