braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
He clearly is. And missing him, Lamela and at the same time being without a deep (midfield) playmaker is hurting us in my opinion.
Primarily because Wimmer is further along as a CB than Dier is imo.
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The Defence
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He clearly is. And missing him, Lamela and at the same time being without a deep (midfield) playmaker is hurting us in my opinion.
Primarily because Wimmer is further along as a CB than Dier is imo.
metalgear
Luka Modric
And I don't blame Dier, he was trained as a right back Iirc.
The problem with Verts is that he is no leader, and somewhat tries to defend in isolation. He is extremely quiet for a CB and that is not a good thing.
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braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Like Vertonghen and Alderweireld before him I believe Dier has been schooled in a way that allows him to play multiple positions. He's not an old fashioned Dawson-esque centre back that would be lost in just about every other position on the pitch (arguably including left sided centre back).
I don't blame him for not being the finished article as a centre back at this point. Just pointing out that there's more difference between the Alderweireld-Wimmer and Dier-Vertonghen partnerships than Jan and Toby.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
We considering that a lot of folks think Jan and Toby are the best pairing in the Prem i think you would be in the minority with that.
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
Tonight's win against Cheatski means we claim back the current best defensive record in the league.
And we (along with Liverpool) have lost the fewest league games.
Our defence rocks!
(We also now have the joint 2nd best goal difference, just 2 behind Cheatski).
And we (along with Liverpool) have lost the fewest league games.
Our defence rocks!
(We also now have the joint 2nd best goal difference, just 2 behind Cheatski).
Maltese Falcon
Niko Kranjcar
Have we looked so fragile at the back in recent years? FFS, Leicester won the ball in every single ruddy corner they had! If they weren't so profligate, we would not be happy chappies this evening...
nayenezgani
Jimmy Neighbour
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Amazing that Chelsea have only conceded 29 goals when they’ve conceded 10 in their last 2 away matches.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Looking at saves doesn’t make good reading for us. We’ve had 89 saves which is more than Brighton (79), Crystal Palace (65), and Saudi Sportswashing Machine (72) amongst other teams.
We’ve had nearly twice the number of saves as Emirates Marketing Project (46), and many more than both Chelsea (55) and Liverpool (53).
So we’re allowing opponents too many chances. I think the problem stems from midfield and our lack of a true ball winner in there for most of the season. And that puts our defence under more pressure. That and we are more attacking than worrying about our defending.
We’ve had nearly twice the number of saves as Emirates Marketing Project (46), and many more than both Chelsea (55) and Liverpool (53).
So we’re allowing opponents too many chances. I think the problem stems from midfield and our lack of a true ball winner in there for most of the season. And that puts our defence under more pressure. That and we are more attacking than worrying about our defending.