Kalidou Koulibaly

[Clercqs]

We concede with pretty much every shot we are faced with. I'm also not interested in that bollocks stat number of expected goals against I see how bad we defend with my own eyes. When Liverpool won the league they'd conceded 20 goals in 32 games after it they conceded 12 in 6 I think they relaxed a little don't u?

I think our pressing from the front has been much worse this season which have affected our defensive performances. Of course the probably relaxed a bit, at the same time they were very lucky in their first 32 games conceding way less goals than they should have, and not thanks to Alison saving them but thanks to the opponents missing the target.

Wow. Can you explain why as Stones hasn't been good for a long while

I still rate Stones and think that if he can stay injury free he'll be good enough for us. Of course if his form is that same that its been for the last 1,5 years then Koulibaly will (hopefully) prove to be a upgrade but I think Stones will come good. And while Koulibaly obviously is a good centre back I'm far from convinced he's one of the best in the world (are there any real good centre backs out there apart from vvd?) and might look even worse in our system.

 

[ctid1894]

Our name isn't United that's why we don't get the pens. We have plenty of pace in the side but pace doesn't work very well against a compact 11 :)

That's funny, it did the previous two seasons.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Really sceptical about this deal, seems to be a lot of money for a guy who will be over the hill in a 2 years or so.

If we win 1 or 2 league titles and make significant progress in the Champions League in those 2 years then it will have been worth it.

 

[mosssideblue]

I think our pressing from the front has been much worse this season which have affected our defensive performances. Of course the probably relaxed a bit, at the same time they were very lucky in their first 32 games conceding way less goals than they should have, and not thanks to Alison saving them but thanks to the opponents missing the target.


I still rate Stones and think that if he can stay injury free he'll be good enough for us. Of course if his form is that same that its been for the last 1,5 years then Koulibaly will (hopefully) prove to be a upgrade but I think Stones will come good. And while Koulibaly obviously is a good centre back I'm far from convinced he's one of the best in the world (are there any real good centre backs out there apart from vvd?) and might look even worse in our system.

You said you were far from convinces KK is better than Stones. Are you now retracting that?

 

[citytill1die84]

That's funny, it did the previous two seasons.

We conceded a lot less goals and had a younger Fernandinho protecting our defence the previous 2 seasons.

 

[skyblues]

I'm far from convinced that Koulibaly is a huge upgrade on Stones for example.

Are you joking mate?

Koulibaly belongs to the very best central defenders in the world. Stones is not even the best CB in Manchester.

You hopefully saw when Laporte was brought in a couple of years ago that our defence improved remarkably. Hell even 19 yo Garcia was an upgrade to Stones, why else would Pep play him? I can take it even further: our backline looks even more solid with a 35 yo CDM (Fernandinho). That’s how far down Stones has end up in the pecking order.

Koulibaly will now partner Laporte who is clearly our best defender. If Koulibaly and Laporte stays fit, we’d have the best centreback partnership this club has seen in many many years.

 

[chesterbells]

I’m happy with this as he seems clearly first choice.

He has experience, great fitness record etc.

Agreed it is a signing that would have been better 2/3 years ago but would have been over £100 million.

Ake and KK seriously are an up-grade on Otamendi, Stones and I assume Garcia.

Fern becomes the 4th CB and a youth player to step up for Garcia.

I’d rather see THB given a chance ahead of Fern, who I think has dropped off significantly last season.

 

[Clercqs]

You said you were far from convinces KK is better than Stones. Are you now retracting that?

I said I'm far from convinced he is a huge upgrade on Stones, and that I do stand by.

 

[Marvin]

Really sceptical about this deal, seems to be a lot of money for a guy who will be over the hill in a 2 years or so.

It is impossible to criticise a move for Koulibaly on any level.

 

[Clercqs]

Are you joking mate?

Koulibaly belongs to the very best central defenders in the world. Stones is not even the best CB in Manchester.

You hopefully saw when Laporte was brought in a couple of years ago that our defence improved remarkably. Hell even 19 yo Garcia was an upgrade to Stones, why else would Pep play him? I can take it even further: our backline looks even more solid with a 35 yo CDM (Fernandinho). That’s how far down Stones has end up in the pecking order.

Koulibaly will now partner Laporte who is clearly our best defender. If Koulibaly and Laporte stays fit, we’d have the best centreback partnership this club has seen in many many years.

If Koulibaly had performed as well for us this season has he had for Napoli people here would be screaming donkey and get rid asap.