Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot said:
Considering the circumstances no... I'm pretty sure Kompany or Lescott have made just as many mistakes this season only.difference is when they make mistakes (be it marking or misplace passes) they usually go unpunished unlike Savic's mistakes.
I have seen a few games this season from Savic that has my hopes high for him in the future as he looks far more composed on the ball unlike Lescott and I do feel much better when Savic has the ball at his feet defending then I do with Lescott. Unfortunately with.the position.we are in currently (fighting for the title) it's a bit much to ask for a 20/21 year old to come in and make a difference.. As a previous poster said the mistake we've made is playing the same centre back partnership at every given opportunity this season so when someone does fill in for an absent player for a few weeks they have no understanding of each others game.
But it's more than just the catastrophic errors though isn't it? It's his inability to cope under even the tiniest amount of pressure. I can't recall when I last saw a City player as unready for this league mentally or physically, and to try and pretend that Kompany, Lescott and even Boyata were equally incompetent in their early days at the club is disingenuous in the extreme.
Savic was caught continually the wrong side of his man at Loftus Road, lost everything in the air against Heidar Helgusson and almost conceded a penalty at the death. Against Liverpool (1st leg) he first again allowed a striker (Carroll) to roll around the wrong side of him leaving him one on one with Hart 10 yards out, seconds later he did concede a needless penalty and he was again beaten in the air with monotonous regularity. His performance in the 2nd leg beggared belief and I lost count of the number of sliced clearances and passes straight to Liverpool players. I don't think I've ever seen such panic in a central defender and clearly neither had Mancini. Against Spurs he was caught on the hop by a ball that travelled fully 50 yards and presented Defoe with a goal, an error that he then almost compounded in injury time with a woeful pass come interception that left Bale in the clear. The awful mishit pass at Swansea was what made the headlines, but there were 2 or 3 other occasions when he was panicked into clearing the ball into the crowd when he had team mates available, and he was nearly mugged off for a goal early in the 2nd half when a Swansea player put the ball through his legs.
The only games that have been incident free have been when he's had fuck all to do defensively. What I'm saying is not spite. I want the lad to succeed. Heckling him can only benefit the opposition, but I can't see anything to suggest that at the moment he is anything other than a complete and utter liability
