This is why I think it could be a mistake. Looking at City and Liverpool, they don't have starting CB's with major weaknesses. Finding players with all of the correct attributes won't be easy/cheap, but they have to be out there.
Obviously just being tall isn't enough. You can be tall, handle yourself physically against the more physical strikers in the league, while also being comfortable on the ball. That's what I think we need. I hope Timber is great, either way.
Buying a 5'10" CB sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I hope I'm wrong. As good as he maybe on the ball, him getting bullied is what worries me. Gotta trust in ETH, I guess.
He's deluded if he thinks he deserves any assurances of being a starter. Imagine playing like shit for a year and a half and demanding to start every game. If it looked like he was trying, the fans would at least have that. He doesn't even give...
This is very bad and something that doesn't get mentioned much. He avoids any kind of physical contact if he possibly can. He won't put his body on the line like a lot of other keepers would. He is so afraid of it. The best paid keeper in the...