Colin Bells Boots
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PragueBlue
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People don’t recognize his intelligence. He knows he can’t win an aerial duel against a big strong man towering over him at 1.92m, so he stands behind and try to catch the second ball instead. I watched his performance a little extra tonight after reading a lot about him being useless in the air in the prematch thread. He’s a smart player and reads the game well.
imo a lot better than Stones ever did.
Stones has like 70% success rate in the air. Does that make him worldclass? No. It means nothing and tells you nada about a defenders overall capability.
Being slow, poor in the air and losing your man aren't good attributes for a CB in the PL. I'm not convinced that he reads the game that well either.
I don't think Stones is the answer but I do believe he is a better CB than Garcia at present.
decmancity
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Hopefully he gave the back four a good talk after the game. Was really poor all round for the goal.
Javi Garcia's Hairstylist
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I'll fully admit that the fact Garcia decided to announce his intention to return to Barcelona on the eve of our tie with Madrid has influenced my opinion of him.
Previously, I felt him to be slow, undersized, bad in the air, and abysmal at tracking runners. After, I added "is a twat" to that list.
Previously, I felt him to be slow, undersized, bad in the air, and abysmal at tracking runners. After, I added "is a twat" to that list.
Burtonblue
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You don’t get capped by Spain at his age if you’re shit do you!I bet Garcia became a shit defender on the very day he announced he didn’t want to extend with us.
That’s logic for some people.
I hope Eric can stay. Rate him above Stones and always did.
Neville Kneville
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People don’t recognize his intelligence. He knows he can’t win an aerial duel against a big strong man towering over him at 1.92m, so he stands behind and try to catch the second ball instead. I watched his performance a little extra tonight after reading a lot about him being useless in the air in the prematch thread. He’s a smart player and reads the game well.
imo a lot better than Stones ever did.
Stones has like 70% success rate in the air. Does that make him worldclass? No. It means nothing and tells you nada about a defenders overall capability.
What a load of cock.
You mean other players stepped in for him.
You watched his performance & he read the game ?
What did he read when he was facing the fucking lino with his hand up & the City backline, behind him, playing the player on, like he's done in a whole bunch of games costing us ?
What was he reading when the player ran across our defence to score & he hid behind Rodri doing fuck all ?
What about the cross that came in & he let the cf who was in front of him, run behind him without even noticing ?
He's like a fucking tutorial on how not to defend & Pep bigs him up.
It's like fucking Wille McKay & Kevin Keegan with Pep & Puyol
Gingers Dad
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I thought it was Pep that announced that Garcia wanted to leave ahead of the Madrid game?I'll fully admit that the fact Garcia decided to announce his intention to return to Barcelona on the eve of our tie with Madrid has influenced my opinion of him.
Previously, I felt him to be slow, undersized, bad in the air, and abysmal at tracking runners. After, I added "is a twat" to that list.
Neville Kneville
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You don’t get capped by Spain at his age if you’re shit do you!
The whole Spain cb squad is shit.
Gingers Dad
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Of course notYou don’t get capped by Spain at his age if you’re shit do you!