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Wow i cant believe the points you are suggesting hummels, one of the slowest defenders on earth behind mertesacker, one who makes attackers look like usain bolt!
And you are saying that a german will come here all the way from dortmund, he doesnt even know the language and he will start organizing our defense! Wow! Just wow!
Chainsaw
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But Mangala and Benatia do?!
BarçAjax8
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lol Relax man... Hummels speed has nothing to do with his mind. He is a great defender and knows how to hold a line and keep the players around him organized. Nobody said he'd be shouting in Catalan and slapping lights out of Pique's hands and grabbing Alba by the ear and pushing him lol
Being organized and well positioned is a trait of any good defender and Hummels has those qualities. With that said as you replied to my previous post I was saying we already have Pique so we don't need Hummels. My post to Zanela was just agreeing that getting Defender or any player is always a risk. Hummels has qualities but nothing we don't already have from Pique. Mangala, Musacchio, Benatia or unknown players who have those same qualities/skills should be our targets. Unfortunately I only watch European leagues (La Liga, EPL, Eredivisie, Serie A) so my scouting is limited to that.
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I didnt say mangala or benatia do. But hummels attributes dont fit a pique partner!
And if we want an organizer of defense, then our crop of players needs to step up. Any new CB will be treated as a new comer and will be slowly adapting
Hummels (and a lot of German players I'm told) can converse in more than one language. Hummels speaks English. Piqué and T.S will understand him. He can pick up the local language in time.
As for the other issue, Abi's pace bailed us out on numerous occasions, Alba if he times his runs better, can do the same.
As for the other issue, Abi's pace bailed us out on numerous occasions, Alba if he times his runs better, can do the same.
manuel blassi
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Any of thoose you mention (Hummels, Luiz, Benatia, Mangala) would make our deffence much much better. Im just worried that we will end with Laporte, Inigo or Musacchio. Im not saying they arent good, but they are very risky players to buy.
But stop thinking that only one new player will solve our deffensive players. We must bring our pressing game back to life and we cant do that with Xavi and Cesc at the same time on the field. They just dont have the physic to do this IMO.
Do you think that we will really go for that "number 9"? And if we do will it be first class one (Rvp, Jackson Martinez...) or bench warmer (Klose, my favourite Aduritz
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But stop thinking that only one new player will solve our deffensive players. We must bring our pressing game back to life and we cant do that with Xavi and Cesc at the same time on the field. They just dont have the physic to do this IMO.
Do you think that we will really go for that "number 9"? And if we do will it be first class one (Rvp, Jackson Martinez...) or bench warmer (Klose, my favourite Aduritz
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Thank God they wont sell him, would make our defence even more prone to fast attacks and speedy dribblers and we would concede crosses from left and right
DennyCrane
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And here I thought Dortmund had a CB to spare with Ginter joining the ranks soon probably. Then again, with the injury disaster of this season they might want to keep every player if they can and get a bench.
BarçAjax8
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I really hope the players that are brought in are for a specific direction for the team. What good does it do to bring in "NAME" players if they don't serve the system. Hummels shouldn't be a target because of his playing style. He is exactly like Pique and won't compliment him. When we played at our best our CB & R/LB pairing complimented each other with 2 Builders (Alves/Pique) + 2 Destroyers (Puyol/Abidal). Look at the positioning of our players in picture...
When in a full on attack we had Alves bombing forward while Pique, Puyol, ABIDAL would slot more to the right to become a back 3 with Busquets right in front of them. Messi had license to roam without leaving holes because Villa (a Wide-Striker) kept pressure on the opposition which made it harder to mark Messi. Someone was always open for a pass because there was just too much of a threat to invest all defenders on Messi. If we got hit on the counter we had stability in the back with Abidal being able to play CB while now Alba cannot. Messi could drop as deep as he liked but now when he does we have a MASSIVE void in the middle with Pedro/Neymar/Alexis being too wide to threaten anything. Tata needs to set the tactics he wants to use (I hope its Tiki-Taka) and get the RIGHT players to fill positions. For me I will always like to play as we did from 08-12 and would like players who can bring that style back to life. There's no way to recreate the magic of those years but it is possible to play that style and to challenge for trophies on all fronts.
When in a full on attack we had Alves bombing forward while Pique, Puyol, ABIDAL would slot more to the right to become a back 3 with Busquets right in front of them. Messi had license to roam without leaving holes because Villa (a Wide-Striker) kept pressure on the opposition which made it harder to mark Messi. Someone was always open for a pass because there was just too much of a threat to invest all defenders on Messi. If we got hit on the counter we had stability in the back with Abidal being able to play CB while now Alba cannot. Messi could drop as deep as he liked but now when he does we have a MASSIVE void in the middle with Pedro/Neymar/Alexis being too wide to threaten anything. Tata needs to set the tactics he wants to use (I hope its Tiki-Taka) and get the RIGHT players to fill positions. For me I will always like to play as we did from 08-12 and would like players who can bring that style back to life. There's no way to recreate the magic of those years but it is possible to play that style and to challenge for trophies on all fronts.
Alarcón
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If Hummels asks to leave and a club is willing to pay 30m or more, I think they'll let him go. He has given the club a lot, he has stayed with them even though he could have jumped ship several times and he voluntarily removed his buyout clause.
Also, I find it funny how people say Hummels is slow and then go on to proclaim Benatia our saviour. As far as I can tell, Benatia is not exactly the fastest either. And Hummels is by no means slower than Piqué.
Also, I find it funny how people say Hummels is slow and then go on to proclaim Benatia our saviour. As far as I can tell, Benatia is not exactly the fastest either. And Hummels is by no means slower than Piqué.
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Benatia is very fast. The 2nd best CB behind thiago silva at the moment. Thee guy has never been in the losing team in 2013
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