18 Apr 2017 10:56:17
The weakest part of our team by a country mile is the left centre side, when we have the ball and Cahill and matic are in the same line of the pitch, it's an eyesore to watch Cahill comes out of defence and stops looks back then looks side ways then passes back to the keeper every time, he has matic playing directly in front and between them pair it's so boring, robotic, in imaginative, slow, it's really terrible to watch them 2, remember a few weeks ago when we played Utd in the cup and mourinho tactic was to let Garry Cahill have the ball, let him bring it out of defence because he will mess up himself, I thought that said a Lot, these 2 positions need replacing for next year, we need left footer playing left cb, or a ball playing cb who can defend as well, van dijk springs to mind, then to replace matic we need a more mobile, better passer than matic, it seems he has a terrible touch with no vision, he's long gangly and awkward, replacing these 2 would give us a different dynamic to starting attacks, and keeping hold of the ball better when we are under the kosh, the way we play with 3 at the back it isn't David Luiz job to bring the ball out of defence, the idea is he's always centeral, always there and 1 of the other cb left or right bring the ball out, if we did improve on these we would see a huge difference in our play.
18 Apr 2017 11:49:19
nice post. would Christensen play LCB?
18 Apr 2017 13:55:17
I think he would be a better option possesion wise than Cahill.
18 Apr 2017 14:55:18
Christensen or Van Dijk would be options I'd personally be happy to let Zouma go. I don't think he'll ever be good enough on the ball so I'd sell and bring in one of the players Conte wants.
18 Apr 2017 15:58:03
Bonucci would be a dream, no offence to Cahill but he's better off in a weak team so he can head the ball away all day and through his body to block shots, at a top team you have to be a good football player, it's like keepers in the bottom half of the league save the most shots per season, because they are bombarded, it doesn't mean they are the best keepers, I don't agree that only 1 defender needs to be good on the ball either, I think at least 2 if not all 3, I think in the Spurs game we lost can't quite remember but I think azpilacueta and Cahill kept panicking and smashing it long, and it kept coming straight back, we probly average 60% possesion. Over a season so we have the ball more than we don't, and some of our defenders make between 70-80 passes a game it's a huge part of the game, back in Europe next year and all, so will be even harder, yeah I think we need big improvement in this.