Chiriches is not moving into midfield.
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Aissa Mandi is close to Kyle Walker? Not a song or dance imo.
Obviously. But I don't think you can deny that he has the dribbling skills required to play the position.
Hmmmm, I'm not sure I agree. He seems like a recipe for dribbling in circles, a la Scott Parker.
If you want to put someone in midfield solely for their dribbling skills, that man's name is Mousa Dembele, but we need more from our midfielders than that.
Not even, just looked in the Fazio thread.
'Did not play'
Vertonghen is first up in that class. He's like Forrest Gump when we decides he wants a dribble - last night was a good example.
And he'd be absolutely terrible at it. Guy has enough problems staying in position and releasing the ball from the back. He'd try to dribble all the time in the midfield like Dembele but just constantly give the ball away.
Why not?
Yep, the amount of stick he gets at times is just massively unfair, but another huge 'fuck 'em' to the haters.
Just me or did he a look a lil bit bigger today? Looks more like a young man than the child of last season (who still impressed btw).
He certainly has the frame to put on a decent amount of muscle. Skinny, young and wiry he should be able to bulk up like Bale did.
I love his potential as a defensive midfielder. That much ability and composure on the ball combined with his athleticism is a fantastic combo. More bulk and experience will only make him better.
think the stick has died now mainly as TS is gone and he was the main reason people didn't like Bentaleb. just hope he pushes on as he could be a class player
Bentaleb/Mason/Kane ... pressing game is back.
Agreed, it's early days but they seem to compliment each other perfectly.
Bentaleb, Mason, and Kane just have a youthful urgency, drive, and willingness to impress that people like Dembele, Capoue, and Paulinho are missing. Yes maybe they will make individual errors from time to time, and lack a bit of know-how, but I do not see any reason for them not to be starting anymore.
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