Kolo Shout Out

[The Fat el Hombre]

Not my idea of a centre half and has been awful at times but was brilliant yesterday. Well done Kolo. Came up trumps when we really needed him to

 

[Vienna_70]

Nesta
Baresi
Maldini
Thuram
Cafu
Lahm
Cashley
Camelgob
Vidic
Puyol
Stam
Thiago Silva
Adams
Terry
Lizarazu
Costacurta
Zanetti
Blanc
Hierro
Desailly
Roberto Carlos
Sammer
Cannavaro
Hansen
Bobby Moore
Beckenbauer



Then Kompany.

No Watson or Doyle?

I'm too young to have seen them(only put Moore in because of the hype.)

Fair enough.

When I saw Moore AND Beckenbauer, I thought you must be of a similar age to me and have seen Dave and Mike in their prime.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Superb yesterday, and I general has done well all season when asked to do a job.

Slightly at fault for their penalty, but his best performance ina city shirt

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

If we let both Kolo and Lescott go in the Summer it leaves us with;

Vinny - Nastasic - Rekik - Richards.

Firing on all fronts that is at least one short and seeing as we completely messed up the summer Transfer window due to the confusion created by the FFP rules and I cant think of anyone off hand who is both affordable or open to a move we should really keep either Kolo or Lescott.

Have a good look at the Champions League Matches - their really isn't one fantastic world class defender in the entire competition.

As it stands right now I rate Vinny as one of the best 3 or 4 centre backs in the World. In 45 years of watching Football I dont rate Vinny in the top fifty defenders that I have ever seen. That is how low the standard is.

We were heavily linked with Zouma and Marquinhos is January. Both young and very promising.

Kompany
Nastasic
New Signing
Richards
Rekik

Looks decent enough to me.<br /><br />-- Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:28 pm --<br /><br />

I don't get all the speculation on this and other threads about our centre halfs.

I don't think any of them are poor and I think they would all walk into most teams in the premership. Why get rid ?

The spacing of the ages is fantastic (almost deliberate?) Nasty 19 Vinny 26 Lescott 30 Kolo 32. I don't believe Lescott wants to leave, I think they all know they will get game time and that they are happy to be here. I would think that Kolo should get an extra year and that next year we bring in a 22/23 year old. (look at the gap at the swamp 2 x 32/33 and 2 x 22/23 with just evans in between)

All the shit from the press earlier in the season (and on here) that the defece is no good but it's still the best in the league and now we have four centre halves used to playing with each other (and two full backs able to play in a three)
- why break it up ?

Christ even the midfield is showing signs of promise with variations.

Anyway, agree entirely with the op - awesome judgement yesterday - particularly on their breakaway.

We cant have players like Toure and to a lesser extent Lescott being on 100k plus a week yet only having a minimal role in the squad especially with the upcoming FFP regulations.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Much rather offer Kolo a new 1 year deal on less money than keep Lescott. I feel so much more comfortable with Kolo playing with Nasty or Rekik than I would Lescott.

Although Lescott is better than Kolo, Kolo is a born leader. Toure does not shy away from responsibility and looks like a much calmer influence on the younger players than Lescott.

 

[Vienna_70]

Much rather offer Kolo a new 1 year deal on less money than keep Lescott. I feel so much more comfortable with Kolo playing with Nasty or Rekik than I would Lescott.

Although Lescott is better than Kolo, Kolo is a born leader. Toure does not shy away from responsibility and looks like a much calmer influence on the younger players than Lescott.

What a pile of tosh!

Lescott always looks calm and in control and takes responsibility if and when the situation demands.

At least you concede that JoLo is better than Kolo. And surely the most important thing is to have the best players possible?

 

[Balti]

Never lets us down and is great back up

he's earned a season by season deal for me

 

[daztrueblue91]

Much rather offer Kolo a new 1 year deal on less money than keep Lescott. I feel so much more comfortable with Kolo playing with Nasty or Rekik than I would Lescott.

Although Lescott is better than Kolo, Kolo is a born leader. Toure does not shy away from responsibility and looks like a much calmer influence on the younger players than Lescott.

What a pile of tosh!

Lescott always looks calm and in control and takes responsibility if and when the situation demands.

At least you concede that JoLo is better than Kolo. And surely the most important thing is to have the best players possible?

We will have to disagree then.

Lescott is solid and reliable but will never be anything more than a solid defender because of his lack of leadership. He is solid when he plays with another solid defender (Vinny or Jagielka) but looks lost when playing as the main CB.

Our first choice CB pairing IMO would be Vinny and Nasty. If Nasty is injured then it would be Vinny and Lescott. And if Vinny is injured then it would be Nasty and Kolo.

 

[Vienna_70]

Much rather offer Kolo a new 1 year deal on less money than keep Lescott. I feel so much more comfortable with Kolo playing with Nasty or Rekik than I would Lescott.

Although Lescott is better than Kolo, Kolo is a born leader. Toure does not shy away from responsibility and looks like a much calmer influence on the younger players than Lescott.

What a pile of tosh!

Lescott always looks calm and in control and takes responsibility if and when the situation demands.

At least you concede that JoLo is better than Kolo. And surely the most important thing is to have the best players possible?

We will have to disagree then.

Lescott is solid and reliable but will never be anything more than a solid defender because of his lack of leadership. He is solid when he plays with another solid defender (Vinny or Jagielka) but looks lost when playing as the main CB.

Our first choice CB pairing IMO would be Vinny and Nasty. If Nasty is injured then it would be Vinny and Lescott. And if Vinny is injured then it would be Nasty and Kolo.

That's because you've gone for a left/right combination in every case!

But when Lescott has been the senior centre-back, has he been found wanting?

Even when playing with Nasty, he has shown leadership and taken his rôle as the senior CB seriously.

I have come to the conclusion that you are one of the Lescott haters, no matter what he does.

 

[daztrueblue91]

What a pile of tosh!

Lescott always looks calm and in control and takes responsibility if and when the situation demands.

At least you concede that JoLo is better than Kolo. And surely the most important thing is to have the best players possible?

We will have to disagree then.

Lescott is solid and reliable but will never be anything more than a solid defender because of his lack of leadership. He is solid when he plays with another solid defender (Vinny or Jagielka) but looks lost when playing as the main CB.

Our first choice CB pairing IMO would be Vinny and Nasty. If Nasty is injured then it would be Vinny and Lescott. And if Vinny is injured then it would be Nasty and Kolo.

That's because you've gone for a left/right combination in every case!

But when Lescott has been the senior centre-back, has he been found wanting?

Even when playing with Nasty, he has shown leadership and taken his rôle as the senior CB seriously.

I have come to the conclusion that you are one of the Lescott haters, no matter what he does.

I don't hate Lescott far from it, I just don't over rate him like a lot on here do.

We paid far over the odds for him and he is not better than Jagielka or Cahill. And if he is earning £90k a week then we should sell him because he does not represent value for money.

And whenever Savic played with Lescott the defence looked a lot worse than when Savic played with Vinny or Kolo.

What I will say is that he has been a good player for the club and I wish him well but the fact he is so limited on the ball will always go against him.