calodo2003
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He’s just so fecking good.
Good observation. It’s the same with his one v one defending. He backs himself to make a clean tackle and come away with the ball whenever it’s on. There’s always a risk in doing that instead of just shepherding the player away but it makes a massive difference to our transitions when he gets it right.WHAT A PLAYER.
He just oozes absolute class in everything he does.
The quality of his defending and how well he reads the play is up there with the very best, but what stands out for me most is the confidence that he has in his own ability - when he's on the ball, to invite pressure on himself to allow him to play a better pass that opens up the game.
The best of the best always make things look so easy and natural - he's right up there.
Best player at the club IMO.
Why dose it feel like this stats don't tell how well he played today
I say this and then I remember we also got Casemiro and Bruno. First time in a long time I can honestly say I love multiple players in this team.Already my favourite player of the last 10 years.
They're both great, but they need each other. Varane needs to play next to a passer to organize things and a partner who can step into midfield and Lisandro needs height and some pace in behind and while Varane isn't quick anymore exactly, he has long strides and doesn't get beat over the top yet. Easier to find a Varane style player than a Lisandro at LCB, though as Konate cost like 35M and Gvardiol will cost like 90M I'd guess, so the market says Lisandro, even though on the pitch it looks equal. Left-footers and quality passing CBs are just too rare.I struggle to choose between him and Varane. I would say Varane is slightly better right now though
As a slow rec level CB, I think Silva being old is probably contributing slightly to Chelsea's poor attacking play more than people at our level of football analysis can understand, even if he frequently appears to be their most creative passer from deep and breaks up a 2 on 1 or saves a ball on the goal line seemingly every 2nd game.4th best CB in the league for me behind Varane, Saliba and Silva. Amazing how badly he's showing up his critics.
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What about Ruben Dias? I would put him over Saliba at least.4th best CB in the league for me behind Varane, Saliba and Silva. Amazing how badly he's showing up his critics.
Forgot about him tbf yeah he's definitely up there.What about Ruben Dias? I would put him over Saliba at least.
Fair enough, it's hard to do a ranking of CBs but in terms of tiers I would put Varane, Lisandro, Ruben Dias, VVD, Saliba, and Thiago Silva (in no particular order) in tier 1 and other CBs below them.Forgot about him tbf yeah he's definitely up there.
Don't get why people here are obsessed with Spain. The spanish league is dead. In fact, a big sign is that this season has the most argentine players in PL history. Language isn't a barrier anymore.We should do all we can to tie him down. Those cnuts from Spain will come knocking at some point for sure.
The last 27 minutes of this game, he was like Schmeichel against Newcastle in 96.Been absolutely brilliant and by far my fav player this season.
I owe him a big apology for calling him a useless garden gnome and an argentinian leprechaun after the Brentford game. More like the argentinan dragon!
Because stats have no context and this exactly why they're a waste of time in evaluating a performanceWhy dose it feel like this stats don't tell how well he played today
Well said. Sick to death of people evaluating a player based on some non-contextual numbers.Because stats have no context and this exactly why they're a waste of time in evaluating a performance
Same here, been saying it ever since I joined this forum - you'll love my response of the DDG thread near the end BTWWell said. Sick to death of people evaluating a player based on some non-contextual numbers.
I don't need XG, XGA, PFX, TYZ, or whatever acronym is uassigned to some arbitrary stat to tell me if a player is decent or not. I was blessed with this sensory thingy called vision.