Maybe he goes on to become the outlier of outliers, as insisted on by every draft scout who watches him throw in
shorts against no defenders.
Not exact matches
Against Palace when teams sit in their own half, he can play the
short passes and flicks to help create a chance for a shot, or can compete physically with
defenders to try and get on the end of crosses.
Until there is reinforcements, we can't afford to loan any of those young
defenders out... but saying that, I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger goes
against logic and leaves us
short at the back.?
Ox offers both
short passing and
defender take - ons so he's the natural choice but agreed that Welbeck or Theo would be wasted
against a team with no space to get in behind.
So what does it mean
against Arsenal... Well remember when I mentioned physically imposing, yeah their
shortest defender is 5ft10 (Munesia)..
Against top teams I would use a mobile team and work their defenders hard, have Theo upfront who will be happy to drop onto the wings to allow the wingers to step into the CF role for short periods so the opposition defenders can't get used to a style to defend against, switch
Against top teams I would use a mobile team and work their
defenders hard, have Theo upfront who will be happy to drop onto the wings to allow the wingers to step into the CF role for
short periods so the opposition
defenders can't get used to a style to defend
against, switch
against, switch it up.
Qualities: Giroud - Hold up (but not
against top
defenders Tery, Cahil, etc),
short pass, hard working, team player, defensive duties (set - pieces), injuries Benteke - Hold up,
short pass, better dribbler, long shots, finishing, positioning, defensive duties (set - pieces), can play with his back to the goal and also drop deep and face the goal when marked weakness: Giroud - very slow, easily marked, poor finishing (not wc finisher), technique Benteke - injuries, not a hard worker If you look the stats for the since 2012/2013, they have almost similar records except that Benteke scored like total of 19 goals (correct me if I'm wrong) in his 1st season and also have a decent record
against top teams, keep in mind he plays for AstonVilla not Arsenal where you get much more chances and better players around.
In turn, one of the worst defences in the top flight is about to be left
short of some of their first choice
defenders against a Liverpool side with plenty of attacking quality, and so it does look concerning from a West Ham perspective.
We've just got rid of four
defenders, Gallas who was poor in the air and seemed to have a playground mentality, Silvestre and Sol who were only ever extra bodies and
short term solutions (both «experienced international players» I might add) and Senderos, who didn't really seem to have much luck at the back and was routinely terrorised when he played
against big clubs.
Despite this, Pochettino has confirmed that the left - sided
defender could take part
against the Potters with Spurs currently
short of options in the backline.