- Jan 18, 2011
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What do you regard as our CB pairing ?
Because I don't think any of Sanchez, Tanganga, Vertonghen as he is now he has aged, Toby as he is now he has aged or Foyth gets in above any of theirs. Before the game in the week we had kept the least clean sheets of any team in League (4), at least now we have gone above Norwich in that stat.
And it isn't just a case of form, it is standard of players. We have basically replaced our whole back 4, and have replaced them with weaker players, in effect the prior seasons substitutes.
And I disagree, I think Leicester or Wolves would both be more likely to progress in CL than us with the current squads we all have, simply because they are better teams than us. They don't have the glaring weakness that we do. Leicester have scored 9 (the 3rd most in league) and conceded 12 less (the 2nd least in league) than us this season, do you somehow think that is a fluke ?
I think I would rather have any of Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Sanchez, or Dier than Rudiger or Christensen.
I don't think it's a fluke that Leicester have done better than us in the league - I just think it's not indicative of what you think it is. I personally think Man City is at least as good a team as Liverpool but they're way behind in the league.
Anyway let's just see where the season goes. Leicester have a lot of tough games. I don't believe they'll stay in the top 4 but time will prove me either right or wrong. I just don't see any rationale behind the defeatism that I'm hearing here.