deano ou812
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Yaya..
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Centre back options
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Playing deep to pick the passes is one thing, but would you rely on him to track runners and sprint to rescue a situation? I don't think soYaya..
birchwoodgingerste
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Mendy when he signsIt's not an ideal choice but Yaya has filled in as an emergency CB
Has he for City? You maybe right but I can't remember an occasion.It's not an ideal choice but Yaya has filled in as an emergency CB
Mendy when he signs
It does sound wacky but Mendy could be another option.
uteblue
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I agree with this, our most shambolic defensive performance at Leicester was not due to the CB's (even with stones howler) it was the midfield not pressing and allowing them to hit long balls with no pressure, the squad didn't play the way PG wanted and we suffered, I really think 2 good fullbacks will make us looks miles better...We don't need a CH. Sure we MAY be better with a very good one like Varane VVD or Chiellini. But there is no guarantee an injury to Komps still won't affect us.
Contrary to popular opinion, CH is not a problem. Frankly its a strength. In Komps, Ota, Stones and Kola we have 4 very good ones.
If we had Thibaut Courtios save ratio all season we'd have conceded 29 to 31 goals. Better than Chelsea's 33.
If we had De Gea's save ratio, we'd have conceded 26 to 28 goals... Sure still worse than the 25 the Rags conceded. But they were a particularly defensive team. While we always played.
The only team who would have been significantly better had we had their goalie was Tottenham. If we had their goalie, we'd d have still conceded 29 to 30 goals. 6 more than they did.
It is no surprise that we got a keeper out of the blocks. If we up our save ratio to around Mignolet's, the worst of the other 5 and we'd have conceded the same # as Chelsea.
Where else we failed on the other hand is in scoring. Both Chelsea and Spurs scored more goals than we did off of fewer chances.
Chelsea created 57 fewer clear chances than we did. And scored more. Yet folks are somehow convinced its our CBs that's the problem.
Bernado, Sanchez, Mbappe are all links and acquisitions that speak what are problems were. The focus on fullbacks, the choice to use Dihno and Navas even when the regular fullbacks were healthy, also speaks to our true weakness.
CB frankly isn't one of the
Has he for City? You maybe right but I can't remember an occasion.
It has probably been mentioned a few times on this forum but Yaya did play in a Champions League final for Barcelona as a centre back.
City_Sean
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I'd take Koulibaly.
He's an amazing defender, but he's garbage on the ball and would cost over £50m.