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Blackett and McNair
Done well so far with the latter being superb at times. You want experienced defenders? This is how you get em.
With all the shite with injuries having 2 Academy kids coming through and doing so well has been a Swiss flag for me. Love youth team, love defenders. Think Paddy will more likely partner Jones as Phil ascends the footballing mountain to camp Baresi. I would only add one centre half in January tbh. |
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Really liked the look of Mcnair against Lukaku, seems to be a very smart defender too and decent with the ball on ground.
Got really high hopes for him to become a regular, gut feeling is Blackett will be a backup long term but these are exactly the types you want in and around the squad long term, part of the bigger picture. You'll be relatively comfortable any time they step in now no matter who were playing. |
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No idea if either of them will make it long term but fair play to the pair of them for coming into the side & doing so well. |
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The Leicester game was both sides of Blackett.
Can remember being impressed with him 1st half, then he may as well have stayed in the changing rooms for the 2nd half, completely imploded and got caught out repeatedly. He seems more the type of player you would want to give a chance alongside more settled/established defenders to see the best of him. |
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Both have limitations that worry me, tbh, but they're clearly doing something right as they're holding their own at this level.
I'll be surprised if Blackett has got enough to be a long-term starter, but if Mcnair can improve under LvG maybe he's got a chance. He looked slow when Chamberlain got in down the left in the second half and his reactions/marking for the recent Aguero and Giroud goals have been slow, but there's a lot of time to improve and he seems to have the confidence, which is very important. |
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tbf to Blackett I'm not sure what he's done that marks him out as a back up that is any worse than McNair's pass straight to Arsenal about 2 yards outside our box Yesterday. and that isn't slagging McNair off either, kids make mistakes. but then I've never really seen Smalling do much that wrong outside the City game either, think our desperate need for a centre half is slightly overplayed tbh.
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