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Poll: Which should be our first-choice CB partnership?

Which should be our first choice CB pairing?

  • Vertonghen/Gallas

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • Vertonghen/Caulker

    Votes: 10 19.2%

  • Vertonghen/Kaboul

    Votes: 34 65.4%

  • Vertonghen/Dawson

    Votes: 2 3.8%

  • Gallas/Caulker

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Gallas/Kaboul

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Gallas/Dawson

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Kaboul/Dawson

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • Kaboul/Caulker

    Votes: 4 7.7%

  • Kaboul/Gallas

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    52
  • Poll closed .
We have good options in the future with two of Vertonghen, Caulker and Kaboul. If we want to improve the defence we should look at new fullbacks, for both RB and LB.
 
Hotspur said:
We have good options in the future with two of Vertonghen, Caulker and Kaboul. If we want to improve the defence we should look at new fullbacks, for both RB and LB.
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RB is still young and holds potential and so does Naughton - completely agree on LB though
 
To be honest it's a nice headache to have. Any out of Verts, Caulker and Kaboul could easily fill those two CB spots.


We still need a decent backup for Bae imo (Taking verts away from his best position is not the solution), and the right back issue is becoming much more of an issue.


I still think it's a shame we sold Corluka.
 
Spursalot said:
To be honest it's a nice headache to have. Any out of Verts, Caulker and Kaboul could easily fill those two CB spots.


We still need a decent backup for Bae imo (Taking verts away from his best position is not the solution), and the right back issue is becoming much more of an issue.


I still think it's a shame we sold Corluka.
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Agree, he must have been really brick in training or something.
 
Very tough one, this. We now have an embarrassment of riches at CB. Voted Verthongen / Kaboul even though the partnership has yet to be proven long-term.

TBH I reckon any pairing from Kaboul/Caulker/Verthngen/Dawson would probably do just as well. Sadly Gallas is looking a little too suspect these days. Also am less sure about the option of moving Verthongen to LB ahead of BAE when he comes back from injury. When Verts first moved out there he looked brilliant, especially going forward, but in recent games he's been pretty average. So for me this option it would be dependent on BAE's form.
 
We should try and get Kaboul back in the team as soon as possible, really (next to Vertonghen) - as he is our best centre-back. Caulker can continue to play, but not as first choice.
 
which ever two are in the bes form together - players go up and down, but it's a nice option (and problem!) to have
keep them on there toes and also take them out of the limelight if/when they go through a bad patch
 
It would seem obvious to me that our strongest pairing is Kaboul & Vertonghen.

They have the added advantage of both being relatively young and could form the backbone of our defence for a decade.
 
THFC6061 said:
Dawson is fine to have around the squad as a replacement, but we have better options when everyone is fully fit & available.
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I can't agree. Caulker and Vertonghen may potentially be our best partnership, but Caulker is still young and Vertonghen new to the Premier League. Vertonghen also hasn't played many games for us yet at centre half. I'd prefer to see one of them paired alongside Dawson.
 
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