Cope. He doesnt have to win the header, but he cant let his man get a good attempt on goal. Thats personal responsibility.
He will face players taller than him all season.
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Cope. He doesnt have to win the header, but he cant let his man get a good attempt on goal. Thats personal responsibility.
He will face players taller than him all season.
How about playing a centre back who isn't built like a 12 year old?
"He is good with the ball at his feet."
A shit load of good that does us when teams will aim long balls at him every game.
Soft wanker.
"He is good with the ball at his feet."
A shit load of good that does us when teams will aim long balls at him every game.
Soft wanker.
It’s not like he lost the aerial duel for that goal, I thought he missed the header which is not good enough for a centre back in PL.
Oh feck right off. Have you been blind to his performances since he joined? He’s had a couple of good months and has been utter shit either side of that.State of this
To be expected after almost every game though. The state of some of our fans is hilarious.
State of fans who are blind to the most obvious flaws in our players.
Hopefully we drop him for the next game
Fair enough. But with the running start and the extra height Vestergard is still big favourite to win that.
He’s very average and never looks secure, said when we signed Maguire he’s a Lindelof replacement as their not a partnership.
Unless Tuanzebe is good enough to oust him, I'm not sure you're right. We had 6 centre backs on the books before buying Maguire, but we probably needed to buy two starters.
I do hope Tuanzebe starts getting starts soon though, see what he's made of. But I think we're carrying 3 centre backs that are definitely not good enough in Rojo/Jones/Bailly.
He's weak, not aggressive enough, can't jump high enough and isn't good enough in the air. Decent at most other things. Not a good mix for a premier league CB.
I don’t think there’s a single facet of his game that he is superior to Daley Blind at. Seriously.
For a defender, he is so damn weak in the air.
Always. That's why a lot of defenders simply use their bodies to put people off. Lindelof has an annoying habit of trying to win everything that comes his way in the air, which is stupid as he's not very good in the air. There are more ways to stop a header going in than beating the opposing attacker to the ball.
He had a free header, because Lindelof was like he wasn’t there. Even Juan Mata would do more to put pressure and try to upset Vestergaard.
Needs to be benched. Two errors that have cost us 4 points
State of a good amount of fans on this forum when it comes to the club. You don't even know my opinion on Lindelof. I'm not the one charging onto a forum calling a player a cnut, a sack of shit, a coward and posting embarrassing stuff with huge overreactions. Get a grip fella and calm down before posting silly stuff.
Pretty sure that poster is right though. He looked to get set too jump to soon and couldn’t win the header because of it.
awk stop talking bollocks. It’s clear in the height disparity between Lindelof and Vestergaard. It was hardly an outrageous mistake...
Knee-jerkitis from some of the people on here... it’s not like he’s the only person culpable for the goal. A more commanding keeper in the six yard box and that goal never happens.
Really?
He made a mistake in the first half early in the game and almost cost us another goal when he tried to run with the ball.
I'd back Tuanzebe to match his output and even Phil Jones for that matter. He's not good enough from letting us find out so to speak.
Yeah but he looks graceful while doing it.
No point. As always when we lose points people will blame the players and call them names.awk stop talking bollocks. It’s clear in the height disparity between Lindelof and Vestergaard. It was hardly an outrageous mistake...
Love all the excuses that are being pulled out for him. Do we think Smalling or even Jones would ever get those excuses? No they'd be called shite.
I think he misjudged the flight, Vestergaard is taller sure but Lindelof had the better positionawk stop talking bollocks. It’s clear in the height disparity between Lindelof and Vestergaard. It was hardly an outrageous mistake...
I quite like Lindelof but I think we both agreed on this at the time Blind left and I haven’t really changed my mind.
absolute garbage
awk stop talking bollocks. It’s clear in the height disparity between Lindelof and Vestergaard. It was hardly an outrageous mistake...
He'll be playing against players taller than him every week, you can't let them get a header on target everytime and give him a free pass. He has to make it difficult for the opponent even if he doesnt win the header. Maybe he could block it, or make it so he's off balance etc.
It cannot be that everytime Lindelof loses a header, its fine because someone should have covered him or because his opponent was taller. Thats going to happen every single game
I thought Lindelof was supposed to give us that needed edge going forward though? Doing things like making passes that might lead to assists, or even goals? Not only would Smalling have made sure to not lose that header, he has also shown the mentality to actually contribute with the winning goal late in matches not dissimilar to this one. Lindelof however is constantly putting pressure on our own defence by making risky moves with little benefit to the positive outcome. The risk-reward is absolute rubbish to accept such play. At least when Smalling panics he makes sure to actually clear the ball to safety, not gift the opposition possession.
I don't really see much of a difference in their use of the ball either, when comparing the two. Smalling have made a whole lot of penetrative passes and gone on good runs before. He has got slaughtered forever for a few mistakes each season, mistakes that Lindelof seemingly makes on a weekly basis.
awk stop talking bollocks. It’s clear in the height disparity between Lindelof and Vestergaard. It was hardly an outrageous mistake...
He can never outjump him, so he should use his body to put off Vestergaard instead of trying to outjump him.
It isn't just being weak in the air (and I'm sorry, i realise the bloke is 6ft6, but do something to make life hard for him) it's the fact that he's not even bothered to what's around him/where the danger is.
He's completely shirked responsibility
He's completely shirked responsibility
Nonsense. I don't care how you set yourself, the guy he's jumping up against is 4 inches taller which will give him the advantage.
Yeah send Smalling on loan and play Lindelof instead. What a fecking genius Ole is.
I didn’t get carried away with last season because I felt he was simply the best of a trashy bunch. With Maguire around it’s pretty clear how painfully below average Lindelof is. His constant obsession with missing headers or failing to pick players up in the box. I’d much rather see Tuanzebe get a run alongside. Too bad we loaned out our second best centre half too.
His lack of prowess in the air is a concern but I wouldn’t fault him for the goal, the guy had a running start on him. I do think we need someone more physical than him though.
Thought he played ok apart from the mistake. Problem is the mistake cost us 2 points as we're so poor in the front 3rd we can't make defensive goal costing errors with margin these days.
There isn't, while being severely behind in certain facets.
How did he even become a CB? Weak as shit and completely clueless the second the ball leaves the deck, I know CB is the perfect position for such attributes. Being poor defensively has also somehow elevated his ability on the ball which aren't actually even particularly good. He's an average player who has been completely immune from criticism simply because his name isn't Jones/Smalling/Young. You'll struggle to find a CB as weak and poor in the air as him across the league.
Even Rio is putting the blame on Lindelof and rightly so.
He’s been shocking this season. Everyone season to be targeting how much of a turtle back he is. It’s nonsense he can’t jump and win headers he’s scared of heading the ball I think. Soft
So bloody weak.
Who decided that Lindelof was a better partner to Maguire than Smalling.
We're so lame at corners without Smalling now.
We're so lame at corners without Smalling now.
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