PannickAtTheDisco
Well-Known Member
well nice to see Andres Xavi Otamendiniesta get a new deal.
Delph is a good shout but for me Otamendi has not only improved the defensive side (ie: fewer ridiculous sliding lunges) he's been pinging balls all over the pitch, breaking lines, and has developed a creative side to his game that I wouldn't have guessed was possible for him.
Are you serious ?
Delph is playing a whole new position and playing it that well he looks like England's best left back, how can that even be beaten for improvement, man and I hated Delph getting game time ahead of the kids lol
Again Otamendi is playing for us now like he was playing in Spain, he was renowned for being a cool defender that could take the ball off attackers with ease, none of those lunging tackles, he seemed to develop them over here, I am only guessing that Pellegrini who liked front foot defenders was instrumental in making him lunge in to beat his man before the ball arrived and let's be honest the same applies to our captain VK, he never used to lunge in like this before Pellers arrival, so there may well be hope for Mangala yet as well :)
btw I am not knocking Otamendi's improvement either, glad he is showing us what he is capable of at last :)