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You said he should take more responsibility which is why I said I don't see him shying away from taking one. He was pretty solid yesterday and did his job effectively. I did not see him making many defensive mistakes. Ofcourse there will one or two things but that can be said for any defender. With him and Maguire we look far more assured than anything we were with Smalling, Jones, Bailly or Rojo. SO don't understand the criticism.
I completely disagree with every single one of your posts about Lindelof. His style of play is not to let others take responsibility at all. He reads the game extremely well, so is generally in the right place at the right time without any need for panic. Smalling and Jones "take responsibility" because they have not read the game and they are not capable of anticipating.
I can only assume that you are Chris Smalling's ghost writer.
To be honest this is rather ridiculous. You can't read the stats and say he had 8 defensive contributions in that match. Every time he marked his man so there was no need for a tackle, interception or header was a contribution. Every time they succeeded with their offside line was a contribution. And so on.
That makes Lindelof 60% better defender. (8/5=1.6)
That makes no sense whatsoever. Very similar to the majority of your posts.
Compare him to his partner.
If you are going to list a CB's stats, then I think it is better to compare it to that of his teammates. Defenders at bottom clubs are more likely to make more defensive actions I reckon.
Maldini was a left back that played CB in his late 30's..
The point is, defenders play with different styles, some aim for tackles, interception, clearances etc. Other solve the situation by marking their man so he doesn't even get it, if he gets it he follows him instead of tackle. There are different styles, but following an attacker well can not be seen in those stats. There are many many more ways to contribute to the defence than the handful you mentioned.
On the other hand they get different roles. Vvd is one of the best in the world in the air. I expect the tactics are for him to go for more aerials than his CB colleguages, both in defence and offensive play.
Matip won more tackles and interceptions, but VVD bettered him in terms of blocks, aerials and clearances. Among Liverpool's CBs in the last EPL season, Van Dijk was last for tackles, second for Interceptions and blocks, and top for aerials and clearances. Among our five senior CBs last EPL season - with the exception of Rojo who played just over 200 minutes, Lindelof was marginally top for tackles, third best for aerials, and dead last for interceptions, blocks and clearances. This season so far, he's unsuprisingly bettered Maguire in terms of tackles, but has made less interceptions, headers, clearances, blocks and passes too. It's been two games though.
My God man give it up. He's going to be our starter alongside Maguire for the foreseeable future. You might as well focus on the other issues in our squad.
"I think Richarlison is a very good player and a difficult player to play against but Victor is very fast," Mourinho told MUTV.
"He has adapted to play centrally but also to go to the sides because he's got the agility that many of the central defenders don't have. I think it was another very positive performance by Victor."
https://www.google.no/amp/s/www.sky...lof-for-adapting-to-manchester-united-defence
Probably dont suit your agenda, so lets just ignore it then.
And why do they have to make «as few»? Why not just few? Rio Ferdinand did not make many defensive actions but was one of the best ever. Titus Bramble was horrible defender, but had a lot of defensive actions. Bet the same is the case for Sakho (who is also poor).
Point? You (again) make the McNamara-fallacy and end up misundestanding football. You cant understand that he is good because you think the stats are a blueprint. And consequently you refuse to accept it.
