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| Dedryk Boyata; in Belgium squad for WC. no longer a provo. | |
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| Topic Started: 15 May 2015, 04:15 PM (461,524 Views) | |
| southern bhoy | 7 May 2018, 09:01 AM Post #4381 |
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Considering retirement
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Agreed. When he is not trying to play football. |
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| Tam Haas | 7 May 2018, 09:15 AM Post #4382 |
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Getting on a bit
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He’s finishing the season very well. I still think we need far better if we want to improve in the CL next season though. |
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| allthewine | 7 May 2018, 09:30 AM Post #4383 |
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Agreed. |
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| mick82 | 7 May 2018, 09:30 AM Post #4384 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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He's had a good season. He's made mistakes and had some bad games within it but he's been good in more games than he's been bad. That's not a popular view but it is an accurate one. I get that people want better still, but deriding his faults whilst turning a blind eye to his abilities is churlish Edited by mick82, 7 May 2018, 10:41 AM.
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| Bagheera | 7 May 2018, 09:52 AM Post #4385 |
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Older than dirt
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Keep. |
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| Flawless | 7 May 2018, 09:54 AM Post #4386 |
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Fatboab shirt designer
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No surprise that when Brendan says stop effing about with it at the back he looks a bit better. Asked to do the basics he does ok and is a better threat in the opposition box than he is defending his own. Going forward he remains an ill-fit to how we want to play because he just doesn't have the concentration to do it. Evident again with the lapse yesterday. Needs punted ASAP. |
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| southern bhoy | 7 May 2018, 10:06 AM Post #4387 |
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Considering retirement
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Pretty much agree. It says a lot about our defence that he is our strongest defender. Clearly the manager has a philosophy of building from the back. He has tried his hardest to get our keepers to play it out from there. Boyata simply cannot do it. As a stopper he is excellent, but he is always going to cost us as soon as he is asked to do something with the ball at his feet. He, like Jozo are simply not good enough or suited to our managers style of play. |
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| leangreen | 7 May 2018, 10:14 AM Post #4388 |
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Solution - manager changes his "philosophy" to vary tactical approach to building attacks, safety-first, etc. Result - opposition managers unable to plan for pressing and counter pressure opportunities. The extra second or two that defenders are afforded means ironically they actually can pick out passes and maintain composure. Edit to acknowledge Brendan's success but hope that yesterday provided a realisation of what can be achieved by varying method of attack/clearance. Edited by leangreen, 7 May 2018, 10:17 AM.
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| warbleshinney | 7 May 2018, 03:08 PM Post #4389 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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This is the correct way to do it. If an aggressive press is used against us from the start punt it long to Dembele or Edouard and hopefully collect the contested ball and have the chance to attack from within their half. When, and if, they relax the pressing game, then we can start playing the ball out from defence. |
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| searcher52 | 7 May 2018, 10:50 PM Post #4390 |
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You can observe a lot by just watching
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Boyata may not be great coming forward with the ball but he can certainly pick a forward pass. If Ajer is given licence to come forward do we need both? |
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| Zurawski 7 | 16 May 2018, 10:55 PM Post #4391 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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| Wee Ed KTF | 16 May 2018, 11:11 PM Post #4392 |
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Considering retirement
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I'll be delighted if Boyata commits to a new contract. Similarly delighted if Armstrong and Rogic sign new deals with us.
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| evandersbarber88 | 16 May 2018, 11:15 PM Post #4393 |
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First team training
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Makes Ambrose look good. |
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| donkeyradish | 16 May 2018, 11:16 PM Post #4394 |
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Getting on a bit
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Boyata looks like a player. He has the physique and he has the skill, but his footballing brain lets him down. |
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| Wee Ed KTF | 16 May 2018, 11:24 PM Post #4395 |
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Considering retirement
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BR wants to keep Boyata at Celtic |
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| _7_ | 17 May 2018, 12:14 AM Post #4396 |
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First-team captain
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his biggest problem for me is one of development, he makes mistakes you excuse a 21 y/o from making not a 27 y/o but when you compare him to KT; he's only played 20-30 games more in his entire career. Armstrong again still younger but not as much has played loads more than DB. christ ajer isn't far off DB numbers either. I think he is the classic example of one of those players who went to one of these big english clubs young and didn't play enough proper football between 18-22 and you still see the rawness you'd expect to be gone by now. no question he looks better when he isn't asked to play like maldini coming out of defense but another problem BR has for me is not one of his centre half's look comfortable playing left side of a central pairing, ajer is nervous on left side, so is boyata and so did jozo. probably the biggest reason i hope he moves on is simply as long as he is at celtic its him + 1 in central defense; i don't think he's good enough to be the first pick central defender and speaks volumes because right now we don't have 1 central defender i really trust (that will sound harsh on ajer as he is developing but i'm meaning a full established centre back) |
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| MON's Left Eyebrow | 17 May 2018, 12:49 AM Post #4397 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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As long as someone much better than him comes in I'm happy with DB being back-up. |
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| ian1888 | 17 May 2018, 01:05 AM Post #4398 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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he's ok until he attempts to pass the ball more than 3 yards. |
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| Father John Misty | 17 May 2018, 08:15 AM Post #4399 |
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First-team starter
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For me his biggest problem is inconsistency, I'm struggling to think of any other defender I've seen who can go from looking as composed, aggressive and reading the game superbly to playing like a donkey for a few games. Incredibly frustrating player. |
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| Paul__1888 | 17 May 2018, 08:24 AM Post #4400 |
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while rodgers is here i dont think boyata will be anything other than first choice centre half. |
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