3 | Ruben Dias - 2025/26

[itisrising]

This guy is not the answer at CB, especially with Gvardiol beside him. He’s gone backwards.

He was fantastic?

 

[dzeko&thebunnymen]

He was fantastic?

No, he scored. That’s about it.

 

[Craig]

This guy is not the answer at CB, especially with Gvardiol beside him. He’s gone backwards.

Both far too slow for the high line together

 

[Blue-Ghana]

Our out-of-position fullbacks are performing better than CBs;

 

[ninjamonkey]

For somebody who struggles with a ball down the side or behind him, he doesnt half like to go square on. Nunes is bailing him out far more than yhe other way round at present.

 

[jaiguruKun]

The defensive line was all over the place. Pace was never his strength but he seems to have lost a yard. He only seems to play well when he has Stones next to him.

 

[jaiguruKun]

He was fantastic?

Not sure what match you were watching. He was the leader of thr defence which gave up 5-6 clear chances. The German guy could have had a hat-trick in the first half.

 

[franksinatra]

He spends more time high-fiving people than actually defending nowadays. It’s all style over substance.

I watch other matches and you see defenders rushing out to block shots, headed clearances etc but Ruben just stands there legs outstretched in a half lunge pose, arms ridiculously tight behind is back (are you looking ref) and rarely gets close enough are in the correct position to block a shot. He also rarely seems to pick up his man and the move generally finishes with an effort on goal. Woltenmade had the freedom of the stadium for his three chances and for their second he ignored the line of defenders and played Guimares on. Was incredible in his first couple of years but regressed badly, esp since 2023.

 

[Roachy]

Good, but not top notch. This area of the squad will need a revamp quite soon.

 

[Tier2Blue]

Rightly he is starting to come under scrutiny. Was poor last season but as we’re pretty much everyone. He has been very average this season. Needs to step up. Another one who didn’t deserve the contract extension they were given.

 

[meeesh]

The defensive line was all over the place. Pace was never his strength but he seems to have lost a yard. He only seems to play well when he has Stones next to him.

He only plays well when Maya Jama is next to him more like,and who can blame him :)

 

[Rammy Blue]

Dias is fucking garbage, real shame and no idea why he’s regressed so badly.

His defending yesterday was comical, he’s awful.

 

[Ken92]

Dias is fucking garbage, real shame and no idea why he’s regressed so badly.

His defending yesterday was comical, he’s awful.

Sadly Pep won´t bench him and Gvardiol isn´t doing any better, both were really bad yesterday.

 

[The Norfolk Blue]

Quite bizarre how both Dias & Gvardiol get in the side ahead of Stones who looked classy, calm and composed for England last week.

Gigi bailed them both out numerous times yesterday.

 

[Dazzle84]

Poor after a recent improvement. If I see us reverting to him floating nothing balls into the box again I'll probably just switch off or leave at that point. We'll know it's done.

 

[Bluewonder]

Quite bizarre how both Dias & Gvardiol get in the side ahead of Stones who looked classy, calm and composed for England last week.

Gigi bailed them both out numerous times yesterday.

Because our record with Stones this season is miles worse than our record with Dias and Gvardiol.

 

[Ajm1985]

He definitely organise the defence like he had been doing recently. He was all over the place - as was Josko. He kept on stepping out and was just bypassed. Both goals of theirs had comical defending