#14 | Aymeric Laporte - 2020/21 Performances

[Trojan1962]

He looks heavy to me and not as quick. More game time needed

 

[blue61]

The vast majority of players need a run of games to find their best form. It has not been easy for Eric as he has had injuries and then the form of Dias and Stones stopping him getting a consistent run. I didn't see too much wrong with his game he was no worse than Dias yesterday for sure.

He is still the best distributor of the ball we have in central defence, just lacking match sharpness. The main problem yesterday was the shape of the forwards and midfield allowing them to get at the defence outnumbering us they attacked

I would start Laporte and Stones against Fulham

 

[David Silva]

I still think Laporte is a top class defender, but our defence as a unit just looks worse somehow when he plays ahead of Stones atm, Dias in particular looks much less influential.

 

[waspish]

He makes more errors than Dias and stones but we have to give him games think pep would sell him if his son was staying ;)

 

[kaz7]

Strange one , he is more open to mistakes and ruby does not look as stable ,john and ruby for me every day

 

[kun]

He makes more errors than Dias and stones

Only this season. Before this season Stones was CLEAR in the number of mistakes he had made compared to Laporte.
I think overall, Laporte is out of form and Stones is in form, but if you look at their entire careers when they retire I'm pretty certain Stones will have the longer list of errors (partially because he's got a slightly riskier style of play).

Dias also made a couple of clangers at Benfica so be ready for that.

I am sure Laporte can return to his previous form. Stones and Dias are class but they will not be able to play every game.

 

[Kippax77]

We do seem a tad slower when he plays.
But like most players, more game time the better the performances

 

[Gabriel]

Stones was worse last season than Laporte is now, so I fully expect him to be much better next season, when there’ll be more games to come and more injuries to contend with; clubs rarely go two seasons unscathed. The return of crowds will also see the pace of play go up as well, so we’ll need all hands on deck.

 

[BlueTG]

He’s not playing as well as he’s shown in the past, but I’m fucked if I can see a penalty in the ‘challenge’ he made.

 

[FantasyIreland]

He’s not playing as well as he’s shown in the past, but I’m fucked if I can see a penalty in the ‘challenge’ he made.

It was an awful decision,one the ref was looking to make and one made purely as an effort to steer the game.