Full Backs?

tolmie's hairdoo said:
I don't think that's right anymore. There was interest but Zinchenko is no longer for sale and will sign a new five-year deal shortly.

Pep is convinced he is the answer unless we decide to bin Mendy now...
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Zin has been excellent this season and has improved tremendously. Touch of the Zabaletas about him.

No worries with him being our left back going forward.

However, I wonder if he could play Fernandinho’s role when he finishes playing?

He’s got the defensive element, reads the game well, has a serious engine, tenacious and as he’s now demonstrating, a lovely range of passing. He’s also shown he is adept at learning new roles and making them his own.

Thoughts blues?
 
Stoned Rose said:
Zin has been excellent this season and has improved tremendously. Touch of the Zabaletas about him.

No worries with him being our left back going forward.

However, I wonder if he could play Fernandinho’s role when he finishes playing?

He’s got the defensive element, reads the game well, has a serious engine, tenacious and as he’s now demonstrating, a lovely range of passing. He’s also shown he is adept at learning new roles and making them his own.

Thoughts blues?
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He’s really impressed me recently. I thought he should’ve gone to Wolves as the money was decent for a bit-part player and he was a winger who occasionally slotted in midfield/LB.

Completely changed my mind on him. He’s got a great attitude and is getting better and better. Some of his passes/assists have been unreal, and a bonus is he doesn’t tend to occupy the same spaces as Sane. Could be our Kimmich.
 
Just where would we bin Mendy?

Other than the Rags....Why would any club want to pay someone 200k a week to sit in the stands?
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I don't think that's right anymore. There was interest but Zinchenko is no longer for sale and will sign a new five-year deal shortly.

Pep is convinced he is the answer unless we decide to bin Mendy now...
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Looks like the sun have been reading Tolmie's posts on blue moon again......
 
FantasyIreland said:
Just where would we bin Mendy?

Other than the Rags....Why would any club want to pay someone 200k a week to sit in the stands?
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There has to be something Mendy can do to earn his wages. What’s his photography skills like etc Could work for our social media department... Roque Santa Cruz played more games and had more impact for us than this clown
 
km09 said:
There has to be something Mendy can do to earn his wages. What’s his photography skills like etc Could work for our social media department... Roque Santa Cruz played more games and had more impact for us than this clown
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Struth
 
Dax777 said:
I tot they said he was there to see Ferro?
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Portuguese journalists are still milking the story about Txiki's visit to Benfica home game. The short summary is Txiki went to Lisbon to buy Ferro, Felix, Dias, Grimaldo and Jovic, all at once :)
 
In the first episode of the Amazon doc it was said that we require big fullbacks. I believe this is true and Pep has adjusted to the PL. When we bought Walker I was thinking why because he's not a typical Pep fullback, but it's clear now. He's the type of fullback that is used more defensively. You can say Walker isn't great defensively, but his job is to use his pace when opposition counter. Even if it's just to allow our defence to get back into shape. Also his height is used because when PL teams attack they do so with high crosses.

I believe in LC final against Chelsea Pep said he brought in Danilo because he needed height. So he does think defensively and realized how teams attack. Last season in the LC semi against Bristol City we conceded 2 late goals where they put in high crosses which Zinchenko couldn't deal with. This is why I believe we won't go for a small fullback unless he's exceptional.

I think Chilwell would actually be good if he can do a similar job to Walker on the left. Can't say I've seen enough of Tiereny to comment) Chilwell seems good in the air and has enough pace and defensive abilities. It's clear Delph can't deal with those situations. Not only against Swansea, but last season he couldn't deal with long balls across the pitch to his side. The United game comes to mind when he whiffed and let Rashford score. We will get targeted by opposition as our weak point.

Pep also likes the attacking fullback that's why we wanted Dani Alvez. It's almost like an extra midfielder who can help break the press and also aide in attack. This is currently Zinchenko to a lesser extent. However you need balance in the team. So while Zinch attacks, Walker is there to prevent counters. So if we had a rightback who was more attacking or just need defensive stability like when we play Liverpool I'd go with Chilwell. It also depends on who the opposition is as well. So if say we play against Burnley we may go with Chilwell instead of Zinchenko.
 
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Bayern smashing their record transfer fee to sign Lucas Hernandez from Atletico.
I know that we were heavily linked with him a while ago. Perhaps this provides some context for Hoeness' bizarre comments...
 
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