24 | Joško Gvardiol - 2023/24

[Middedon]

It was very high up but it was from a set piece. So the whole backline except Walker was up around the box.

Fair, it was from a set piece, but I do think there were a few opportunities to stop it the attack- Doku missed the tackle/loose ball, Ake hesitated a bit, Walker and Dias weren’t great. I’m just saying there were a few things that went wrong, it wasn’t solely him.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

We all see different things, I think he’s a bit of a cart horse who can’t defend, and gets caught up the pitch way too often when he’s on the left, but has potential as a midfielder.
Certainly agree with the swap with Ake though.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Stop humping the **** into this pseudo-left-back role.

 

[applejuice]

Fair, it was from a set piece, but I do think there were a few opportunities to stop it the attack- Doku missed the tackle/loose ball, Ake hesitated a bit, Walker and Dias weren’t great. I’m just saying there were a few things that went wrong, it wasn’t solely him.

yeah i agree

and Ake was asking for the ball. i guess it would be hard for josko to deny him.

 

[Keeper!]

A CB filling in at LB in his first season in a new league playing for the best team in the world and at 21.

The amount of games he has played shows how Pep rates him.

 

[super_city_si]

Stop humping the **** into this pseudo-left-back role.

Confusing as fuck. Hes got the ability to fill in to the mid support role from cb but even when we have no one who can step in he is still played at lb. Hes clearly a good ball player.

 

[Saddleworth2]

He will establish himself as one of our best central defenders in time. Once he has mastered left wing of course.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Quality touch and very technically proficient. Would love for him to bury one of these shots, as I think he deserves a goal for his forward play.

Had a solid 7/10 first season, imho, but it’s not over yet!

 

[Haaland94]

We all see different things, I think he’s a bit of a cart horse who can’t defend, and gets caught up the pitch way too often when he’s on the left, but has potential as a midfielder.
Certainly agree with the swap with Ake though.

He literally wins every 1 vs 1 defensively (saved us in extra time vs Almiron in the 1st half, for example). He shows it every week as well. If anything, his positioning can be occasionally off from the left-back position, but that will come in time.

 

[rossmoss]

He’s a brilliant player, would love to see him thrive in the middle of defence, probably will next year. Tough gig on the left as I prefer Ake there.

I think it's because of his passing ability (and attacking in general). We would be praising the likes of rodri, kdb or foden if they played some of the line breaking passes he does. I would blame pep for his defensive difficulties since he's told to go so much forward.

I think that he will be a beast once stones comes back, since gvardiol can be in a back three in a build up with stones going to midfield.

Also, I agree that it would be nice to see gvardiol at centreback, however, I feel like pep trusts ake more and at left back you can get away with a bit more defensively whereas a mistake in the center is a goal.