The subsequent replies after your post sums up what other people think.
Shaw has plenty of deficiencies and is far from perfect but I gave him that assessment because he has shown top level
athletic/physical attributes on top of his reading of the game. Recovery pace, dribbling, touch, 1 vs 1, positioning at the back post, covering, heading, passing etc. Solid 7 to 8 in each catagory (when on form)
Lindelof has an all around consistent quality, I'll give you that but at a 6/10
at most with very little influence on the game other than being a body on the field.
It's almost painful to see you fully acknowledge and understand what it means to be a good player with influence yet be blind in your denial that Lindelof simply does not meet those requirements.
Of course it's good to be calim, of course it's good not to be overly aggressive and be risk adverse.
However, you're conflating these aspects with Lindelof's lack of assertiveness as a positive attribute. You're actively giving him massive benefit of the doubt and elevating something that isn't there.
He's not dealing with Messi in the channels, he's not dealing with a peak Barca/City/Liverpool high press so why make it out like 'he has this ability, even if he shows it once a moment every 3 games, so therefore he's a class player'?
Again the problem is that even when he's not a 'disaster' (as if that's a good barometer to jugde a player) he doesn't do enough to influence the game proactively.
