madras Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Good centre backs make the ones they are playing with look better than they actually are. He made Perch look class on thursday night and Taylor on Sunday, something Coloccini used to do too. Take Mbiwa or Colo out of those partnerships and the other centre halves will look average. In short, if Mbiwa gets injured next year, we are f***ed (assuming Colo goes, which he will). History tells us it may be the other way round. colo was shite till he settled beside taylor, who was the better player at the start of the championship season and has been the equal defensivly of colo when fit. colo, however is much better with the ball when in possession. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Good centre backs make the ones they are playing with look better than they actually are. He made Perch look class on thursday night and Taylor on Sunday, something Coloccini used to do too. Take Mbiwa or Colo out of those partnerships and the other centre halves will look average. In short, if Mbiwa gets injured next year, we are f***ed (assuming Colo goes, which he will). Spot on. Same as Carvalho did at Chelsea What, make John Terry look good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Terry's excellent at the basics of defending. Can also play a bit. Just has no pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Also a racist thug mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Always thought at their respective peaks Carvalho was better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Me too, one of those defenders who didn't need to tackle, just took the ball off the opponent (if that makes sense). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Me too, one of those defenders who didn't need to tackle, just took the ball off the opponent (if that makes sense). Think it was on The Football Ramble that I heard that Nesta made on average 1 tackle a game, or something like that, due to being so good at reading the game that he could just intercept and rarely had to actually go in and tackle the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Me too, one of those defenders who didn't need to tackle, just took the ball off the opponent (if that makes sense). Think it was on The Football Ramble that I heard that Nesta made on average 1 tackle a game, or something like that, due to being so good at reading the game that he could just intercept and rarely had to actually go in and tackle the ball. Wasn't that Maldini? Quite possibly, my memory's not the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Always thought at their respective peaks Carvalho was better. Yet to see a player better at committing fouls on the sly and getting away with it in terms of being caught or the level of punishment received. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Carvalho was a great defender no doubt. But so was John Terry man. Just as Terry needed a quicker, more intelligent player alongside him. Carvalho needed someone with brute strength and real leadership skills such as Terry & Costa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 :clap: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Mapouuuuuuuuuuuuu! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Top perforance again - bar that 'pass' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Aye exactly that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Other than that pass from the free kick in the first half he was really solid again tonight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 One misplaced pass, which was so bad I can only put it down to drugs. Other than that he was class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 He's the fucking boss like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 He be fucking mint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 He's the best of the January signings in terms of efficiency, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Effortlessly faultless. Apart from... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Can't speak highly enough of this one. What a player we have here, he's so so good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 This guy looks the real deal every time i see him. Top quality signing for buttons really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 The biggest compliment i can pay him is that Colo's injury has hardly been felt at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Loved it when diarra was running through the middle with pace, Mapou waited and waited then just jumped in shielded the ball and passed it out. Something I've never seen from one of our defenders before but utter class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 The biggest compliment i can pay him is that Colo's injury has hardly been felt at all. Absolutely right. Imagine if we had old Moke strutting his stuff out there last night instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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