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He won't be a CB next season.
Left back or DM.
What is jose's old school style defender? Like Stones?Another player who would struggle to get in a Mourinho squad ? We know he likes the oldschool defenders at the back.
What is jose's old school style defender? Like Stones?
Old school? Jesus, he might play Phil Jones.
What is jose's old school style defender? Like Stones?
First player off the teamsheet under Mourinho.
The big centre forwards pick Blind, not the other way around.I just never understood why LvG always asked Blind to pick up the big centre forwards, for example he struggled aerially against Wickham today
I'd love to see him in midfield alongside Schneiderlin, he's a very intelligent player but a centre back
Agreed, but Jose likes his big, strong, powerful centre backs. Which Blind isn't.Would be a huge shame if that's the case. He has a very solid argument for being our best outfield player this season not called Anthony.
Actually, even so, blind generally does well against them.The big centre forwards pick Blind, not the other way around.
Yes.I think he'll settle into one of those squad player roles where he still plays almost every game, but isn't the very best in a single position. Such an intelligent player that he will be on the pitch more often then not because of the versatility and all the qualities he has.
@noodlehair definitely another pair of caked 'loons after he gave the ball to Zaha.
I for one am glad this experiment is finally at an end. There is no way a new manager coming in will play him at CB ever again without it being a last resort. It has been a horrible experience watching him this season. He's tried his best and I credit him for that.
I think he has played more games than anyone else this season which is funny as after Schneiderlin/Schweinsteiger were signed a lot of people predicted he would barely get a game.
It is pretty straight forward. My experience watching him play as a CB this season has been a horrible one and I'd rather not go through it again.What?!
Ah I see.It is pretty straight forward. My experience watching him play as a CB this season has been a horrible one and I'd rather not go through it again.
He isn't a CB but I thought he did well. Made some (3) good tackles. 83% pass completion.He was naff again yesterday. Stupid moment that should have cost us a goal, countless times he wandered off out of position and someone else had to cover. Bafflingly large number of times he got sucked into challlenging for a ball with Wickham despite having zero chance of winning it. Can someone explain what it is he actually did well?
One thing that's really started to annoy me with him is when he picks up the ball, strolls slowly about 40 yards out of position with it, then just plays a hospital pass to someone next to him. Please can someone explain to me as well what goes through his head for him to think this isn't a stupid thing to do?...because he does it multiple times a game and it achieves nothing aside from allowing the opposition to counter attack.
If he had any functioning braincells he'd actually be a really useful player...but he just chases the ball with no regard for the situation or anything else that's going on, and when he has the ball he seems to completely forget what position he's playing in and often either plays a hosptial pass or just lofts it up the pitch to no one. One of his strengths is supposedly his distribution yet he must be among the worst in our team for using the ball poorly or taking too long with it.
I know people on here like him but if I was manager the very first thing I'd do is make sure he wasn't played at centreback anymore, under pretty much any circumstance. There's definitely another case of the Kagawa/Mata effect on here where people will just invent another version of reality so they can pretend he played well. If you take him out of the team and put a competent centreback in his place this season, we'd be comfortably in the top four, and would have gotten through the CL group stages.
People that come out with crap like "He's been our best centreback this year" I dunno. They either say it because they have no idea how a game of football works, or because they think saying it makes them sound clever and like they know more about football than anyone else...probably the same people who used to keep tellling us all LVG was a tactical genius who could not be questioned.
He was naff again yesterday. Stupid moment that should have cost us a goal, countless times he wandered off out of position and someone else had to cover. Bafflingly large number of times he got sucked into challlenging for a ball with Wickham despite having zero chance of winning it. Can someone explain what it is he actually did well?
One thing that's really started to annoy me with him is when he picks up the ball, strolls slowly about 40 yards out of position with it, then just plays a hospital pass to someone next to him. Please can someone explain to me as well what goes through his head for him to think this isn't a stupid thing to do?...because he does it multiple times a game and it achieves nothing aside from allowing the opposition to counter attack.
If he had any functioning braincells he'd actually be a really useful player...but he just chases the ball with no regard for the situation or anything else that's going on, and when he has the ball he seems to completely forget what position he's playing in and often either plays a hosptial pass or just lofts it up the pitch to no one. One of his strengths is supposedly his distribution yet he must be among the worst in our team for using the ball poorly or taking too long with it.
I know people on here like him but if I was manager the very first thing I'd do is make sure he wasn't played at centreback anymore, under pretty much any circumstance. There's definitely another case of the Kagawa/Mata effect on here where people will just invent another version of reality so they can pretend he played well. If you take him out of the team and put a competent centreback in his place this season, we'd be comfortably in the top four, and would have gotten through the CL group stages.
People that come out with crap like "He's been our best centreback this year" I dunno. They either say it because they have no idea how a game of football works, or because they think saying it makes them sound clever and like they know more about football than anyone else...probably the same people who used to keep tellling us all LVG was a tactical genius who could not be questioned.
He was naff again yesterday. Stupid moment that should have cost us a goal, countless times he wandered off out of position and someone else had to cover. Bafflingly large number of times he got sucked into challlenging for a ball with Wickham despite having zero chance of winning it. Can someone explain what it is he actually did well?
One thing that's really started to annoy me with him is when he picks up the ball, strolls slowly about 40 yards out of position with it, then just plays a hospital pass to someone next to him. Please can someone explain to me as well what goes through his head for him to think this isn't a stupid thing to do?...because he does it multiple times a game and it achieves nothing aside from allowing the opposition to counter attack.
If he had any functioning braincells he'd actually be a really useful player...but he just chases the ball with no regard for the situation or anything else that's going on, and when he has the ball he seems to completely forget what position he's playing in and often either plays a hosptial pass or just lofts it up the pitch to no one. One of his strengths is supposedly his distribution yet he must be among the worst in our team for using the ball poorly or taking too long with it.
I know people on here like him but if I was manager the very first thing I'd do is make sure he wasn't played at centreback anymore, under pretty much any circumstance. There's definitely another case of the Kagawa/Mata effect on here where people will just invent another version of reality so they can pretend he played well. If you take him out of the team and put a competent centreback in his place this season, we'd be comfortably in the top four, and would have gotten through the CL group stages.
People that come out with crap like "He's been our best centreback this year" I dunno. They either say it because they have no idea how a game of football works, or because they think saying it makes them sound clever and like they know more about football than anyone else...probably the same people who used to keep tellling us all LVG was a tactical genius who could not be questioned.
