Lord have mercy
Im having a mare?
feck me you must have a sheltered life if you think Daley Blind has been a disaster.Blind total disaster
Oh get ready to be furious because going by speculation and rumours it's going to be just a LB.
I both agree and don’t. Conceded goals over a season is somehow a measure of how well the defence works. Of course DDG is part of that, which is the reason I believe it is better defence wise to increase his salary instead of buying even more CB.
No, he has been out for a long time with a hamstring injury and still out of form. Looked really bad when he came back, but had a good game recently against Brighton.
Agreed 100%.
That's what I think.
I think in terms of challenging for the league, having a real leader at CB is an absolute must. Despite the numbers we have, our options there are still rather mediocre and none of them exudes that sense of responsibility, character and leadership that we've had there during our previous successes. I'm not saying Alderweireld is the answer, there are obvious doubts about his form and fitness - but I don't see us winning the league with our current options so I'd say it's an obvious area to target.
The defense won't provide us with the 20-30 more goals we will need to win the league next year.
Maybe not directly, but if we become more secure at the back, then Jose might change his tactics or play a bit more adventurous brand of football.
That could be, be we still don't have the world class player we need to push us to the next level in attach. Think RVN circa 2003 or Zlatan of 5 years ago.
I fear that was meant to be Sanchez, although he hasn't performed anywhere near world class level yet.
Why whats wrong with Smalling and Lindelof?
Everything.
Ah you are just having a moan ok
THis is Toby's thread. Why dont you have a look at my comments on "Is Lindelof good enough for United" thread for the starter.
I would say it is a big risk. Hamstring injuries seldom come alone, they seem to haunt some players. And this was not his first.
Very relevant question. Smalling has been good this season. Ok he is not the technical ball playing CB but he has on the other hand scored some important goals as a bonus to his defence work. Lindelöf has been looking good the last months and was even Man of the match against Arsenal.
Yes, I believe you did have a bit of a mare there as you didn't understand what I had replied to, was just pointing that out for your reference. Not really a sheltered life, no. I watched United that season and I'm just describing what I saw. Thankfully for us Jose can see a oncoming trainwreck of a defender a mile away and he's barely played for us there since and now it looks like he's leaving the club. I'm not sure there is much more to say there than why would Jose play a defender who can't defend?Im having a mare?
12 goals? Not even remotely true
Which match was that?
I don't think that's great logic to go by. Rojo was a great cb for us last season and hasn't had a look on this season either.
He's not that injury prone, ignore the Caf over exaggerating.
Rojo has never been great for us buddy . He had a good run of about a dozen games where he was fortunate not to be red carded a couple times. This season he’s been recovering from an ACL rupture.
He's been fit and training with the squad for quite a while. Hasn't featured.
It's not that bad actually, as @Trizy said above.
It's not so much that we're looking to sell him, it's more he hasn't signed the new and improved contract that's on offer.
So in short, Spurs are looking to sell him for so and so reasons rather than gambling and hoping he will sign extension sometime next season.
Yes. Moreover we'll get more if we sell him now than when his release clause kicks in next year.
Hope its not us who will take risks for a player who has just come back from a major injury (although he is great) and give you money to bring more than able replacement like De Ligt.
