[情報] John Collins 談埃辛

[JamesCaesar (首席百人隊長)]

在大家都稱讚埃辛的時候柯林斯提出另一個角度
文章不長，也不難懂
可以看一看


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4715559.stm

Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 09:44 GMT 10:44 UK

John Collins on Michael Essien

By John Collins - Former Monaco and Scotland star


      Michael Essien is a good player, but from what I've seen of him in
 French football and in the Champions League, I'm not convinced he's a
 great player.


      He's certainly not a Zinedine Zidane or a Ronaldinho, the sort of
 player that is absolutely pivotal to a team. But he has become flavour of
 the month, being linked with a number of top European clubs - and
 Chelsea's interest has only served to inflate his transfer fee.


      But for me, it would be a bit of a strange signing if he went to
 Chelsea. Not only because Essien would cost so much money, but also
 because he is not quite a holding player in the mould of Claude Makelele.


      Neither is he as good as Frank Lampard in getting forward and
 scoring goals. Added to that, I couldn't see Jose Mourinho deploying him
 on the right of midfield now that Shaun Wright-Phillips has signed.


      The plus points are that Essien is very quick, very strong and has
 very good technique. He is also a very good team player, but I wouldn't
 say I've seen him play a lot of games where he has been exceptional for
 Lyon.


      He's never dominated a game in the way that a Zidane or Ronaldinho
 is capable of doing. Since Essien arrived from the small provincial club
 Bastia, Lyon have gone on to win two French titles. But then again, they
 had won successive titles before he arrived.


      Last season he was part of a superb midfield - Mahamadou Diarra and
 Juninho Pernambucano were outstanding midfielders for former Lyon coach
 Paul Le Guen. Essien was just one part of that midfield jigsaw.


      Interestingly, I don't think Lyon will struggle without him. They
 have already prepared for his departure in buying Bruno Pedretti from
 Marseille, who is an established French international.


      Essien would be taking a gamble in moving to Chelsea ahead of the
 World Cup. Obviously he would be well paid, but it's likely he would also
 have to spend some time on the bench.


      As a player you have to look at all the angles when you make a big
 move like this. When I moved clubs I always wanted to know whether the
 manager saw me as a first-team player or a squad player. Not every player
 asks that question.


      I would rather play for a smaller team and play regularly than go to
 a huge club and spend time on the bench. I was lucky that most of my
 career I was a first-choice player.


      But my last season at Fulham was the most frustrating in my career
 because I spent so much time on the bench. You'd train all week and then
 not get to play 90 minutes on Saturday. I can never understand how
 players do that regularly. It drove me mad.


--

                                     足球不是一個生死問題，足球高於生死。

                                               向死忠球迷致敬，唾棄叛徒。

--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) 
◆ From: 61.57.114.94
推 Okuthor:寫得好，可是兩次拿Essien跟Zidane、Ronaldinho
→ Okuthor:比較以證明Essien不能左右比賽，我不夠中肯，因
→ Okuthor:為現在也沒幾個Z5、R10，再者這兩人的轉會費恐怕
→ Okuthor:也至少高於Essien一倍吧？（全盛期的Z5）
→ Okuthor:第二行多了一個我，訂正。
推 JamesCaesar:現在這年代身價要破3000萬，沒有小羅技術的
推 JamesCaesar:話大概就是要長得比貝殼帥吧 XDD
推 JamesCaesar:然後又要怪我們破壞市場平衡，無聊
→ localmilan:不覺得CFC需要Z5或R10
→ localmilan:不過Lyon犯不著與全歐為敵倒是真的XD
→ localmilan:Collins有點老人心態，他的足球觀未必適用每
→ localmilan:個人
推 JamesCaesar:推老人心態 XD