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Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa joins AS Roma then Lyon


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Thiago-Nesta are phsyically immense all-rounders. Even when Nesta lost a fair bit of his pace he was still very strong and great in the air.

 

If Barcelona can have Mr. Gutsnglory Puyol so can we.

Puyol can also play football though.

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Thiago-Nesta are phsyically immense all-rounders. Even when Nesta lost a fair bit of his pace he was still very strong and great in the air.

 

If Barcelona can have Mr. Gutsnglory Puyol so can we.

Puyol can also play football though.

 

So can John Terry. It's not one of the prime things that makes him a top player.

 

Vermaelen/Kos doesn't work but not because of a lack of strength/aerial threat.

 

Most great defensive partnerships have a complimentary mix. Just look at the great partnerships in the last 5 years.

 

Sidenote: Always felt Pepe/Ramos were too similar.

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Not convinced.

 

I'm convinced that he's going to be a very good player. Beyond the fact he's still adapting to the club, he's still very young as it is, and I've seen enough raw ability that suggests he's a good footballer that could easily turn into an excellent one.

 

Some of his decision-making is absolutely gash, as it stands.

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Just remember Coloccini in his first season, Mbiwa's already been better than that so just imagine how good he'll be next year (hopefully)

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Key moment around the 80 minute mark when we were piling the pressure on, Benfica had a rare attack - he got the ball and tried to take on their player on the edge of his own box, lost it, then ran over and hacked the Benfica player.  Took the sting right out of us and killed our momentum, took a solid 5 minutes to recover.

 

Think in terms of the whole game we did okay though

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His decision-making is suspect at times. He'll learn, not worried in the slightest.

 

Aye basically, he has problems of when to dribble and when to pass but as you say he will learn.

 

Which was one of Colo's problems when he first joined us.

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Key moment around the 80 minute mark when we were piling the pressure on, Benfica had a rare attack - he got the ball and tried to take on their player on the edge of his own box, lost it, then ran over and hacked the Benfica player.  Took the sting right out of us and killed our momentum, took a solid 5 minutes to recover.

 

Think in terms of the whole game we did okay though

 

Looked like he injured himself doing that....didn't really get above a trot in the last 10 mins and wasn't moving freely at all. Hope he's OK for Sunday.

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All about adapting and getting more comfortable. We tend to forget he's only 23. More experience and he will stop doing those concentrations lapses.

 

No doubt he'll be a top top defender for us in 5-6 years time, if we haven't gone down or sold him by then.

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