If we often have to score 3 goals in order to beat the better sides, we won't win very much.
Our defence is not rubbish, and the constant exaggerations don't help discussion.
But there are issues. We do have shaky personnel at the back. We should be conceding under 20 goals a season with the system we have. Sometimes in fairness it's as solid as it needs to be (hence all the clean sheets) but it has a habit of dropping a bollock and sometimes this past season it's struggled against better attacks. If you look back at all the goals we conceded this season I reckon a lot come down to bad pieces of defending by at least one player.
To repeat our defence obviously isn't bad but it's certainly incomplete. Really I think another CB with a bit of leadership plugs almost all the problems. I do think it's that simple. Our defence becomes significantly less porous almost immediately.
Another thing is that I think with our system the xG conceded should be lower, as impressive as it's been. The way we play would cause even the most defensively excellent back line ever issues. That probably stems from worse pressing up top, but I'd argue that THAT stems from Pep not trusting the defence.
Basically, we're better defensively than people say we are, certainly as a team. But there's improvements to be made and the most obvious fix is in the CB department.
This is true but very often in those games, by the time we concede the first of those 3 goals we've already missed a sitter or two. Commentators are fond of saying "goals change games", in my opinion so does missing goals.
To be fair he was only covering for his own catastrophic fuck up in twatting the ball against Ederson’s head when he was caught in a blind panic after losing his man
My favourite, we keep making the same mistakes. Well if the results are the same as the last 8 years, I hope we do.:)I am amazed at the ability of some posters to slag off most things we do, despite our success: the defence is shite; Txixi is shite; we sell everybody for no money; we get ripped off every time we buy; we try and penny pinch and then pay the full amount; Rodri is slow; Gundo ambles; Jesus will never be Sergio; save Bernardo etc. We are the most successful team in the last decade but apparently have innumerable problems.
Where are you going here? That the defence isn't good enough at defending at times? I agree. It's naive to say that it's good enough as is. Too many goals were because of bad defending.How many of the goals we concede, require above average play, from our opponents ?
I am amazed at the ability of some posters to slag off most things we do, despite our success: the defence is shite; Txixi is shite; we sell everybody for no money; we get ripped off every time we buy; we try and penny pinch and then pay the full amount; Rodri is slow; Gundo ambles; Jesus will never be Sergio; save Bernardo etc. We are the most successful team in the last decade but apparently have innumerable problems.
It'll be a miracle if we hit 40 points this season.I am amazed at the ability of some posters to slag off most things we do, despite our success: the defence is shite; Txixi is shite; we sell everybody for no money; we get ripped off every time we buy; we try and penny pinch and then pay the full amount; Rodri is slow; Gundo ambles; Jesus will never be Sergio; save Bernardo etc. We are the most successful team in the last decade but apparently have innumerable problems.
But a huge relief.It'll be a miracle if we hit 40 points this season.
Imo our defence is based around pressing, possession & nothing else.Where are you going here? That the defence isn't good enough at defending at times? I agree. It's naive to say that it's good enough as is. Too many goals were because of bad defending.
But there are plenty of times that it is good enough. We weren't anywhere near as good at retaining possession or pressing last season and yet we got a lot of clean sheets. They must have done something right some of the time.
It's not a great defence as it stands, but I refute the idea that it's an awful one.
I'll take ederson over de gea, walker over wan bissaka, laporte over maguire, any of our defenders over lindelof and rodri over matic.Imo our defence is based around pressing, possession & nothing else.
If the rags sign Reguilon, it's arguable that their defence & defensive midfield is better defensively than ours that finished the season, man for man.
It is, but that isn't a bad thing if it's done well, as Bayern showed and we have before. I think we'll find it easier this season if we use the right midfield alongside the defensive additions. Not fitting silva in make us a better pressing team, great player that he was, than we were last season, as does Torres, or Jesus playing too.Imo our defence is based around pressing, possession & nothing else.
If the rags sign Reguilon, it's arguable that their defence & defensive midfield is better defensively than ours that finished the season, man for man.
And it's been a good way of defence for us.Imo our defence is based around pressing, possession & nothing else.
If the rags sign Reguilon, it's arguable that their defence & defensive midfield is better defensively than ours that finished the season, man for man.
I'll take ederson over de gea, walker over wan bissaka, laporte over maguire, any of our defenders over lindelof and rodri over matic.