Gary Cahill

[NishC300 1,865]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVwkv5zIAk

he just hasn't learned his lesson

Yea I guess he needs to learn (asap!) that u can't back off against top players.

[Jase 43,479]

lol at Gary a really great CB.

I will say that giving the PL is a bunch of crazy shit and not so much technical players like in la Liga, Cahill looks amazing!

But when we need to play those high technical games, David Luiz will suit us better.

Think you should highlight the entire part of what Choulo said about Cahill rather than quoting him out of context with only "Gary really is a great CB".

What Choulo said there is true anyway. When our game plan is being very defensive and play on the counter (e.g Barcelona & Bayern last season), Cahill will flourish mainly because he is an expert at throwing himself in to blocking shots. BUT whenever we attempt to play an attacking game especially against the better sides, his deficiencies as a defender are exposed as clear as daylight and in turn, will leave the back 4 exposed as well. Cahill is not defender to play against the top tier sides but rather against the 3rd tier or lower sides.

Well atleast the weird phenomena of over-rating Cahill is a thing of the past, thank fuck, he's a good squad player but thats it, he should never play in the big games (before someone mentions the Barca game he was great in the second half granted, but in the first half he was out of his depth and the main reason Barca were creating so many chances), he should be a cover for the lesser games and cups.

TBF, Cahill wasn't the only one who looked shaky in that 1st half against Barcelona. The whole defence or rather the whole team did. There wasn't any real organization to our defence, midfield, attack. We were just lucky that Barcelona's finishing was hopeless and thanks to some last ditch clearances and tackles in the end.

[NishC300 1,865]

as Tomo said ,,a useful squad player ,,,nothing more .

Nothing more!?!?!? He's useful for breaking Colin Murray's heart!

[Tomo 21,751]

Oh really?

This is the centre back that has made all those last ditch tackles to save our arses against the likes of Arsenal and Spurs.

Yes he is really good at last ditch challenges, but what you have to ask is why does he have to keep resorting to them? I have never seen a player have to resort to so many.

[Tomo 21,751]

TBF, Cahill wasn't the only one who looked shaky in that 1st half against Barcelona. The whole defence or rather the whole team did. There wasn't any real organization to our defence, midfield, attack. We were just lucky that Barcelona's finishing was hopeless and thanks to some last ditch clearances and tackles in the end.

I know we all over the team lacked organization but the rest of the defense was unorganized but Cahill looked overwhelmed with the stage he was playing at, although like i said whoever spoke to him at half time done a sterling job because he was a different player in the second half.

[Kojo 4,676]

Yes he is really good at last ditch challenges, but what you have to ask is why does he have to keep resorting to them? I have never seen a player have to resort to so many.

Because we are the most unbalanced team in the world, and players can get past our defence as it has very little aid from the rest of the team. But yeah I suppose that's all Cahils fault, or maybe we should go put Salomon Kalou upfront still

[Peace. 4,352]

The fact that Cahill makes so many last-ditch challenges has nothing to do with the fact that we're an unbalanced team. Actually, it has some connection because if we were better in defense then he would obviously have to make less of these challenges... Though that correlation isn't strong.

... That's because it is the way whom Cahill plays — plain and simple. He isn't an aggressive defender, he's rather (quite) passive. He doesn't jet out in order to dispossess the oppoenent or to make an interception. He neither does stay on his ground to block the opponent's path. He relies heavily upon his sharp ability to make last-ditch challenges. He constantly give up ground to the opposition's players, and drops deeper and deeper until the opponent decides to finish his action (shot/pass/cross/...).

That's the reason for which he has to resort to this kind of challenges so many times. The way he plays gives time and space to opponents to be dangerous. That's why he had a fairly good spell during his first six months stint here ; di Matteo set up the team with a deep defensive bloc/unit (especially against Barcelona and Munich), and as a matter of fact, it gave way less space and time to the opponents to work in — the flaws inherent to his game were partly nullified. But this past season, he has been found out ; the defensive bloc wasn't as deep as it was, and his style of play turned out to be quite risky — the flaws inherent to his game were stressed out.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Definitely an upgrade over Alex

[lucio 5,418]

Definitely an upgrade over Alex

Nah Alex was good under carlo. Cahill is just a donkey

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

I liked alex...

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Definitely an upgrade over Alex

Massively disagree with that. Alex was an absolute beast. He was solid.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Massively disagree with that. Alex was an absolute beast. He was solid.

Comparing the two at the time we sold Alex..it certainly looked like that at that time. i reckon he hasn't disappointed so far..