Premier League 2020-21 (Part III)
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Ndombele of late I would agree. Season as a whole it looks fairly reasonable to me. Son has slowed down a lot, but can't argue against his start. As an example.
Huge game for Ndombele today. He should be the best midfield player on the pitch and hopefully he will show that.
Huge game for Ndombele today. He should be the best midfield player on the pitch and hopefully he will show that.
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Where was the article? Gonna try and find it. Mount at 20 is IMO a poor take, but I'm definitely biased. I'd take him over a bunch of those guys in the top 10 though.
My TOTS (which I feel like is fair at this point, given that we're halfway through) is as follow:
Grealish - Kane - Salah
Mount - Fernandes - De Bruyne
Chilwell/Tierney - Fofana - Stones - Cancelo
Lloris
Mount - Fernandes - De Bruyne
Chilwell/Tierney - Fofana - Stones - Cancelo
Lloris
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I think you're high on Lloris and I think that Tierney should definitely start, but otherwise, not too much to disagree with.
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Team of the season for me
Martinez
Cancelo - Dias - Silva - Tierney
Rice - Gündogan
Son - Fernandes - Grealish
Kane
Partey and Foden could make it had they played more. I don’t see any argument for Chilwell. I think he was a poor signing, Tierney, Shaw, Reguilón, Cresswell and Robertson have had better seasons.
Martinez
Cancelo - Dias - Silva - Tierney
Rice - Gündogan
Son - Fernandes - Grealish
Kane
Partey and Foden could make it had they played more. I don’t see any argument for Chilwell. I think he was a poor signing, Tierney, Shaw, Reguilón, Cresswell and Robertson have had better seasons.
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I think it’s clear why stones raised his game... Dias for me has been the best.
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I am no Stones fan but it could as easily be the other way around.
the crazy thing is John Stones has made Laporte an afterthought
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City has also had their midfielders playing a lot deeper this year to help out which means their CBs have far less exposure and ground to cover.
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They are indeed very relient on Kane being healthy. They will have to dig deep to get results now.
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Is there any evidence to support this? Gundogan (who usually plays as the second deepest midfielder with Rodri being the farthest back) scoring so freely from advanced positions makes me wonder if this often repeated argument is just made up to explain City's improved defense. I have watched most City games and I didnt notice anything different from previous years as far as positioning is concerned but then again I dont analyze formations etc the way I used to.
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True, which is shocking, but Ndombele has been better overall.
Vestergaard has also had an unsung hero campaign thus far as well, I would put him before Dias and Silva myself. My CBs of the season would be Stones - Vestergaard with Gabriel being on the bench.
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Dias has been the best CB in the Premier League. He has had a Van Dijk level impact on City. Dias-Stones is reasonable, you could include Gabriel, Silva or Vestergaard.
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Chilwell started the season better, Tierney has been better lately, so I have them as a wash.
Went with Lloris because he's been really good and there hasn't been a ~stand-out~ keeper this season, so I'm far from married to him there.
Stones/Dias is a wash for me. Thiago Silva and Vestergaard both have good cases also.
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Tierney and Robertson are actually very similar in skillset, and the best left backs in the league (this season, and overall). Tierney has all of the attributes Robertson does, albeit less physically powerful for now. You can prefer who you like, but Tierney and Robertson are the most well rounded left backs in football with elite offensive and defensive abilities. The role of fullbacks has totally changed in a few decades and both of those two have the chance to become among the best left backs in history. Reguilon is a similar player to both, and also a unique mega-talent. Comparing Chilwell to any of these three is disrespectful.
@Wee Baby Seamus Just google TheScore Top 20 EPL players and it should be the first article.
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City will probably win the league and only have one midfielder on TOT....Speaks to their defense tbh.
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