29 Jan 2018 08:13:55
Apologies if this has been covered, been avoiding the site lately.
I'm not a stats guy and wouldn't even know where to look, so maybe someone can tell me if I'm wrong, but I've been wondering if our good run up until recently, particularly a decent defensive run, coincided with Klavan playing?

1.) 29 Jan 2018
29 Jan 2018 08:29:13
Since Klavan has been dropped and Matip has returned to the team, we've conceded 8 goals in 4 games and not kept a clean sheet.

I'm not making any claims, people can make their own opinions from that.

2.) 29 Jan 2018
29 Jan 2018 08:53:01
I'd like to see lovren next toVVD. feel like Lovren will step up with a dominant CB partner.

3.) 29 Jan 2018
29 Jan 2018 10:35:51
To be fair Klavan has been generally solid when he's played this season. But Gomez has to play with VVD in the middle and every week. Moreno should never wear a Red shirt again and Migs should be shot from the nearest cannon across the Mersey and retire in the isle of man.

4.) 29 Jan 2018
29 Jan 2018 11:03:56
One thing that cannot be argued is that between Spurs and Christmas, we had a settled defense where more or less the same team played week in week out and our defensive record was right up there. We changed it when VVD came in and now we're back to being a hot mess.

5.) 29 Jan 2018
29 Jan 2018 11:47:57
I knew it was a mistake to play Matip w/ VVD as he has been our poorest CB this season. Gomez is simply not ready yet and based on the errors he commits at RB, he should stay there cos if he makes an error there, there is a chance his team mates in defence will bail him out. At CB, he will be in trouble. I too, would love Loren on the right to VVD cos Lovren is a better defender by a mile than Matip with Klavan being a close second. I hope Lovren comes in tmrw vs Hudd cos Matip is no longer possible, IMO.

6.) 29 Jan 2018
29 Jan 2018 13:16:10
Matip's willingness to give up a chase he won't win terrifies me. How often do you see defenders put off a forward by just being around and bearing down on them, or a forward miscontrol and a late arriving defender get a second chance to knock it clear. Matip's tendency to give up and wonder into no mans land (i presume to make it look like he's trying to mark someone else but there is often no-one else nearby) makes me wonder what he thinks is going on around him at times - especially when that puts ridiculous pressure on other nearby players to try and take up his responsibility and then look at fault for goals.

7.) 29 Jan 2018
29 Jan 2018 16:11:26
Klavan, this season, has been better than lovren and Matip. I'd go on to say that's fact.