Denis79
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He could have become one of the best defenders if he wasn't made of glass.
Been saying this for years. The way he plays football and over commits has got to be behind at least 30% of his injuries that I have seen. A shame really.He has one of the worst playing and tackle 'forms' I've ever seen, always seems to do things at an incredibly awkward angle, which given his big body doesn't surprise me he keeps injuring himself. It's similar to singer with bad technique who damage their vocal chords. Today - that play under pressure had his body all over the place, as it was in the subsequent tackle too.
Yep. He is so ungainly in the tackle that he injures himself.He has one of the worst playing and tackle 'forms' I've ever seen, always seems to do things at an incredibly awkward angle, which given his big body doesn't surprise me he keeps injuring himself. It's similar to singer with bad technique who damage their vocal chords. Today - that play under pressure had his body all over the place, as it was in the subsequent tackle too.
Something that people are saying 5 seasons now. He is a good player but needs to go because you can't count on him. . It is not bad luck, he is just not for modern football. He will not just be injury free all of a sudden. When he comes back, he will play 5,6 games and got injured again.Feel terrible for him, may have the best form of his life.
Hopefully he's back against Spurs.
That's pretty apt because as soon as he went off we went to shit.He's started the season well but he's made of toilet paper.
We have a homegrown talent in Tuanzebe which has been impressive in every outing so far, and also TFM who we let go on loan.It's just a good job we have such an able deputy in Lindelof.
If he can only play half a season on 150k/wk, it turns into 300k/wk of playing time. Phil Jones on 300k/wk just doesn't sound right to me.When does his contract run out?
We'd be absolutely mad to give him a new one.
You cannot be paying £150,000 a week or however much he is asking for, for a player who misses at least 3 or 4 months every single season.
He probably knew Lindelof will play instead of him and everything will turn to shite.He looked angry and sad on this latest setback. Maybe because he's seeing that 150k/wk contract is flying away.
Then you should retire him. He is one of those injury prone who would never stay fit. Plenty of players played when not being 100%. Iniesta, Messi, Puyol... IIRC had played games when they're not 100% fit from time to time.You should never, ever play a player like him when he's not 100% before a game.
Its got nothing to do with fickleness; he is actually a very good defender, but far too injury prone to keep at the club."Best defender in the league" to "offload as soon as possible" within a week.
This place can be fickle.
He is."Best defender in the league" to "offload as soon as possible" within a week.
This place can be fickle.
The two sentiments aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, even if they both happen to be wrong in this case."Best defender in the league" to "offload as soon as possible" within a week.
This place can be fickle.