Apart from the obvious difference in experience I'm struggling to think of a reason how him playing instead of Fernandinho would weaken us. Eric is a natural defender outstanding on the ball and his reading of the game. Hope to see him get another start this week.
Ottamendi is our best cb in terms of arial ability and garcia doesn't stack up unfortunatley.
Yes but without him we would be too weak against set pieces once stones is fit we can drop him until then we need to keep playing himHe's also possibly the worst at everything else.
his ariel ability is better than above average its very good for his height and also the best in the squad now that kompany has gone. Im not sure playing garcia in defence is a good option if he plays with fernandinho were weaker at defencing set pieces and if he plays with ottamendi im not sure how he would cope with ottamendis mistakes.The amount of dangerous free kicks and corners Otto gives away is the one of the main reasons we need his above average aerial ability , Garcia is a composed player who reads the game well and would possibly halve the amount of dead ball situations we face at the moment. Always liked the "colonel" as a player but he's seen his best days and would only be a squad player if Laporte had not suffered his injury
Historically, yes, but not this year.Yeah Tuesday would be good opportunity, Zagreb is one of the worst teams in the CL. Sadly it won't happen.
he amount of dangerous free kicks and corners Otto gives away is the one of the main reasons we need his above average aerial ability
Experience is a big thing with Pep, and it’s an obvious thing to build trust from.
But I think Garcia looks an even better prospect than Foden and I don’t see any reason for him not to be in our team.
He genuinely couldn’t be any worse than Otamendi.
Garcia might not ever get this kind of opportunity to get into our team ever again. I can see us spending big on a centre half next Summer but we might not have to, this lad could be that long term player.
It’s not like a Foden situation where even our best player from last season (Bernardo) isn’t even getting regular starts in midfield; we are genuinely short at centre half!