Along with shaw exactly the type of player who improves squad depth my relegating their level of talent to the bench.
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He didn’t mention Bailly much either his other CB buy? Jose overseen poor recruitment as much as any manager post Fergie. But that’s not on Jose, you can only blame those employed throughout by the club who set strategy.
His agent on his new contract:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/rAXQe0/svenska-ledarna-har-varit-totalt-misslyckade
Lindelöf is nowhere near one of the best center back, He is our weak point in our defense, fecking agents pumping him up.
Most interesting in that article is when he talks about how agents (himself includd) work through journalists in an agreement with the journalist, to praise the player but also to discredit other players. Would explain a lot around the obvious agenda you can find in some papers.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
But seriously it could be true. Barca's transfer policy has been conflicting in the past few campaigns. They did buy injury prone Thomas Vermaelen after all.
Anyway,hopefully Axel can dislodge him in the coming weeks from the starting eleven.
Wont be hard,granted.
Axel has looked capable so far, one more glaring mistake and Lindelöf should be dropped.
When you say capable, which of the two matches are you referring to? Astana or the 1-1 draw against Rochdale? I dont doubt Axel will be a good player, but you can’t compare those two matches with Premier League football. It is too low level to evaluate a defender’s capability. So far the defence have been one of the best in the PL and as long as it continue like that, I dont think Ole will change his plan. There will now come some slightly more difficult cup matches which look like the perfect way to advance Tuanzebes development.
Yeah I know, but I dont think he'd do any worse than Lindelöf to be honest.
Good enough for Barcelona, but not good enough for us. Redcafe, ladies and gentlemen.
Could be, but since he has not really showed anything yet, why risk breaking up the CB couple that has after all only conceded 6 goals so far?
And there is a very nice progression for Tuanzebe with the cup matches, why risk his development by accelerating it when today’s defence has worked well?
I'm not being funny but Barca have made some dodgy purchases these past few seasons.
They’ve also made some good ones. The cafe is calling for a 21 year old with half a dozen appearances (who I rate very highly by the way) to replace him, but Lindelof is wanted by a team significantly better then our own. Which of the two sounds more mental to you?
Barca had Matthijs de Ligt as the first choice CB target. And after failing to sign him, they were looking at squad players who would be happy sitting on the bench as a cost cutting measure. Lindelof was a player that they possibly saw as a squad player, eventhough there is no evidence of genuine interest reported by reputable sources in Spain.
Sid Lowe sheds light on the matter below from a video posted in July this year.
Sid Lowe sheds light on the matter below from a video posted in July this year.
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I didn't think he was ready when Utd hired him, but I could see the logic: if he improved his aggressiveness levels, he could easily become a terrific hiring.
I don't think he's bad on aerial game because one could clearly see his jumping is good: he's just not aggressive enough on the ball and that ultimately will take a toll on his career.
I don't think he's bad on aerial game because one could clearly see his jumping is good: he's just not aggressive enough on the ball and that ultimately will take a toll on his career.
Man Utd 1:1 Arsenal
I'm sorry, but he is rubbish on the ball. He needs about a million touches to sort himself out, and then when he has he'll make the simplest pass possible.
Anything remotely adventurous has about a 50/50 chance of actually being decent.
Defensively he was fine tonight... But on the ball, bleh, I just don't get it
Anything remotely adventurous has about a 50/50 chance of actually being decent.
Defensively he was fine tonight... But on the ball, bleh, I just don't get it
Decent game apart from that feck up at the end.
It's ok, he's only learnt to defend 4 years ago. Impressive for someone who has learnt how to play the game so recently. Maybe he'll be up to snuff 10 years from now.
I'd sell him to barca this year. I don't get the ice man comparisons. He never looks like he wants the ball. Always panicked.
Ball player.
Neither Maguire or Lindelof are particularly good on the ball. Taking an age to compose yourself to then play the simplest, safest pass possible isn’t being good on the ball.
What was that feckup at the end? Hilarious stuff.
Stuff that would be immortalised in .gif form and posted every week if Jones or Smalling did it.
How did he get the iceman nickname?
Defensive slip ups
Think he had a good game, shut down Aubameyang several times. As mentioned his passing must be better but him and Maguire were totally calm when Arsenal tried to put them under pressure.
It's the least suitable nickname for someone like Lindelof.
He's a very average defender.
He's not quick, he's not good in the air, he's not strong, he's not good on the ball, he's just average.
Most forwards would look forward to playing against him, which is not what you want.
He's not quick, he's not good in the air, he's not strong, he's not good on the ball, he's just average.
Most forwards would look forward to playing against him, which is not what you want.
It’s actually a very genuine question, even when he performed okay he never looks composed or calm haha.It's the least suitable nickname for someone like Lindelof.
He's fecking awful
Jonny Evans is a far better player and we sold him for £6 million.
Horrific!
Jonny Evans is a far better player and we sold him for £6 million.
Horrific!
MAcguire brought the ball up several times but there was no options.
Slowly. Before playing the ball to a player he could’ve played it too much sooner in a better position.
That “pass” he did at the end brought my friend close to seizure, he couldn’t stop laughing how moronic it was.
Considering we moved on a solid defender to keep this ball playing cb, he's terrible on the ball. Way too slow and always happy to take the easy way out. Sooner our full backs are fit and Tuanzebe can take his spot the better.
Good game.
Yeah.. what even was that. I have no clue what Maguire and mostly Young were doing before they passed the ball to him but still... that "pass".
Yeah, had a good game defensively which is why Ekeke isn't spamming the thread with stats and instead is trying to blame the goal on him and is making fun of a misplaced pass.
I had flashbacks to the Wolves game when he was one v one against Saka. Luckily Saka didn't smash it in. No idea why he stands off so far so players can get shots in.
Lamping that ball off the pitch late on under no pressure would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.
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