Agreed. Ederson seems so eager to be involved in the offensive side of our game he at times botches his defensive assignment makes a rash last second decision and trips over the keeper 101 handbook (keep the ball out of the net) which he at times throws out the window.Not the keeper.
Walker is a better footballer than Wan Bissaka but not better defensively, Garcia would not get a game as a defender in any other PL team, Laporte would be better than Maguire but is curently all over the place & we don't have a defender of any kind at left back.
Rodri can be ok but has done nothing defensively in recent times at all, Gundogan can't defend full stop, the rags have 3 to choose from who all have a case. In actual fact Fernandinho is still better than all of them on noth sides but doesn't play there.
We are miles better at football back there but equally as hopeless in the other direction.
We don’t need a left back we have 3
And it's been a good way of defence for us.
Anyway, is it that everytime the ball gets past the press we're just hoping and praying that we don't concede? There's still defending to be done. We still had plenty of defending to do in 18/19 but there were plenty of times we dealt with it excellently.
Again I'm not pretending our defence is mightily good at defending. They're not even coached to be. But you are massively doing them a disservice. Stick United or even Liverpool's back 4 in our team and ask them to play the same way and I don't think they'd look anywhere near as good. Maybe still better than ours, and that's something to be looked at, but it'd be nowhere near as big a gulf as it may currently look. I think a big CB signing transforms our defence back to the levels of 17-19, just as it only took Ederson and Walker to take us out of our 16/17 rut.
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.
We don’t need a left back we have 3
He'd be another to add to the already ballooning collection of sloths.
In fact, he's probably even slower, and less mobile than the current sloths we have.
I think we’ll have to agree to disagree1) He didn't lose his man, he was tracking Mane and was in a good position. What happens is Walker squares up to Salah which allows space in the right channel directly behind him.
2) Stones is on Mane's left side so when Salah plays the well weighted pass it takes Stones out of the game
3) After Mane's shot Stones continues running back to the goal (like any good central defender does) in case of an oppurtunity to clear. Blind panic would have seen Stones most likely try to make a diving tackle on Mane, therefore risking a penalty and a red card.
4) The ball hits the post and falls to Stone's who because of his decision to track the ball, finds himself in a good position to clear.
5) As he kicks the ball he is confronted by a reckless dive from Ederson (a common trait of Ederson's which can't be denied) and the ball clatters off him. Was there a shout from either player? Who knows, but as Stones finds himself goal side of the ball he's in the best position to clear.
6) Despite the ball bouncing of Ederson and back over his head, Stones has the presence of mind to quickly turn back towards his own net and make the goal line clearance which was one of the key moments in us winning the league.
Agreed. Ederson seems so eager to be involved in the offensive side of our game he at times botches his defensive assignment makes a rash last second decision and trips over the keeper 101 handbook (keep the ball out of the net) which he at times throws out the window.
It'll be a miracle if we hit 40 points this season.
CorrectI'll take ederson over de gea, walker over wan bissaka, laporte over maguire, any of our defenders over lindelof and rodri over matic.
Could that be first year settling in ? Seems to happen to a fair few imports getting used to the prem
For the way we play Ederson is the best keeper out there, end of story.Agreed. Ederson seems so eager to be involved in the offensive side of our game he at times botches his defensive assignment makes a rash last second decision and trips over the keeper 101 handbook (keep the ball out of the net) which he at times throws out the window.
Not in my view mate.
I see a player who is too slow and too "nice".
I agree.
I thought Rodri would be awesome but he is too slow for how we play.
Teams now will just sit back in a low block and long ball over our entire mid. Rodri doesn't have the legs to get back and defend.
most of our goals conceded are from wayward passes, we push our fullbacks up high and wide , the ball comes into our dm, if the dm loses possession or gives a bad ball then the oppo break, leaving the CB exposed ,imo we shoot ourselves in the foot 99% of the time rather than great play from the oppo, a brilliant passing DM is what we need to cut out 50% of the goals we concede , and a 20% improvement in our finishing.
I agree.
I thought Rodri would be awesome but he is too slow for how we play.
Teams now will just sit back in a low block and long ball over our entire mid. Rodri doesn't have the legs to get back and defend.
Did you watch Rodri before he played for us, because you can't possibly think he would be "awesome" but are now surprised how slow he is?I agree.
I thought Rodri would be awesome but he is too slow for how we play.
Teams now will just sit back in a low block and long ball over our entire mid. Rodri doesn't have the legs to get back and defend.
Rodri is nothing to do with the long ball over the top, no more than Fernandinho would be. The problem is not pressing enough to prevent that, and defenders not being quick enough when it does happen. Fix those two thing, and I think we will myself, then Rodri will be the player you expected .I agree.
I thought Rodri would be awesome but he is too slow for how we play.
Teams now will just sit back in a low block and long ball over our entire mid. Rodri doesn't have the legs to get back and defend.