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Dedryk Boyata; in Belgium squad for WC. no longer a provo.
Topic Started: 15 May 2015, 04:15 PM (461,522 Views)
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17 May 2018, 10:08 AM
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17 May 2018, 09:55 AM
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17 May 2018, 08:26 AM
FFS
:clap:

Get it up ye :lol:
Didn't you stop defending him a few weeks back?

;)
I lied.
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17 May 2018, 09:55 AM

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Didn't you stop defending him a few weeks back?

;)
I lied.
:lol:

Things will never be the same again.

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Quite happy for him to extend his deal - we need him.

Wouldn't be confident in identifying anyone better given our recent defensive signings.
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Our best defender. Hopefully we get him signed up.
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17 May 2018, 09:25 AM
We will not improve as a side as long as Boyata is one of our centre halves. He's an error prone, poor concentration nightmare. Just cause he's built like a centre half doesn't make him one.

Tend to agree. I assume everyone saying “our best defender” is talking in the context of him being the best of a bad bunch. I was hoping he’d leave tbh but I do understand it would be difficult to get 2/3 centre halves in and settled for the qualifiers as everything points to Jozo and Compper leaving. Makes January harder to swallow.
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We will not improve as a side as long as Boyata is one of our centre halves. He's an error prone, poor concentration nightmare. Just cause he's built like a centre half doesn't make him one.

Tend to agree. I assume everyone saying “our best defender” is talking in the context of him being the best of a bad bunch. I was hoping he’d leave tbh but I do understand it would be difficult to get 2/3 centre halves in and settled for the qualifiers as everything points to Jozo and Compper leaving. Makes January harder to swallow.
Correct.

Two better centre halves are required.

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17 May 2018, 10:26 AM
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17 May 2018, 09:25 AM
We will not improve as a side as long as Boyata is one of our centre halves. He's an error prone, poor concentration nightmare. Just cause he's built like a centre half doesn't make him one.

Tend to agree. I assume everyone saying “our best defender” is talking in the context of him being the best of a bad bunch.
Aye, that parts no really up for debate :lol: In an ideal situation we'll be bringing in at least one other first team ready centre half. Preferably two if we're offloading Erik, Commper remains a mystery, and Jozo wants out.
Edited by Rosco67, 17 May 2018, 10:30 AM.
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17 May 2018, 09:25 AM
We will not improve as a side as long as Boyata is one of our centre halves. He's an error prone, poor concentration nightmare. Just cause he's built like a centre half doesn't make him one.

Tend to agree. I assume everyone saying “our best defender” is talking in the context of him being the best of a bad bunch. I was hoping he’d leave tbh but I do understand it would be difficult to get 2/3 centre halves in and settled for the qualifiers as everything points to Jozo and Compper leaving. Makes January harder to swallow.
Correct.

Two better centre halves are required.

We need someone to play beside Boyata and we can have Ajer as back up.

Not confident we'll get one though.

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Glad he is staying.
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17 May 2018, 10:33 AM
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17 May 2018, 10:26 AM

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Correct.

Two better centre halves are required.

We need someone to play beside Boyata and we can have Ajer as back up.

Not confident we'll get one though.

I'm not confident either. It was what was needed though.

If we're blootering into the CL qualifiers and indeed the CL itself with him on the team sheet, we're as well getting some vaseline on.

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17 May 2018, 10:33 AM
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We need someone to play beside Boyata and we can have Ajer as back up.

Not confident we'll get one though.

I'm not confident either. It was what was needed though.

If we're blootering into the CL qualifiers and indeed the CL itself with him on the team sheet, we're as well getting some vaseline on.

I wouldn't mind if we blew most of our budget on a top quality CB - don't think it will happen

I don't think Brendan/Congerton have covered themselves in glory when it comes to singing defenders, so far.

Worrying.
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Our best central defender.
Agreed.
he's ok until he attempts to pass the ball more than 3 yards.
A complete myth. He is a good passer of the ball. The stats back that up :thumbsup:
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He, rather than Ajer, is going to be targeted whenever he has the ball on Saturday, M'well know that he has a tendency to panic.
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It's a bit scary if he stays and is paired with the likes of Ajer or Hendry who both need more development. I'm not sure if I want him to stay but if he leaves we need an older experienced ch (who is not Compper!)
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Show us the Dedryks
Edited by Bawman, 17 May 2018, 12:25 PM.
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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)
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.
that comes from lack of game time at a certain age to remove that inconstancy and rawness from his game.
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Looks like he’ll probably be still here next season, primarily because no one in England wants him (why would they?).

He’s decent enough against low level opposition but has proven time and time again how bad he is when put under any sort of pressure.
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17 May 2018, 12:34 PM
Looks like he’ll probably be still here next season, primarily because no one in England wants him (why would they?).

He’s decent enough against low level opposition but has proven time and time again how bad he is when put under any sort of pressure.
He has played well on lots of occasions when under pressure.
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We needed better than him last season. Still do, even if he stays.
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