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Dean Richards
LB: I would sell Rose. Keep Jan and Davies. Sess should be trained as a left winger.
If Jose persists with the wonky, then Vertonghen is our best option for left back. More solid than Rose and Davies and - if he repeats his Dortmund performance, more than useful on the attack
Only if Jan can run. The games he has played this season show a player who runs through treacle.. he cannot okay left back if his legs have gone
The guy was slicing through the Dortmund defence as recently as nine months ago. You do not just lose your physical abilities in that short period of time...
With Davies out for the foreseeable period, I don't think we have much choice - assuming Jose wants to play the wonky rather than have to FBs bombing down the wings. In addiition, if Vert sits while Aurier attacks he will need to run far less than in the Poch system.
We are essentially playing with one winger and one wing back. The other side has a defensive fullback, but that fullback still has to do fullback things and running back against pacy wingers is one of those. I worry that Jan will struggle. I have a feeling that Jose wants one aggressive CB and one that reads the game, which we have atm with Toby and Sanchez.
Really? I'd say quite the opposite. The Sanchez I watch frequently gets himself into unnecessary physical battles with his opponent, arms and legs all over the place, when he really needs to concentrate on winning the ball.Aggressive ... and .... Sanchez Not exactly two words I would associate with each other!!
With the performances Rose has put in something has to change. Mourinho will have a better idea if he thinks he can get Rose up to speed or not, if he thinks he can and tries I'm all for that. If not I think it would be worth at least trying to play Vertonghen or Sessegnon out there.We are essentially playing with one winger and one wing back. The other side has a defensive fullback, but that fullback still has to do fullback things and running back against pacy wingers is one of those. I worry that Jan will struggle. I have a feeling that Jose wants one aggressive CB and one that reads the game, which we have atm with Toby and Sanchez.
Really? I'd say quite the opposite. The Sanchez I watch frequently gets himself into unnecessary physical battles with his opponent, arms and legs all over the place, when he really needs to concentrate on winning the ball.
Pretty sure we've conceded on more than the odd occasion as a result
Big day for Verts today, with Davies injured... Rose playing poorly... Sessegnon not being considered a left back right now by Mourinho... it was important Verts did his job today.
He had a lot of good moments, 2 or 3 last ditch clearances/challenges... did anyone see problematic areas in his game today?
Struggled at times, but I thought it was because of others leaving him isolated.Big day for Verts today, with Davies injured... Rose playing poorly... Sessegnon not being considered a left back right now by Mourinho... it was important Verts did his job today.
He had a lot of good moments, 2 or 3 last ditch clearances/challenges... did anyone see problematic areas in his game today?
It was a beautiful tackle. But which dingdonghead was it that headed it back and put is in that position? With 10 seconds to go, just smash it away, don't be cute.What a bloody tackle. Won us the game. Ledley-esque
Indeed!What a bloody tackle. Won us the game. Ledley-esque
Hopefully Mourinho is electrocuting the culprit as we speak.
I quite enjoy a bit of electric role play myself.
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