....you know much more about the world game and these things than me, Nymz. I just think about the teams I like and who i’d least like to play against as a forward.
I often use the ‘85 team as a blueprint. Two fantastically athletic full-backs and a CB with pace to burn. Those full backs had the quality to deliver in the top third and the pace and power to cover along the back line. I know there’s lots of talented tikki takki types out there, I love the likes of Baines and Digne, but neither can come anywhere near the quality of Pat van den Hauwe.
Find me PvD and Gary Stephens clones, I would swap them in an instant for Digne and Coleman. I jest a little, but a blueprint of success isn’t a bad place to start.