DYC. 7,542 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 disagree. GC was tracking balo but as soon as he sees can shooting he slows down to block the shot. pretty evident in the video in the first 2 seconds itself.agree that JT should have moved up and stood in front of can.You're right, the angle in the video I watched was off.Defenders shouldn't do that with long shots imo. Bar the rare blazing shots they can't save, long shots are for the GK to deal with. Instead, anticipate any balls parried back into play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 cahill ranked best defender in the Premier Leaguehttp://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/chelsea-star-ranked-best-defender-in-the-premier-league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Gary Cahill sits out of England training ffs hope its nothing bad i hate international football are players seem to get injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 You're right, the angle in the video I watched was off.Defenders shouldn't do that with long shots imo. Bar the rare blazing shots they can't save, long shots are for the GK to deal with. Instead, anticipate any balls parried back into play.Just watch minute 75 to minute 80. We had 4 blocks in 5 minutes.Once henderson plays it to gerrard who shoots, JT blocks it brilliantly and the ball goes to halfway line to skrtel who plays quickly again and half a minute later JT blocka balo's Defenders HAVE to try and block the shots. They have to consider themselves as the last line of defence and think about the worst case scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Who on earth is saying defenders shouldn't block or smother shots?Right, and goalkeepers shouldn't bother saving anything from inside their area.What an obscene thing to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Who on earth is saying defenders shouldn't block or smother shots?Right, and goalkeepers shouldn't bother saving anything from inside their area.What an obscene thing to say.Defenders shouldn't do that with long shots imo. Bar the rare blazing shots they can't save, long shots are for the GK to deal with. Instead, anticipate any balls parried back into play.In the post I quoted from DYC. Also a couple of posts from cholo and rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Defenders shouldn't do that with long shots imo. Bar the rare blazing shots they can't save, long shots are for the GK to deal with. Instead, anticipate any balls parried back into play.In the post I quoted from DYC. Also a couple of posts from cholo and rob.And I'm quoting from my experiences as a goalkeeper. There are "shots" I shouldn't even have to lift a finger for because my defenders should be making sure I do as little work as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 And I'm quoting from my experiences as a goalkeeper. There are "shots" I shouldn't even have to lift a finger for because my defenders should be making sure I do as little work as possible. Dude, I am saying the same thing. Its the defenders main job to act as the last line of defence. BlueLion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Dude, I am saying the same thing. Its the defenders main job to act as the last line of defence.I'll let you off then didierforever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I'll let you off then Ban the others? BlueLion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Ban the others?Great shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Gary Cahill sits out of England training ffs hope its nothing bad i hate international football are players seem to get injury Was just a precaution. He had a minor hip problem and he's confirmed he will play against Slovenia this weekend. the wes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakey 36 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 GC's former manager was just talking on Sky about his time at Bolton. He said Man City had bid 17 million and some player for GC the season before. Chelsea got him for £6 million. He agreed to join us but still asked if he could play for Bolton one more time. I think he said it was at Everton and gary scored the winner. You've got to admire him for that. Posh Chels and kellzfresh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,348 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Absolute steal, improved so much since he's been here. Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Flies under the radar for me this lad, does his job and gives his all.Keep it up GC. iseah100 and Viper22 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Koscielny is one level up from Cahill I think. A lot more comfortable on the ball and a lot more proactive too. Faster as well.Isnt Koscielny the guy who conceded most penalties in pl since 2010?He is good CB, but his timing is off time and time again. Sheva. and Stats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! BlueLyon 9,359 Posted November 24, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted November 24, 2014 GC's former manager was just talking on Sky about his time at Bolton. He said Man City had bid 17 million and some player for GC the season before. Chelsea got him for £6 million. He agreed to join us but still asked if he could play for Bolton one more time. I think he said it was at Everton and gary scored the winner. You've got to admire him for that.If he got sold for 17m, he would be cerainly more rated than he is now. I think he isnt appreciated enough for what he does. Many CBs like Subotic, Hummels, Kompany make mistakes too, but they are all better rated. Cahill is maybe not on same level, but certainly not far. Considering defensive errors City and Bvb are doing this season, I dont see why people want their CBs. Posh Chels, Stats, Viper22 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! The Skipper 20,609 Posted November 24, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted November 24, 2014 Isnt Koscielny the guy who conceded most penalties in pl since 2010?He is good CB, but his timing is off time and time again.That's only because of the reckless system Arsenal play, their CBs are exposed all the time and Koscielny is forced to make these sort of challenges in the box all the time. When he has Mertesacker as a partner as well who practically has no pace, he has to cover that up most times by being the cover defender and that usually means he's the one making last ditch tackles. As said before, due to the volume and amount of times they both get exposed, it's kind of inevitable.Koscielny would be much better here at CFC under Jose, he's better than Cahill in almost everything for me. TheOneChan95, robsblubot, Styles and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 That's only because of the reckless system Arsenal play, their CBs are exposed all the time and Koscielny is forced to make these sort of challenges in the box all the time. When he has Mertesacker as a partner as well who practically has no pace, he has to cover that up most times by being the cover defender and that usually means he's the one making last ditch tackles. As said before, due to the volume and amount of times they both get exposed, it's kind of inevitable.Koscielny would be much better here at CFC under Jose, he's better than Cahill in almost everything for me. Yup, that's another player who would do very well in our system... not talking of Koscielny (who is indeed very good), but Mertesacker. His lack of pace wouldn't be much of a problem in our low block, though he does lack a bit of upper body strength to become truly dominant in the air.Incidentally, while I also agree that Cahill lacks in the technique (especially) and pace departments, he is a powerful player (upper body strength too) which we all know, is very important in the EPL - though not so much in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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