Centre back options

The couple of Swansea games I have seen, Alfie Mawson looks like a very good prospect. 23 years old and has scored a couple of goals for them. We need English players so I reckon he is worth looking at.
 
Southern said:
Think I remember Tim Vickery a couple of years back on Talk***** saying he was the 'real deal' or words to that effect. This was when he was asked his opinion on Funes Mori, who he said lacked pace, but Palanta was supposedly a class above.
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Balanta had a series of quite serious injuries then apparently made a few mistakes after coming back, lost confidence and didn't reach the level he was at before.

No idea how he's doing at Basel though.
 
We were supposed to be after Yerri Mina, another Colombian centre-back at Jesus' old club Palmeiras, but Barca area after him as well and he'd prefer to go there.
 
If we are willing to spend vast amounts of money on a defender who is over the age of 30, shouldn't Koscielny be considered?

Speaking in the world on the 1st May....
 
Dr Jacoby said:
If we are willing to spend vast amounts of money on a defender who is over the age of 30, shouldn't Koscielny be considered?
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Bonucci is 5x the player that Koscielny is, so no.

2 years younger as well, but that's sort of moot.
 
Apart from Virgil, I dont anyone who can improve our CB.

But I am satisfied with Stones, Kolarov, Otamendi & Kompany/Denayer to cover this position.
 
Yeah I hope we don't get rid of Denayer so soon, he's still young. Look at Savic and Boateng now, starting at Atletico and Bayern
 
Tevez City said:
Apart from Virgil, I dont anyone who can improve our CB.

But I am satisfied with Stones, Kolarov, Otamendi & Kompany/Denayer to cover this position.
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Agreed with your 2nd paragraph. I also agree Virgil could improve it. Whether there aren't others who can too is debatable.

I think possession fullbacks and a better goalie is what would skyrocket the defense.
 
Tevez City said:
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Fewest goals conceded in Europe's top 5 leagues this season:
Bayern (17)
Juventus (20)
Spurs (22)
PSG (23)
Man Utd (24)
Atletico (25)

What makes these teams the best defensive ?
Is it the system that has been adopted by their coaches or the quality of their defenders ?
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Mixture of both. You only have to look at how much better we are defensively with vinnie in the side. If he continues to show signs that he can stay fit I'd risk not buying a centre back this summer.
 
Dax777 said:
Agreed with your 2nd paragraph. I also agree Virgil could improve it. Whether there aren't others who can too is debatable.

I think possession fullbacks and a better goalie is what would skyrocket the defense.
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Agree on VVD, but we have seemed to cooled our interest. I'm thinking that if we do get Benjamin Mendy he could be another CB at times. We need CB's with pace because of the way we play leaving space behind. Otamendi has gotten caught out against Mane in the pool game and almost again against Rashford. I think Mendy is quicker version of Kolarov. That means we would have may have to get another LB, but that's what Pep would probably prefer to make his squad smaller. One FB who can play in 2 positions.
 
We need a quick ball playing centre back. Watching Otamendi getting out paced by gestede confirms that. Who is the fastest centre back out there? Thiago Silva, David Luiz?
 
delboy said:
We need a quick ball playing centre back. Watching Otamendi getting out paced by gestede confirms that. Who is the fastest centre back out there? Thiago Silva, David Luiz?
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......Mangala


Laporte is fairly quick as well.
 
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