I honestly was thinking we'd move for baines considering the uefa homegrown bottleneck because he would solve that problem plus he's very good. Clichy should stay because of the former point highlighted above but what about kolarov? I was thinking we would offload him or how do we intend meeting the 5 players homegrown quota slapped on us by the uefa?
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Is Gaël Clichy that good?
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ojeme said:I honestly was thinking we'd move for baines considering the uefa homegrown bottleneck because he would solve that problem plus he's very good. Clichy should stay because of the former point highlighted above but what about kolarov? I was thinking we would offload him or how do we intend meeting the 5 players homegrown quota slapped on us by the uefa?
Kolarov just signed new contract and is our strongest left back
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Love Alex but Cliche gives us a good choice of options. Both great. We are lucky to have them both. Long may it continue.....NorthEastScotlandMCFC said:ojeme said:I honestly was thinking we'd move for baines considering the uefa homegrown bottleneck because he would solve that problem plus he's very good. Clichy should stay because of the former point highlighted above but what about kolarov? I was thinking we would offload him or how do we intend meeting the 5 players homegrown quota slapped on us by the uefa?
Kolarov just signed new contract and is our strongest left back
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Hart of the matter said:Love Alex but Cliche gives us a good choice of options. Both great. We are lucky to have them both. Long may it continue.....NorthEastScotlandMCFC said:ojeme said:I honestly was thinking we'd move for baines considering the uefa homegrown bottleneck because he would solve that problem plus he's very good. Clichy should stay because of the former point highlighted above but what about kolarov? I was thinking we would offload him or how do we intend meeting the 5 players homegrown quota slapped on us by the uefa?
Kolarov just signed new contract and is our strongest left back
it was the one area where we could rotate, although kolorov upped his game over clichy last term. now we have sagna that position too is now covered. fernado and a partner for Vinny and we are sorted.
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de niro said:Hart of the matter said:Love Alex but Cliche gives us a good choice of options. Both great. We are lucky to have them both. Long may it continue.....NorthEastScotlandMCFC said:Kolarov just signed new contract and is our strongest left back
it was the one area where we could rotate, although kolorov upped his game over clichy last term. now we have sagna that position too is now covered. fernado and a partner for Vinny and we are sorted.
Agree that we are blessed with cracking options at left back. Clichy has better pace than Kolarov so can be used when we are playing against teams with fast right wingers or forward players. Clichy has good distribution and keeps the tempo of play very high, one of his main strengths for me is his ability to make space for other players with clever movement
I believe Kolarov is the stronger of the two players, I think you would be hard pushed to name a better left back in the Premier League. I wouldn't swap him for anyone, he has a cracking shot, excellent free kicks and set piece delivery and deadly crosser, add to that he is hard as nails and one of the lads to boot. He is also strong defensively as the statistics showed when comparing left backs.
We now have Sagna to cover Zabaleta at right back, I see him as a more defensive right back; he may not generate as many assists as Zabaleta but he is good on the ball and has loads of experience. Fingers crossed our full backs can stay fit this season as it is one of the most crucial and demanding position in our current system. I should add that I hope that Richards stays aswell; a fit Micah Richards is as strong as any other right back in the league.
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Played very well today, one of the best players on the pitch. Only negative is he can't cross. Rarely see a defender play that well out of position.
Pellegrini obviously had this in mind when he started Clichy over Micah in preseason, knowing that Zaba and Sagna wouldn't be ready.
Pellegrini obviously had this in mind when he started Clichy over Micah in preseason, knowing that Zaba and Sagna wouldn't be ready.
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My ma of the match today just ahead of edin
Gabriel
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Was over used in Mancini's last season, and last year we saw the benefits of a rested Kolarov, so this year we should see all four full-backs firing on all cylinders.
Kolarov a better option than Baines.Overatted is Baines and he would cost us over 25 million.ojeme said:I honestly was thinking we'd move for baines considering the uefa homegrown bottleneck because he would solve that problem plus he's very good. Clichy should stay because of the former point highlighted above but what about kolarov? I was thinking we would offload him or how do we intend meeting the 5 players homegrown quota slapped on us by the uefa?
This home grown quota is our biggest problem.We need better value for money than Baines. Cliichy far better value at a quarter of the price.
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He played better today than last Sunday .
Still gets out of position a lot at right back .
Better today . But it helped that Vinny and Martin back as centre backs .
Still gets out of position a lot at right back .
Better today . But it helped that Vinny and Martin back as centre backs .