Bastian
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Is this really the best option we currently have? Watching us play out from the back yesterday was excruciating, being held in our defensive third playing it between two centre backs who can't dribble and have no pace. Every time Lindelof got the ball they had runners closing in on him, an obvious game plan. Seems to me that even if Lindelof is better defending at left-back than other options, it is still a net negative because it drastically impacts our collective game. And with no Hojlund to contest the long balls it just looked completely impotent.
The benefit of playing Dalot at right back is quite slight when we can't play the ball out properly. We might as well play him at left back and play Lindelof in a position where he is less of a liability in possession. Playing Antony at left back is a risk but playing out from the back would immediately go up a notch. Which is not to say that he has the positional awareness or the instincts of a defender, he of course doesn't, but I'd hazard a guess that it'll be less disruptive than the left side of our defense being Maguire-Lindelof.
Maybe if we were coming up against City it would be more understandable - maybe - but against Fulham at home one would expect a bit more courage.
Even a change in formation might be more preferable with two wing-backs to make up for a lack of a left back.
The benefit of playing Dalot at right back is quite slight when we can't play the ball out properly. We might as well play him at left back and play Lindelof in a position where he is less of a liability in possession. Playing Antony at left back is a risk but playing out from the back would immediately go up a notch. Which is not to say that he has the positional awareness or the instincts of a defender, he of course doesn't, but I'd hazard a guess that it'll be less disruptive than the left side of our defense being Maguire-Lindelof.
Maybe if we were coming up against City it would be more understandable - maybe - but against Fulham at home one would expect a bit more courage.
Even a change in formation might be more preferable with two wing-backs to make up for a lack of a left back.