- Jan 18, 2011
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Without trying to be overly negative I find it hard to get excited by the likes of Walker, Rose, Naughton, Fazio, Dembele, Chiriches or Kaboul (still seemingly struggling) nor the likes of Townsend, Chadli and Holtby beyond the subs bench
Certainly not seeing any wow factor there
Conversely I'm very happy about the way Eriksen, Lamela, Dier, Capoue and Soldado might step up this season and think Davies could start to show he can develop into a solid LB
Of course at the end of the day you don't need 11 "wow" players in a team, what you need is a balanced team that fit together well, lets hope Poch can work towards getting that, but I still see a few weaknesses and question marks
What makes me feel positive is that it seems like MP knows what he is looking for and also seems to be having a positive impact on some of our current defenders. Rose, for instance, is actually looking like a good defender in recent games and is earning his spot in our first team ahead of Davies at the moment.
I can't comment on Fazio having not really seen him play that much (though it sounds like you are not that impressed by him?), but maybe MP sees potential in him that will work well in his system. The other defensive signings he has made seem pretty good (Dier and Davies here, Lovren at Southampton).
I also think it's interesting that we've only signed defenders so far this summer. I think it's a smart strategy to sort out the defense first, hopefully if we sign Schneiderlin we'll also have a solid but also talented passing midfield in front of them too.