Re: The truth about Kolorov
WOAH WOAH WOAH.
Kolarov was pretty average tonight, but I'm sick of him being the one boo boy that everyone always singles out. Let's finally face facts: it was Zabaleta who was awful tonight, absolutely fucking shambolic.
Defensively, he got caught out of position more than once, forced Kompany to cover leaving gaps in the middle, directly at fault for the second goal with a piss-poor bit of defending.
Offensively, he was just incredibly poor. No intelligent runs, not one good cross (and he was given plenty of chances, that's for sure), just 'cut back and pass back' every single fucking time.
This is a bit reactionary, yeah, but I've always thought that Zabaleta was massively overrated on here (check my post history if you don't believe me). Kolarov is better than him, in my opinion. He's equally suspect defensively but at least he bangs it into dangerous areas nearly every game. Couldn't believe how poor Zaba was tonight. Spirit and determination (of which he has plenty) only gets you so far; 'decent' players get found out in the Champions League.
WOAH WOAH WOAH.
Kolarov was pretty average tonight, but I'm sick of him being the one boo boy that everyone always singles out. Let's finally face facts: it was Zabaleta who was awful tonight, absolutely fucking shambolic.
Defensively, he got caught out of position more than once, forced Kompany to cover leaving gaps in the middle, directly at fault for the second goal with a piss-poor bit of defending.
Offensively, he was just incredibly poor. No intelligent runs, not one good cross (and he was given plenty of chances, that's for sure), just 'cut back and pass back' every single fucking time.
This is a bit reactionary, yeah, but I've always thought that Zabaleta was massively overrated on here (check my post history if you don't believe me). Kolarov is better than him, in my opinion. He's equally suspect defensively but at least he bangs it into dangerous areas nearly every game. Couldn't believe how poor Zaba was tonight. Spirit and determination (of which he has plenty) only gets you so far; 'decent' players get found out in the Champions League.