Ekeke
Full Member
He played 8 games at CB that season for Jose and although thats a small sample size and perhaps he was given some easier games than some of our other CBs, statistically he was one of the best CBs in the league for those 8 games.I seem to remember him starting the first season under Jose as a first choice centre back and doing very well but then he was dropped after the City game early in the season. We rarely saw him in a settled position again until injuries meant that he got another chance at the end of that season at CB. I agree that I don't think he was good enough in midfield or full back but he could have played more at centre back (especially with our problems there over the years).
It probably helped Jose make the decision to ice him as a CB that Bailly and Rojo were both strong statistically that season too and for a longer period. But when they couldnt follow it up the next season it was clearly a bad move and its annoying he was too stubborn to go back on it.