Centre back options

Dax777 said:
Mangala was always a terrible footballer with freakish Athletism. This was obvious even before we were in for him. Lindelof looks a footballer. That's easy to see.
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If you could see that before we bought him, why did no one at City notice the same thing before we spent 40 million (or whatever it actually was) on him?
 
Lancet Fluke said:
I still think Mangala looked no worse than anyone else in that Pellegrini defence by and large. None of them stood a chance of looking like high class defenders and people forget that even Kompany went through a spell of looking like an absolute chump in the 14/15 season. Reckon we should have kept him this season and at least have given him a chance to show what he could do under a different manager. He is at least fairly quick and strong, doubt he would have been bullied by Costa like Otamendi was the other week.
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I think Mangala's best game for us was against Chelsea last season, he kept that dirty, cheating gobshite quiet for the whole game.

I actually think he's better than Otamendi, who still just dives in and spends too much time sat on his arse as yet another forward takes the ball past him.

My dad tells me of a player of whom it was said "Either the ball gets past him, or the man, but never both together." That's the kind of centre back we need, especially to deal with pricks like Costa. Stand up to him, niggle at him, stand on his toes at corners, whisper things about his mum or his mrs to him, he'll get himself sent off sooner rather than later, easy.
 
The Riot Club said:
I think Mangala's best game for us was against Chelsea last season, he kept that dirty, cheating gobshite quiet for the whole game.

I actually think he's better than Otamendi, who still just dives in and spends too much time sat on his arse as yet another forward takes the ball past him.

My dad tells me of a player of whom it was said "Either the ball gets past him, or the man, but never both together." That's the kind of centre back we need, especially to deal with pricks like Costa. Stand up to him, niggle at him, stand on his toes at corners, whisper things about his mum or his mrs to him, he'll get himself sent off sooner rather than later, easy.
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We've had plenty you know ..in no particular order as I loved even all :-)

Tommy Booth
Andy Morrison
Mike Doyle
Mick McCarthy
Dave Watson
Tommy Caton (had a nasty streak in him that didn't show up a lot, but it was there)
Keith Curle

And this was pre-Sheik!!
 
BufordUSABlue said:
We've had plenty you know ..in no particular order as I loved even all :-)

Tommy Booth
Andy Morrison
Mike Doyle
Mick McCarthy
Dave Watson
Tommy Caton (had a nasty streak in him that didn't show up a lot, but it was there)
Keith Curle

And this was pre-Sheik!!
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dave Watson was the best centre back ive seen at city.also booth and doyle were good would love them in this city team
 
We have to admit that Kompany is simply not going to stay fit for long periods.

Stones, Otamendi and Kolarov as our three centre back options is not good enough to win the league. I don't think any of the three are top centre backs, although Stones should go on to become world class in years to come.

Van Dijk is a no brainer in January.
 
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