Ted Hughes wrote:Hummels is good in the air, ok on the ball and utterly, desperately, slow. Some teams get away with that kind of thing. Most of the people sucking his dick now, were sucking his mate's dick this time last year. Suddenly it's Hummels instead. Basically because of the World Cup vs shit teams.
If you think that kind of player is what City need then good luck. I recon the blokes in charge don't.
I've always thought that Hummels is a good intelligent footballer who is rightly classed as one of the best in the world. Being a CB has never been about pace but all of a sudden you've changed the script to suit your debate. Like Lescott, I seem to remember that people would always defend him by saying that 'He didn't need pace or skill, he's a fucking defender and just needs to get the ball away'. Did you ever see those words Ted?
Like Lescott, Hummels has his flaws, just like about every other CB in the world, but what he lacks he makes up in other areas such as reading of the game, intellect and character. It's not just about your pace, it's about what you do on the field of play and how you inspire the people around you. Hummels has got what it takes and has proved it on the field of play, is that not good enough for you Ted, proving it on the biggest stage?
From a lad binned by Bayern and then goes onto win 2 Bundesliga titles with an unfashionable team, against the might of his previous club, and then go onto be a major part of a World Cup winning team, he's got to have something, surely. But no, alas, players such as Hummels deserve nothing more than a slap down while a young French lad who's, well, done relatively fuck all, gets a better showing.
Poor Lescott eh, I now understand how some saw him as a fucking donkey. With your rationale, the majority of CBs are shite because they are just not Linford Christie.
