well tbh thats 3 world class defenders. As long as noone gets injured we should be ok. Keita and Sergio will probably start aswell to help with the defensive duties.
I wouldnt say distinctly average at all. Just less impressive than his epic first half. He had a couple of runs where he was open on the left, Leo and Andres failed to spot him, still did very well at the back.
The question is what would we do with 250 mil? Buy Chygrinskis and Cacereses?
We are hardly in the financial situation Valencia finds themselves in, and even then they didnt sell the Davids, so yea in short a big fat no.
Ah the old myth that Alves cant defend just because he spends more time upfront. I'm with Gneg, his physique aside I dont think maicon is superior to Dani in any aspect of the game. Alves can mark the shit out fo wingers when asked to, and very few can beat him in one on one situations. As for...
2 goals in nearly 6 months is very poor. Dont think a dinner would do anymore, more like a 6 days free brunch package. That or some time on the bench please.
We really should stop inviting Villareal for our parties.
On the positive side, they woke us right before the CL final in May. Lets hope this have the same effect for the rest of the season.
At the end of the day a trophyless season would always look bad even if you reached the CL semi final and came second in the league. So yea, winning Europa all the way.