keep one centre half...who?

For me it has to be Otamendi. He does piss me off when going to ground at times, however he is easily better than Mangala. Although Vinny will probably be staying, it's very difficult to see him recover fully from his injury concerns.
 
DClarkMiamiU said:
You mean Center Back...not half.
and it would be Mangala because of potential.
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In merrie (sic) old England, we say centre half.

And it's a really tough call. Kompany is a crock, with no reason to suggest his injury record will improve as he ages further, Mangala is a quicker version of Lescott with the ball (ie. not comfortable with it) and not as good a defender without it - sample: letting Van Dijk stand goal side of him at corners last week - and Otamendi, whilst far more natural in possession, manages to drop a serious ricket every other game. I'd like to keep the faith with Kompany, but not without buying cover anyway. Maybe 5 centre halves next season then? Kompany, Stones, Laporte, Otamendi and Denayer? Trouble with that quintet is that Kompany is still the only natural organiser and leader......
 
mad zab said:
For me it has to be Otamendi. He does piss me off when going to ground at times, however he is easily better than Mangala. Although Vinny will probably be staying, it's very difficult to see him recover fully from his injury concerns.
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This ^^^ sad to see mangala struggling and I'm still hoping he might flourish and come good under pep. Also sadly its looking more and more likely VK is destined to have a short career :-(
 
Including MD in the list is pointless.

It would be Mangala all day for me, he's a work in progress (yes I know he's 25) but three years younger than Otamendi who only really 'clicked' as a consistently good player at the same age, he's been our best defender over the last couple of months, usually been really consistent when actually given a run of games, he's got a decent attitude and some character and appears to actually give a fuck.

Vinny is worthy of another year to see if he can recover himself physically imo, however if we're being ruthless it really doesn't look good when different parts of the body keep breaking down so regularly.
 
I would expect Otamendi to improve significantly in his second season. I think people tend to forget that Kompany and Zabba did not look that fantastic when they first arrived.

I know that Ota was known as "The General" at his previous club - was this down to leadership or solely his military salute goal celebration?

Whatever happens if we do buy new defenders I would hope that we can discover some VFM rather than paying through the nose for the likes of Stones. Van Dijk, the centre-back Southampton signed from Celtic for 13M, could probably have done just as well as any of our defenders this season and would have been a bargain. We should have known all about him given that his CB partner at Celtic was Denayer.
 
Would say Kompany if he can fully recover and we can believe he will stay fit as fully fit he is irriplacable, otherwise I would say Mangala can lack concentration, but his age and raw ability edges him over the otter who I like and think will improve but just gets on my tits with the fainting when breathed on.
 
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