Kalidou Koulibaly

blinkblue said:
So you want to go into the season with 3 left footed and left sided centre backs?
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First of all we will only play with two at any one time.
It seems ok for many teams to play with two right footed Cbs , No difference two left footed, if they are well balanced, which you would expect if they are playing for an elite team.
Unless you subscribe to the jamie carragher idea, that two right footed are fine , but not two left footed. Which he said last week.
If they cant defend on both sides, then they shouldn't be playing for City, whichever is their strongest kicking foot.
I would be looking more at basic strengths, positioning, decision making, recovery rates, awareness of runners, relationships with the rest of of the back four, speed, communication.
If the foot they prefer to kick with detracts from these skills, then they are not good enough.
 
asahartford1 said:
First of all we will only play with two at any one time.
It seems ok for many teams to play with two right footed Cbs , No difference two left footed, if they are well balanced, which you would expect if they are playing for an elite team.
Unless you subscribe to the jamie carragher idea, that two right footed are fine , but not two left footed. Which he said last week.
If they cant defend on both sides, then they shouldn't be playing for City, whichever is their strongest kicking foot.
I would be looking more at basic strengths, positioning, decision making, recovery rates, awareness of runners, relationships with the rest of of the back four, speed, communication.
If the foot they prefer to kick with detracts from these skills, then they are not good enough.
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Fair enough. I agree with your point that it shouldn't really make a huge difference but I just can't see the club doing it.
 
asahartford1 said:
First of all we will only play with two at any one time.
It seems ok for many teams to play with two right footed Cbs , No difference two left footed, if they are well balanced, which you would expect if they are playing for an elite team.
Unless you subscribe to the jamie carragher idea, that two right footed are fine , but not two left footed. Which he said last week.
If they cant defend on both sides, then they shouldn't be playing for City, whichever is their strongest kicking foot.
I would be looking more at basic strengths, positioning, decision making, recovery rates, awareness of runners, relationships with the rest of of the back four, speed, communication.
If the foot they prefer to kick with detracts from these skills, then they are not good enough.
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I agree totally with that theory, but for one, many 'top' footballers can't, it seems & two, it very much appears Pep insists on that balance.
 
asahartford1 said:
First of all we will only play with two at any one time.
It seems ok for many teams to play with two right footed Cbs , No difference two left footed, if they are well balanced, which you would expect if they are playing for an elite team.
Unless you subscribe to the jamie carragher idea, that two right footed are fine , but not two left footed. Which he said last week.
If they cant defend on both sides, then they shouldn't be playing for City, whichever is their strongest kicking foot.
I would be looking more at basic strengths, positioning, decision making, recovery rates, awareness of runners, relationships with the rest of of the back four, speed, communication.
If the foot they prefer to kick with detracts from these skills, then they are not good enough.
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The biggest impact is on the ability to play out from the back. The majority of players will revert to their strongest foot when playing, especially under pressure and playing with any unbalanced duo will cause problems with the way we play. Otamendi isn't a bad player at all in possession but if you look back at the goal against Norwich away, Stones plays a pass which forces Otamendi to take a touch to bring the ball back onto his stronger side, that alone causes that goal. If he was left footed, he would have taken the ball forwards, not backwards, so the situation would never have arisen.

Playing in midfield or wherever is easier because you're not the last line of defence and generally losing possession doesn't result in a goal scoring opportunity.

It's also far safer for a player to play a pass (e.g. left footed LCB to left winger) using with the natural curl of the ball going down the touchline. A right footed LCB to left winger would see the natural curl of the ball going inside to out, giving opposition teams more chance of interceptions.
 
Journo Alfredo Pedulla on friday: Koulibaly will leave Napoli and join City. Since, nada.
They start pre-season tomorrow! If anything happens it should be very soon.
 
skyblues said:
Journo Alfredo Pedulla on friday: Koulibaly will leave Napoli and join City. Since, nada.
They start pre-season tomorrow! If anything happens it should be very soon.
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I don’t know if it was a translation issue or something but I don’t understand why people acted like Pedulla broke big news on Friday. All he said was that Koulibaly will go to City in the context of a tweet about Napoli’s interest in Matvienko. He didn’t mean it in the sense that anything new had been agreed, he was just kind of stating what we already knew - that Koulibaly has a deal with City
 
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