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Who should be rated lower?
It was more is average rating if 4.5 that I felt was unfair
He dropped two absolute clangers in the first half that could of cost us against better opposition. Who was worse?
Only Evra's start can be compared to Lindelöf's.
Some of our better players barely average 6.5 now. This ratings are always weird.
Contradicted yourself a bit there, Zaha was playing for Palace in the Championship and England U-21's. Hardly links to the two points you made about playing for a biggish European team and national team, as he was doing neither of those things.
My point was that they were relatively highly rated and had shown good performances and potential before we bought them. Obertan and Bebe were nobodies that had done nothing and the reasoning behind their transfers was a mystery.
Yep you are correct, I have written him off! If he was 18 I might, might be able to say he could turn it around but he has so much to work on at 23 it's just not going to happen. For a start, when and where is he going to develop because at the moment how can you put him into a league/European match?
Tuanzebe lost an aerial challenge to Routledge which easily could have cost us, sure made it look simple for him at least...
Did he win a single aerial challenge? I really don't remember a single one. For a centre back that can't head the ball 4.5 is too much. I voted 3/10.
The penalty shout?
Don't even remember a penalty shout so no, this happened during the 1st half.
Way more glimpses of Evra's raw talent if you ask me. Lindelöf only looks alright on the ball - hopefully its just a mental thing he'll get over with in time.
His best position is as a #10, he had his best individual season playing there for Everton. Rather unorthodox #10, but still.
Playing with no confidence whatsoever imo. New and faster league didn't help, but don't think that's the main problem. He is just making basic errors, along with looking pretty shaky almost everytime near the ball.
Could he actually win headers like a regular centre back? He is relatively small for a centre back but does he have a good vertical leap? Because right now darmien and blind will probably beat him in the air
You do realise he’s playing at far below his usual level?
This is exactly what I saw when I watched him today. He almost looked like he was trying to play too simple early in the first half and almost made a calamity early. As someone who didn't watch him much at Benfica, I was under the impression he was the great ball playing center-back, that would make these incisive passes to the forwards and carry the ball out of defense. This has only added to the perception that he isn't as good as he was advertised. Hopefully he is somewhere between where he is now, and the player we thought we were getting.
Yeah. He was worse..
