Lomas has a lob on said:Chancy Termites said:Clichy's great. It's cover for Clichy that we need.
Agreed!
And we already have someone at the club who can provide great cover for both RB and LB positions.
Zabaleta!!
He played alot the FA cup winning season playing at LB and played very well there, ala Irwin.
I'm not saying its a route we will go down but he could cover for both Richards and Clichy which would mean he'd get more game time than a normal "squad" player.
Milner can always cover in extreme emergencies at RB likewise Lescott in extreme emergencies at LB.
Lomas has a lob on said:Chancy Termites said:Clichy's great. It's cover for Clichy that we need.
Agreed!
And we already have someone at the club who can provide great cover for both RB and LB positions.
Zabaleta!!
He played alot the FA cup winning season playing at LB and played very well there, ala Irwin.
I'm not saying its a route we will go down but he could cover for both Richards and Clichy which would mean he'd get more game time than a normal "squad" player.
Milner can always cover in extreme emergencies at RB likewise Lescott in extreme emergencies at LB.
Apparently you never seen him cross the ball because woeful sounds about right..his left foot is made of sand watching him cross the ball is an eye sore at least kolarov can put in a dangerous ball in the boxCaveman said:The word "woeful" is utterly incorrect. He rarely crosses balls in and rarely shoots.
not a chance at that.NanaToure42 said:honestly, i think we're fine at the left back position.
Is Clichy great going forward? No. But he's not woeful as you said. His crossing isn't great but he doesn't give the ball away, and most importantly doesn't get out of position, and if he does he's so fast he can get back(most of the time). I think he is a very solid LB worthy of a starting spot in a top team.
Kolorov is a worthy back up LB. He and Clichy have a nice ying and yang thing going on. Complete opposites give the coaching staff variety when selecting the team. Sometimes (ok maybe not too often, but every once in a while) we need a player like Kolorov in the squad to get forward from out wide. When playing in a 4-4-2 with Silva as the LM (Silva loves drifting inside) Kolorov works well.
I think we're fine at left back. Although I'd love to see a guy like Alaba from Bayern in sky blue.
Braggster said:Is it reasonable to expect consistency from a player who is a backup to the incumbent and expected to start maybe 30 per cent of matches? I don't think it is.LoveCity said:Clichy is a brilliant player, seems to be underrated by a lot of our fans. Probably the best defensive left-back in the league and one of the best in Europe. But yes his attacking threat is limited so the alternative should be someone with attacking potency (but also the ability to defend) like Richards is to Zaba. This is why I'm not keen on the idea of Zabaleta as cover for Clichy, neither are outstanding going forward. Kolarov has shown flashes at times but can be extraordinarily poor and is always inconsistent.
Maybe you can get that in a system like the rags had under the GPC, where everyone knew their roles and the team had played a more or less constant style for many years (10+) with only gradual evolutions, so backup players - themselves often long serving - knew exactly what they had to do and what their team mates' likely movements were.
However, in a squad like ours which has been put together more recently and with less continuity - true of almost all teams, to be fair - is it realistic to expect consistency of performance from backup players who don't make regular appearances? Especially so, when you're asking them to provide a creative outlet where (for example when it comes to crossing) it's crucial to have instinctive knowledge of the runs made by the forward players. I have my doubts and think it might simply be asking too much
How many years has this been a problem. Surely we can find one in January?
Fella’s never fit?We've got a lad we paid 55mil for, who's barely played due to injury. I doubt the boss is gonna turn his back on him.