Shimo
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Glad to see he's doing well. The pace of the game really suits him there.
Not sure having him back would be such a good idea though. He's deficiency would again be highlighted in a high pressing game and he won't at all be one for the future.
Hopefully these good performances will fetch us decent money for him and both parties can move forward.
Surely you can't be serious about a high pressing game when it comes to Smalling. That's one of his strengths and one of the glaring issues with our current pairing. Both of them backpedal all the way to our 18 yard box soon as team breaks and both lack a bit of pace, so tend to drop a bit deeper to have little less space behind.
Granted, Smalling main deficiency is when receiving the ball in that if we are being pressed, he will get rushed a bit more than the current pairing but, he's never been one to actually cough up the ball when pressed, just doesn't look elegant when he is.