Nick wrote:salford city wrote:Nick wrote:Indianablue wrote:Another solid display by Guehi yesterday against Newcastle. Thought his pairing with Khusanov was much stronger than with Dias.
This. Dias shouldnt be playing. Got rinsed a few times.
Tbf Gordon and Elanga will rinse many a backline. Bringing Khus on was the sensible option he's far quicker than Dias and we looked better because of it. Leave that pairing alone now for me but think Pep will put Dias straight back in at Leeds
Stinks of his favourites regardless of form and it pisses me off
We've got a good variety of CBs and we should be selecting them based on the opposition and type of game. Dias was the wrong choice yesterday due to the pace of the opposition, but there will probably be some really big games ahead where his cool head, organisation and calm presence will be needed.
Guehi, Stones, Gvardiol, Dias and Khus with Alleyne as well is a really stacked backline with top class players. All with different strengths and weaknesses. Thinking back to the treble season (and champs league final) we've arguably got better players to play the hybrid defence and midfield with Stones floating about now with Khus or Gvardiol being a better option than Akanji was in the full back / CB slot in a back 3 in attack that becomes a 4 when defending