Cassidy
No longer at risk of being mistaken for a Scouser
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No white text?Slow and poor in the air aren’t fixable by the gym.
No white text?Slow and poor in the air aren’t fixable by the gym.
Nice read, thanks. I like the look of Lindelof and he definitely improved as the season went on. He has great confidence on the ball and often presses forward with urgency. Often makes interceptions as well. Him and Bailly would be a great combo.
Yes he's usually a certain starter for them but today he's out with an illness.Is he part of the Sweden team?
Did he get a call up?
He has unfortunately not been good in this half but neither has the rest of Sweden - why is he scared of the ball though? Always turns his back to anything with 10% powerGood defending on that las sequence. Unfortunately, the Germans will score and he will somehow get blamed.
He’s just not a CB for me. Too passive and can’t head. Not good enough. Might be better in DM or somethingHe has unfortunately not been good in this half but neither has the rest of Sweden - why is he scared of the ball though? Always turns his back to anything with 10% power
Even though the guy is young the guy plays for Manchester United & Sweden in defence - he needs to be a leader in both teams to be successful. Mistakes is one thing but looking lost at what your doing & being scared of shots & crosses is confusing.He’s just not a CB for me. Too passive and can’t head. Not good enough. Might be better in DM or something
Easily - Blind is underrated. Said it before if we play 3 at the back - he needs to play because he gives smalling, Jones, Bailly what they miss when they play in a back 2 - calm, composure, tactical analysis and on the ball gameplay. All the whilst Smalling Jones & Bailly give Blind what he misses - aggression, height, pace. That's why smalling did well.He's so passive to a fault. Great when the team has possession so he can casually pass the ball around but when the backs are against the wall he doesn't nearly do enough. I kind of rate Blind higher than him.
It is not about on the ball, but being more aggressive and proactive in his defending, wanting him to attempt to stop attacks earlier, to show more of a presence and leadership, or at least the potential for it, in his game. His passing will be a bonus, because no matter what trends might suggest defensive ability is still the most important thing for a CB.Lol "passive", his team was under the cosh. Did people expect him to come busting out in the second half. Absolutely nothing wrong with that performance.
After a game that made look half of the German team look like mid table Premier League team, and that also includes Kroos, people still come here to moan. Wouldn't be surprised if those posts were already written before the game.I think it's hard to be critical of him tonight considering how Sweden setup, they were so deep and he hardly had any options to distribute the ball. Think people are in here to have a good moan.
He was pretty good today. No need to invent strawmen scenarios where not playing like Franco Baresi circa 1987 is somehow tantamount to being disappointing.Don't know what people saw about him today.
Didn't show bravery, didn't lead the defence, never adequately marked the attackers, left attackers behind, not good positioning, not good passing, didn't have the first step out of defence.
Hard to judge since Sweden on the back foot but still as a defender who plays for a big club you expect a bit of composure - especially at the heart of their defence.
He looked the same, maybe even less involved than he is with us. Granqvist took care of the bulk of the defending and Lindelof looked like his junior partner which of course he isHe's a much more composed and better center half when he plays for Sweden. Really hope he can produce these performances for us in the short term future