Am i happy that the players are more commited? Sure but throwing blood on opponents and gauging eyes is not showing backbone to me. its one thing going in for hard challenges but some of the stuff in that game was quite disturbing.
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You don't think a manger is at least partly responsible if a player insinuates to the media that he will exact revenge on an opposition player and then proceeds to do exactly that getting hinself sent off?
I don't believe Poch would condone such behaviour, no
I didnt ask that. I asked whether or not you felt a manager is at least partly at fault if that scenario played out?
No - because the decision ultimately lies with Dier
Wow ok.
I reckon he is wasted in central defence, needs to play in midfield. Poch should throw carters vickers off deep end or bring in another defender.
Agreed.
He's one of our best midfielders. Luckily, Alderweireld should be back next week.
Not should be back but may be back. However with Rose suspended and Davies injured, Vertonghan will have to play left back and that means Dier will need to stay as CB for another week
If Alderweireld is back then Wimmer will start, not Dier.
Dier has been way off the pace this season, very, very glad he seems to have turned things around. I thought he was great with England and yesterday he was superb. Best bit of defending was in 2nd half and they broke on us with a 3 vs 2. Dier's positioning was 100% stayed on his feet, showed attacker away from goal, slowed attack down, we then had numbers back, then won the ball.
He is now found his passing boots too.
He is now found his passing boots too.
Hes young and needs more game time at a single position to develop into it properly.
He got the majority of that last season at CM so we shouldn't be surprised that is where he finding himself most comfortable. He could be a fine CB or RB but without reps, he never gets the experience to gain proficiency and confidence. Hes not old enough or experienced enough to be a crack utility player and in that sense, I feel he is being mismanaged right now. In this regard, Poch's hand is rather forced into it right now by injuries, but, hopefully, when the CB's get fit again, we won't have to see Dier shifting positions just to get first team game time. That is a sure fire way to get young talent to regress.
He got the majority of that last season at CM so we shouldn't be surprised that is where he finding himself most comfortable. He could be a fine CB or RB but without reps, he never gets the experience to gain proficiency and confidence. Hes not old enough or experienced enough to be a crack utility player and in that sense, I feel he is being mismanaged right now. In this regard, Poch's hand is rather forced into it right now by injuries, but, hopefully, when the CB's get fit again, we won't have to see Dier shifting positions just to get first team game time. That is a sure fire way to get young talent to regress.
He's very good at DM and is a good passer in that position. That should be his permanent position unless the CB/RB situation is dire. CCV should be the CB backup. Let him make mistakes, it will increase the rate of his development. Poch obviously trusts him anyway
I still preference him over Wanyama at DM. Better passer of the ball but just as solid in his defensive duties.
Completely agree. As harsh on Wanyama as it sounds.
I know, he's been great and as long as Toby is out it won't change.
That said, we aren't going to achieve much if anything with this slow and stagnant ball movement.
Eriksen is also in need of a kick up the arse in this regard. We need him on form feeding balls into Kane, Son and Alli etc. His deadball prowess has fallen away badly of late too.