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That's it right there. Fonte and Van Dijk are both right footed, didnt hear anyone banging on about how we need to play a left footed one of them instead. Obvious Van DIjk was a world class defender but your point is correct, Fonte complimented Van Dijk, Lovern and Alderwierld. He was the leader and organiser. One of the best centre back pairings we've had in the last 30 years was Svensson and Lundekvam, we had one of the best defensive records in the country, they complimented each other, Lundekvam was the reader, Svenson the grit, brillaint pairing, both right footed. Lundekvam looked a much better player playing alongside Svenson that he did alongside any other defender in his time at the club. it's all well and good wanting this playing out from the back, defenders that are great on the ball but if they cant defend then it's pretty pointless being able to play a 30 yard pass out of defence when you cant clear it or mark properly and keep shipping soft goals every week. We've been lacking a leader and proper defender since Fonte left, it's been 5 years now and we've spent best part of £60m trying to find someone decent, Salisu looks to have something about him but is still very young and naive, you cant tell me in 5 years there hasn't been a good, experienced centre half available in our budget that could fix a lot of the issues we've got at the back. It's all well and good trying to be clever in the transfer market and buy for future resale value but sometimes you've got to get experience in to fix the issues and provide a bit of leadership, we've failed time and again to do it, it's either incompetence or trying to be too clever.

I remember the days before we discovered how important it was to one right footed and one left footed centre backs. I remember the problems Ferdinand and Vidic, Terry and Carvalho, Campbell and Toure all being right footed, amazing those teams didn't conceded 8 or 9 every week in hindsight. If one of Van Dijk or Matip was left footed they'd be 50 points clear of Man City by now.

any particular reason why they have to be right footed?

Down to us to give city the title then

He is but I thought that Villa goal would get ruled out

Mings 🤦

Internet burnout. the constant googling of athletic articles to form his opinions has taken its tool.

Logged onto the city site earlier to get their view interesting post from someone called light blue giant foam hand citizen fan said ”£75m seems low, German league a lot easier to score in than the premier league plus he always struck me as having a poor first touch and low work rate so not sure he’s a Pep player, proven someone more proven but he’s only 21 so young, hungry and guaranteed to improve” TWBattle seemed concerned that he had consistently underachieved against his XG so not the guy for them as Liam Delap has a higher ceiling, meanwhile Whiteworth Non Specific Gender said that he didn't trust Pep to spend that money and they should have signed Sam Gallagher from Blackburn instead

Our ceiling isn't much higher

Yes but possible. You don’t think Liverpool are capable of handing us a thrashing, meanwhile leeds win both their games by 2 or 3, suddenly that 15 goal difference because a lot smaller, would you fancy us needing to get something at Leicester given how shit and fragile we are at the moment?

No it doesn’t

I saw today we are third highest goal scorers from dead balls, so again a valid point. It’s easy this but what if game, isn’t it.

Yep but you can’t cherry pick and say Puel would only have got this without His best players but then praise Ralph but keep his best players In. I also notice you never said how many would Puel have got if he’d still had Mane and Pelle who got 30 odd goals between them the previous season, but again we can adjust this reason to suit one’s agenda can’t we.

Ridiculous logic. How about we takes Ings goals out of saints last two season then? Oh we won’t do that because it doesn’t suit the Ralph is god narrative

Lots of injuries, run to the semi final In Europe, won the FA cup. Yeah he’s shit 🙄

Hope Powell mate woman ✅ black ✅ Lesbian ✅ if she brings along a disabled and vegan coach we’d be the most progressive club in the world

Yes he’s a very good manager. Would snap him up but we wouldn’t have a chance

Don’t underestimate us, the boys love a challenge

Yes, you. Even. week on it’s still one of the most ridiculous statements I’ve ever seen on here and that is some achievement

Just be grateful we haven't had a season like Brightons.

Yet only this week some people were claiming that Puels season was our worst season ever

We don’t need to worry about relegation when we’ve got a geezer who’s forgotten more than anyone else will ever know about XG

Leave the new owner alone. He likes stats, wears a nice shirt with the sleeves rolled up and has done a ted talk. He’s the perfect modern owner

They are in the womens FA cup final you misogynistic bastard