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11101

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Weak, but that's a foul every day of the week. You can't climb over somebody and shove your hand in their face to wrestle them out of the way. Pawson got every big decision wrong today.
 

Cee90

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He is not a serious defender.

The sooner we get rid of him the better.
 

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Should have been stronger, but it's also a clear foul.
Kind of unbelievable that VAR let that go with all the soft cards and penaltys going around.
 

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Lindepoof returns. Useless and will never ever be good enough for this league.

We had to park mctominay on him all game to help him aerially which says it all, he’s compromising the team!
Why call him Lindepoof? Why are we allowing homophobic and discriminatory comments to be acceptable analysis?

He was fecking fouled.
 
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I'm so sick of this clown costing us games week after week. He is a shit defender. Not good in the air, not good on the deck, weak as feck.

I'd rather play a half dead Phil Jones than this cnut.

Absolutely fuming.
 

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He's just weak. No fight or bravery in the guy.

Big questions on it being a foul, but why no fight to win the ball first ahead of him in the first place? The sooner we find a replacement the better
This.

It’s the same with DDG, those fouls won’t be called because of their reputation so force the ref to make a decision & give what you get - any tussle back from Lindelof there & VAR surely shows him being rugby tackled previous [if VAR can be relied upon of course], instead they go down limply.
 

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I used to call him soft, but I think it's worse than that - this guy is actually pathetic & weak.

Yes the goal should've been called as a foul, however I want my CB to be aggressive in the challenge, no way should you be getting outmuscled almost every game.
Genuinely - what are his strengths?
 

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Lindelost points.

It actually doesnt happen as often as you might think it should considering he's weak in the air and not very strong, but this was a perfect example of why a weak CB who is suspect in the air is not ideal for the premier league.
 

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He's got no fight in him or presence, attackers lick their lips up against him.
 

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Got a guy who's supposed to be good at playing out from defense, all he seems to do is to pass to players within 5m of him.

Smalling would have done that easily.

Otherwise he's not an actual defender because he doesn't actually do anything on that end.
 

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That was a pathetic performance. We need 2 cbs, bailly can't be trusted and lindelof is not good enough.
 

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Weak, slow and seems afraid of the ball at times. We really need an upgrade.
 

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As much as you can hate one sportsperson, I hate this guy.

I just don't see anything in his game that he is good at. Shambolic.

I think he cost us at least 5 or 6 goals this season by losing duels, which later led to conceding, directly or indirectly.

Maybe @GifLord can help to find these goals.
 

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I counted at least 4 aerial duels he lost in the first half. In 1 half of football. And then add in the 3 needless free kicks given away against a team that relies on set pieces...

Can anyone explain why Bailly cannot get a game?
 

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Whether you think its a foul or not (I don't) the fact is if he is stronger and goes to attack the ball then there isn't even an issue.
 

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A penguin is stronger in the air than him. He shouldn’t be a starting centre back at any top club
 

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That was a pathetic performance. We need 2 cbs, bailly can't be trusted and lindelof is not good enough.
You are talking like Maguire is not a problem. That chance he gave West Brom where he fell over softly was diabolical. It's Gary Neville Vs WBA except this guy is in his prime and is supposed to be captain and a leader of the defence.
 

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What's your point?
The fact he touches him doesnt mean its a foul. He dives his body across him, not on him using him for leverage to jump higher. He simply tries to head the ball and Lindelof waits for it to come towards his head. If thats a foul then any contact whilst trying to win a ball is a foul.
 

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He definitely lacks strength, there’s no getting away from that. That is a foul, though. 100%. That gets given as it should and we build into the game and most likely win. It’s the Sheffield United nightmare all over again.

The fact is, we just aren’t consistently good enough and we need someone to blame each week. The team and the setup isn’t good enough to challenge at this time. I get it’s fine margins so small mistakes/ bad calls matter, however, we created next to nothing and we were playing the team second from bottom and away, which usually suits us. Awful performance.
 

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hes a liability on defense, we have switch back to Bailly when he's healthy. Clubs are targeting him because they know he's physically weak and passive defensively. Attacker are bully him in the box because they can.
 

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The fact he touches him doesnt mean its a foul. He dives his body across him, not on him using him for leverage to jump higher. He simply tries to head the ball and Lindelof waits for it to come towards his head. If thats a foul then any contact whilst trying to win a ball is a foul.
No, jamming your hand in someone's face is a foul, every single time.
 

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I used to call him soft, but I think it's worse than that - this guy is actually pathetic & weak.

Yes the goal should've been called as a foul, however I want my CB to be aggressive in the challenge, no way should you be getting outmuscled almost every game.
Genuinely - what are his strengths?
Getting through games in a fairly anonymous fashion, not making massive errors, but also making little real impact, just a guy out there playing.

To be fair and not facetious, he is decent at reading the play, sweeps behind fairly well and is technically solid. Hard to believe there are not 20 other CB's around Europe you could replace him with though.
 

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I thought it was a foul but that Lindelof was weak in defending the cross.
Hes decent running with the ball and passing but on crosses and defensively hes not good enough. We really need an upgrade.
 

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Definite foul....

But also ludicrously weak defending that led to a point where the foul was even possible...

Can you ever remember a single instance of Vidic, Ferdinand, Bruce, Stam, Pallister, even Chris Smalling ever being manhandled like that from behind.

Good footballer, but his lack of pace and physical presence is always gonna cost you a decent amount of times as season in this league.
 

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The fact he touches him doesnt mean its a foul. He dives his body across him, not on him using him for leverage to jump higher. He simply tries to head the ball and Lindelof waits for it to come towards his head. If thats a foul then any contact whilst trying to win a ball is a foul.
Seriously Ekeke, there's enough in today's game to criticize him without pretending thats not a foul. It's pathetic.
 

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Such a passive and weak defender but his defence force already made their mind up to excuse it with “it was a foul”. You guys do a better job at defending this bum than he does on the pitch
 

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No, jamming your hand in someone's face is a foul, every single time.
Its not in his face. Its across his shoulder as he goes for the header. After he heads the ball maybe, but I cant remember a goal being disallowed for the follow through after a shot. If it would be it would mean you could launch yourself into someone as they shoot and get the goal chalked off for the contact after its flying at the goal.
 

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You are talking like Maguire is not a problem. That chance he gave West Brom where he fell over softly was diabolical. It's Gary Neville Vs WBA except this guy is in his prime and is supposed to be captain and a leader of the defence.
I would have Maguire over Lindelof. Not that Maguire covers himself in glory but Maguire did look better with Bailly partnering him which suggests maybe a quick defender with him could make Maguire look more competent.
 

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The fact he touches him doesnt mean its a foul. He dives his body across him, not on him using him for leverage to jump higher. He simply tries to head the ball and Lindelof waits for it to come towards his head. If thats a foul then any contact whilst trying to win a ball is a foul.
I see you're as clueless as ever.
 

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Absolutely useless

A-Man will be under pressure defending him tonight
Probably do a better job at defending than Lindelof would.

Think it's harsh to criticise him for the goal, there's plenty of other things to criticise him for.
 

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Getting through games in a fairly anonymous fashion, not making massive errors, but also making little real impact, just a guy out there playing.

To be fair and not facetious, he is decent at reading the play, sweeps behind fairly well and is technically solid. Hard to believe there are not 20 other CB's around Europe you could replace him with though.
That's the thing, he's just.. there. He should be a 3rd/4th choice to come in for Cup matches or to see a match out.
 
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