Neville Kneville
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The only one of that 4 who hasn't been appalling defensively on a number of occasions is Sagna.
And he's been injured.
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Defence conundrum
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The only one of that 4 who hasn't been appalling defensively on a number of occasions is Sagna.
And he's been injured.
Rammy Blue
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There's no conundrum, they are all shite.
Rammy Blue
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Van Dijk is a no-brainer if it's true he has a £25mil release clause in his new deal.
Chippy_boy
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Because we brought Pep in, to be Pep.
If he spends this season patching up holes rather than making the team play like Pep, we won't wn anything anyway, because that's not what he is good at.
So then we start next season, from the same position we started this one.
I'm not for one moment suggesting Pep should abandon all his principles, of course not.
Merely a tad of pragmatism, given the inadequacies of some of our players. It's not using pretending to be something we are not. So yes by all means we should try and play "the Pep way", but shouldn't we just be *bit* mindful that we're leaking stupid goals time and time again?
Neville Kneville
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Van Dijk is a no-brainer if it's true he has a £25mil release clause in his new deal.
Van Dijk is nowhere near a flawless defender. I would sign him but he could be just as sht as the others. It's another gamble.
The only one of that 4 who hasn't been appalling defensively on a number of occasions is Sagna.
And he's been injured.
Maybe, but who else do we have? Kompany is never not injured, Adarbioyo doesn't seem ready, and Clichy's been worse than the lot. Denayer going out on loan wasn't the best idea in my opinion.
I'd be tempted to play Sagna at CB but then again, I don't much want to see any more defensive mistakes from Zabaleta.
Neville Kneville
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Maybe, but who else do we have? Kompany is never not injured, Adarbioyo doesn't seem ready, and Clichy's been worse than the lot. Denayer going out on loan wasn't the best idea in my opinion.
I'd be tempted to play Sagna at CB but then again, I don't much want to see any more defensive mistakes from Zabaleta.
I'm not disagreeing with the selection, I'm just saying it's swings & roundabouts.
Rammy Blue
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As a January signing it's the best you'll get, and to be fair I've always thought he was excellent when I've seen him.Van Dijk is nowhere near a flawless defender. I would sign him but he could be just as sht as the others. It's another gamble.
Neville Kneville
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As a January signing it's the best you'll get, and to be fair I've always thought he was excellent when I've seen him.
I would have had him over Otamendi any day. But he has faults.
And any cb is likely to need time.
I'm not disagreeing with the selection, I'm just saying it's swings & roundabouts.
Fair enough, you're right that we need to improve and soon.