3 | Rúben Dias - 2021/22 Performances

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Long Slow Goodbye said:
Rotating centrebacks is moronic, especially when Dias and Stones merged so well last season, won us the league were possibly the biggest factor in us going further in the Champions League than ever before; both have suffered this year because of it. Laporte seems to have a parasitical impact on both of them when partnered with him for some reason, potentially his personality.

I’d try to restore the Stones-Dias partnership in the new year as the Champions League games will expose Dias’ flaws without his pal, while Laporte himself has previous as a big game bottle job.
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what a pile of bollocks ,your posts are a work of art
 
Long Slow Goodbye said:
Rotating centrebacks is moronic, especially when Dias and Stones merged so well last season, won us the league were possibly the biggest factor in us going further in the Champions League than ever before; both have suffered this year because of it. Laporte seems to have a parasitical impact on both of them when partnered with him for some reason, potentially his personality.

I’d try to restore the Stones-Dias partnership in the new year as the Champions League games will expose Dias’ flaws without his pal, while Laporte himself has previous as a big game bottle job.
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Moronic......ffs, instantly negates any of your comments that follow.
Attention-seeking or wind-up, only you know...or care. HNY
 
We have 3 class CBs.

Dias is well above Stones and Laporte, obviously.

Stones - when on form is - IMO - better than Laporte - but there's not much difference between the two.
 
Don't think Dias did much wrong to get dropped but he has gone to ground a bit too often lately, maybe this is just Pep's way of letting him know that he's not undroppable?
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
Potentially a tactical decision to have our two best passing centre backs against a team that presses well
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Chelsea had these occasional 5 minute spells where they pressed us really aggressively at the back and catch us out. They only lasted 5 minutes because nothing every came of it.

As much as I rate Dias, he may have had issues in this position. Especially if he was next to Walker.
 
mccity said:
Chelsea had these occasional 5 minute spells where they pressed us really aggressively at the back and catch us out. They only lasted 5 minutes because nothing every came of it.

As much as I rate Dias, he may have had issues in this position. Especially if he was next to Walker.
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Yeah Dias next to Walker makes our right side much less comfortable in possession.

I love Dias... but he definitely behind Stones and Laporte in this regard. Crazy to think how young he is and if he can still improve as well.
 
Dias is a beast and still our best overall defender but he's a step below Stones and Laporte in terms on the ball ability. Doesn't hurt that Stones and Laporte are both good defenders themselves.
 
Missed him yesterday,we look a tad softer and less aggressive without his presence.Our possession limited Chelseas's opportunity,but we were opened up a couple of times and except for better decision making/finishing we would have conceded,i dont think those same chances would have happened with Dias in the back line.

Has any word come out as to the reason for his omission?
 
Do we know why he was dropped, just curious, injury or performance related or just rotation (although strange to rotate in such a big game)?
 
nickamon said:
Do we know why he was dropped, just curious, injury or performance related or just rotation (although strange to rotate in such a big game)?
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None of us could know for certain, but Stones and Laporte are both better with the ball and better in the air than Dias which may have played a part in it all.
 
mccity said:
None of us could know for certain, but Stones and Laporte are both better with the ball and better in the air than Dias which may have played a part in it all.
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A number of posters were moaning before the game that we would lose the game without Dias in the team.

Obviously their panic was mis-placed and the Stones/Laporte combination played very well .

Maybe Dias wasn't fully fit or Pep knew better than the forum experts :}
 
Withnail said:
Bit off tonight, distribution poor and not the best challenge when he got booked.
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Think he knew exactly what he was doing with that challenge, but otherwise agreed. Got lucky with the offside call in the very beginning of the match I thought.
 
Bit of a shaky start then steadied. By no means a bad performance but personally I no longer think in our best 11 it's Dias and another, you can legitimately leave him out.
 
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