Focus on Wimmer

crickey....if he's noty good enough as yet to get in our back 4 he must be piff.

comment by Dave&Danny (U4428)
posted 18 minutes ago
hes left footed, probably replacement or understudy for vertonghen can play left back too
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replacement hopefully. vertonghen is shiiit

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comment by The Ace Face (U18814)
posted 1 minute ago
Things like this this really grinds my gears.
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I'll tell you what grinds my gears - not fully engaging the clutch before changing.

My 4 year old could do a job in our back line, song this ponce isn't good enough to get in he might as well píss off back to sausage land. No more passengers.
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knew this was ace without looking at the name

Gareth Bale was left footed

thanks for that thud you crease

Which centre backs would everyone keep?

As much as Vertonghen winds me up, I can think of three I'd like to see gone before him - The Neanderthal, Coco and the Tranny

I'll tell you what grinds my gears - not fully engaging the clutch before changing.
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Actually its not DISENGAGING the clutch that grinds gears

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Yeah, that four looks pretty spot on. If we could nab Alderwereild and lose Vertonghen I'd be quite happy - it'd have to be proven PL pedigree. Vlaar is on a free too.

Agreed about protection. It's hard to blame the fullbacks though, they are encouraged to be wingers. Luke Shaw was quoted saying he was basically a winger under Poch. Often they are left 2 v 1.

To me it all stems from the 4231 we play, and the personnel employed in it.

We usually have four forwards at any one time, none of which are naturally inclined to help out defensively. Compounded by actively being encouraged in to central areas, and often leaving us terribly exposed wide. Once that happens it's musical chairs - whether the fullback or one of the CMs go to close gaps, another gap pops up elsewhere. All get pulled about, and we look ragged.

The two lads in midfield do their best, but neither are naturally defensive. Bentaleb the more of the two, but he's no enforcer. Mason is full of running, but defensively not a natural. In another styjle of play, they'd probably be ok together, but when given so much work to do its difficult....cover both fullbacks, drop between the CBs if they split, close down the space where our wingers/ten should be.

It's clear he won't sacrifice his style of play - I see it only working one of two ways:

Way 1
Mason is replaced by a sounder defensive player. Of players available its be Dembele, but ideally I'd want a naturally defensive player. Someone who will sit, can help out the CBs and let Bentaleb take Masons role.

Way 2
We play with a disciplined midfielder in the 10 role, rather than Eriksen. Its give us more protection defensively as we'd have three rather than two. Again, Dembele the natural choice with what is available - and we have played this way last season and looked defensively sound - but I'd rather he sat deep and Mason was the one pushed a bit further forward.